A weird weekend in the second division, with matches involving nine out of the top ten teams ending with single goal scorelines. In fact the only exception was third placed Albacete, whose game at Racing Ferrol was suspended before the kick off due to the bad state of the pitch, leaving them down at sixth place at the end of the day. As both teams are out of the cup already, the tie will probably be played on 3rd January. Leaders Tenerife kept top spot with a narrow 1-0 victory over Murcia thanks to a goal by Martí in the first half. They move up to 34 points, one ahead of Sevilla who won 0-1 against local rivals Córdoba, thanks to a goal in the first minute by Diego Ribera. Ribera refused to celebrate the goal, as he played last season on loan from Espanyol in the Córdoba side, a gesture much appreciated by the locals. The top two have opened up a four point gap over the third placed team, who is none other than Sevilla's city neighbours Betis. Their manager Fernando Vázquez drafted in a couple of youngsters, Arzu and Joaquín, and the two combined for Arzu to head the only goal of the game on the half hour mark against Sporting. Rumours are that a big name could be joining the club in the winter break. Could it be Denilson? Some people think so.

Recreativo extended their incredible unbeaten run to nine games with a display of negative football that cancelled out any creative play from their opponents. They rise up to fourth after David gave them a victory against Elche with a late headed goal, leaving them with a record of six wins, ten draws and one loss, and a goal average after 17 games of 12 for, 6 against. Heaven help us if they get to the first division next season. Elche's manager Felipe Mesones was fired after the game as his team dropped to seventeenth. He is the fifth head to roll this season after the destitution of the managers of Murcia, Atlético Madrid, Universidad Las Palmas and of Getafe, who fired Enríquez last week. Levante knocked Jaén off their perch after they beat Betis in the cup midweek, keeping up their unbeaten away run with a first half goal by Lima to go up to fifth. With all the one-nils, Salamanca's 1-3 victory over bottom club Universidad Las Palmas was something of a goalscoring feat. Rumania's Munteanu scored twice and Switzerland's Toedtli added the third, with Jonathan getting one back for the Canary Islanders. Only around one thousand turned out to watch a team that will surely be in the second division B next season. Salamanca go up to seventh and are now back on line to return to the top spots which they held for most of last season.

Another relatively high scoring match was the one between Atlético Madrid and Lleida, which ended with victory for the home side by 3-2. All the goals came in the first 50 minutes of the game, with the visitors taking the lead through their new signing Oscar Alvarez, who had just joined on loan from Oviedo. Marcos Alonso took off Gaspar halfway through the first half to put on Lawal, and the Nigerian set up Aguilera for the equaliser. Salva gave Atleti the lead from the penalty spot before half time, but a lack of concentration by keeper Toni after the break let in Lusarreta. However Salva settled it a couple of minutes later, following up after his second penalty of the day was blocked by Busquets, and he now joins Luis García as the league's top scorers with nine apiece. Atleti go up to fifteenth and Lleida stay next to last, ahead of Universidad but behind Ferrol and Compostela, who got a point at home to Getafe in the day's only draw. Gudelj gave the Gallicians the lead in the second half, but Parrado levelled shortly afterwards. In the day's other mid-table clashes, Badajoz moved up to eleventh after defeating Leganés with a first half goal from Pedro Largo, and Extremadura take thirteenth spot after a 2-0 win against Eibar, with second half goals from substitute Duré and a penalty from David Karanka.