Elche can breathe a sigh of relief after securing their first win in the Spanish league with a 3-1 victory over Villarreal on Saturday.
Striker Pere Milla scored a hat trick before he was stretchered off with an injury.
Last-placed Elche endured the entire first half of the league without a single win.
The victory finally came in Round 20 against a Villarreal side that defeated Real Madrid last month and is fighting for a Champions League berth.
Elche, playing under its third coach of the campaign, will still need a major turnaround to avoid relegation. It has just nine points and sits 11 points from safety.
“Anything is possible,” Elche goalkeeper Édgar Badia said of his team’s hopes of staying in the top-flight for a fourth consecutive season.
“Our mentality is game by game and not look far ahead. It is not time to think about the past.”
Milla was taken off on a stretcher in the 58th minute with a suspected broken collarbone.
He earlier opened the scoring when he fired a deflected ball past Pepe Reina three minutes after kickoff in Elche. Gerard Moreno equalized in the 22nd with his eighth goal across all competitions from a pass by Álex Baena.
But Milla converted two penalties in the 48th and 52nd to ensure the 18,000 fans who turned out could finally have a reason to celebrate.