Day Eight

Salamanca took advantage of slip ups by the top two teams Extremadura and Las Palmas to move into second place, one point behind the leaders. Three managers lost their jobs last week: Tenerife replaced Sandreani with Fernando Castro Santos, their seventh manager in two years, Villarreal sacked Joaquín Caparrós and brought back Paquito, and Leganés signed on Enrique Martín. Full results were as follows: Villarreal 3-0 Extremadura; Levante 2-1 Elche; Tenerife 1-1 Eibar; Sporting 1-0 Getafe; Recreativo 2-2 Badajoz; Toledo 0-2 Albacete; Mérida 1-2 Salamanca; Atlético B 1-2 Lleida; Leganés 0-0 Logroñes; Osasuna 1-0 Las Palmas; Compostela 0-2 Córdoba.

Day Nine

Despite only recording one point out of the last six, Extremadura stay top of the second division on 20 points. Las Palmas beat Compostela 2-1 to move into second place, one point behind the leaders. Salamanca lost surprisingly to Atlético B and drop to third on 18 points. The top 3 have opened up a gap of three points over fourth equal placed Levante and Badajoz. Albacete are sixth on 14 points, followed by Osasuna, Villarreal, Sporting and Mérida on 13, Recreativo, Córdoba and Tenerife on 12 and Compostela, Eibar, Logroñes and Lleida on 11. The bottom five are three points adrift, with Elche and Atlético B on 8 points, Getafe on 6, Toledo on 5 and Leganés on 4. Levante's Salillas is the division's top scorer, with 9 goals to date. Full results were as follows: Getafe 1-0 Recreativo; Villarreal 1-1 Levante; Salamanca 1-2 Atlético de Madrid B; Logroñes 3-1 Osasuna; Elche 1-3 Tenerife; Badajoz 1-1 Toledo; Extremadura 0-0 Córdoba; Lleida 2-0 Leganés; Eibar 1-1 Sporting; Albacete 0-2 Mérida; Las Palmas 2-1 Compostela.