Zaragoza 3 - Numancia 3

Zaragoza: Juanmi; Cuartero, Pablo, Aguado, Solana; Garitano, Acuña, Aragón, Vellisca; Juanele, Milosevic. 4-4-2.
Numancia: Nuñez; Belsué, Muñiz, Iván Rocha, Octavio; Pacheta, Nagore, Castaño; Barbu; Rubén Navarro, Ojeda. 4-3-1-2.

Thousands of Numancia fans made the short trip to Zaragoza, and they were rewarded by an excellent performance by their team. Three times they took the lead, and three times Zaragoza bounced back to share the points in one of the most exciting games of the day. Numancia played with an unchanged side, and Zaragoza brought in veteran fullback Solana for the injured Paco. Rubén Navarro scored the first for the visitors after dribbling past three players and shooting past Juanmi. Rojo brought on Yordi for Garitano on shortly afterwards to strengthen the attack, and the striker levelled the scores before half time, chesting down the ball before unleashing a great shot. Barbu re-established the lead with his first league goal for the club after the break, but Yordi once again equalised, heading in a cross from Aragón. Three minutes later Rubén got his second, again a good opportunist goal, but Vellisca made it all square ten minutes from time, his shot passing under an unsighted Nuñez. Zaragoza stay third, and Numancia keep tenth spot.

Rayo Vallecano 4 - Málaga 1

Rayo: Keller; Estíbariz, Cota, Hernández, Alcázar; Helder, Michel I; Ferrón, Llorens; Cembranos; Bolo. 4-2-3-1.
Málaga: Contreras; Rojas, Fernando Sanz, Bravo, Valcarce; Rufete, De los Santos, Movilla, Agostinho; Catanha, Edgar. 4-4-2.

With the return of Hernández to the Rayo Vallecano defence, the winning ways returned to Vallecas. Maybe it was the return to the midday kickoff, but whatever it was it worked, with Rayo running out 4-1 winners against a team that beat them twice in the second division last season. Juande Ramos kept Helder in the side after his spectacular goal last week, and drew up a new 4-2-3-1 formation. Catanha returned to the Málaga squad after a two match suspension. Bolo scored the first from Ferrón's cross, but Catanha equalised from close range after a cross from the left deflected off a defender. Catanha's celebrations were short lived however, and the Brazilian striker had to go off with an eye injury which will keep him out for the next two weeks. In the 37th minute Hernández rose to meet Estibariz's cross, placing his header wide of Contreras, and Rayo were back in the lead. They added two more headed goals late in the second half, the first from Llorens from a corner from the left and the second from Canabal from a corner from the right, to move back to fourth place in the league, and more importantly recover their lost confidence. They do however have to sort out one administrative problem, as the Spanish federation and FIFA are threatening to have them relegated to the second division B if they do not pay an amount supposedly outstanding for the transfer of Klimowicz. At the moment they cannot register any transfer of players until this is resolved. Málaga for their part wish this was their only problem, as they slide back once again to murky waters.