Another pair of brothers were also sitting on opposite sides of the substitutes bench. Alfonso Pérez plays for Betis and his brother Iván has just signed for Deportivo de La Coruña. Neither were able to make much impact however in a match which ended goal-less, but the game was not without incident. Denilson won a penalty when he was brought down by keeper Songo'o after the Brazilian star had jinked past three defenders. However Songo'o guessed correctly and saved Finidi's spot kick. Betis keeper Prats was also called upon to save from a Djalminha free kick late in the game. Betis lined up with Bornes replacing the suspended Alexis, and Deportivo could still find no place for Turu Flores, with Makaay and Pauleta in attack once again.

The best result of the day was recorded by Zaragoza, who beat Oviedo 4-0, with Savo Milosevic and Marcos Vales on fine form. Jamelli headed the first from Milosevic's centre as early as the eighth minute, but the game got bogged down and the home fans started to whistle against their own side and against their president, who they feel has not strengthened the squad sufficiently. Zaragoza's response was to score twice in 3 minutes on the hour, firstly form Vellisca, who picked up a clever back-heel from Yordi, and then from Marcos Vales. Milosevic added the last goal from Marcos Vales's pass in injury time.

Celta de Vigo were without Sergio, injured, and gave Adriano a chance in defence against Sevilla, who had all six Uruguayans available for the first time. Benni McCarthy scored his first goal in the Spanish league, turning in a cross from Gustavo López halfway through the first half. Tsartas equalised fifteen minutes from time with his second goal from a free kick in two weeks, but Celta came back almost immediately with a goal from Makele after a pass from ex Sevilla defender Velasco. Adriano was carried off before half time and had to be replaced by Celades.