Sevilla 1 - Deportivo La Coruña 1

Sevilla: Notario; Oscar (Redondo 60'), Javi Navarro, Pablo Alfaro, David; Marcos Vales, Casquero; Gallardo (Podestá 75'), Víctor Salas (Moisés 70'), Fredi; Antoñito. 4-2-3-1.
Deportivo: Juanmi; Héctor, César, Romero, Capdevila; Sergio, Mauro Silva; Víctor (Duscher 65'), Fran (Amavisca 80'), Luque (Diego Tristán 62'); Makaay. 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Sevilla: Marcos Vales, Víctor Salas, Fredi, Antoñito for Francisco, Tomás, Moisés, Reyes / Deportivo: César, Víctor, Luque for Scaloni, Amavisca, Diego Tristán.

Goals:
1-0. 04. Antoñito. Deflected Casquero free kick past Juanmi from edge of area.
1-1. 49. Makaay. Poked shot in off post past Notario after Sergio cross from left.

It was draws all round on Saturday night's three games, as Sevilla and Deportivo La Coruña also shared the points between them. The Gallicians had not lost in the Sánchez Pizjuan stadiun in the last five years, but they came in to this game once again with a makeshift defence, with Scaloni joining the list of absentees after a long and fruitless trip to Japan to join the Argentine squad but then to spend the whole 90 minutes on the bench. César had at least recovered though, and Víctor and Luque came in for Amavisca and Tristán, who once again was in the news after being accused, falsely as it turned out, of being seen making a disturbance late at night after Spain's midweek game in his native Andalucia.

Caparrós was missing Reyes, suspended after picking up a fifth yellow card the week before, and Samways had still not recovered from an injury which has kept him out for the last couple of games. With a difficult calendar coming up they needed a win here, and they got off to the best possible start when Antoñito deflected a Casquero free kick in the fourth minute, catching Juanmi wrong-footed. Makaay had a chance to level the scores when he shot wide a few minutes later, but Sevilla should have wrapped up the game late in the first half, with Juanmi saving from Fredi and Antoñito and Fredi both missing the target when free in front of goal.

Let off the hook, Depor didn't waste any time in coming back, and three minutes in to the second half Sergio lost his marker and swung the ball into the goalmouth for Makaay to stick out a foot and poke the ball in to the net off the near post. It was the Dutch striker's fifteenth in all competitions and his eighth in the league making him the top scorer at the moment. After that the visitors recovered their form, and after Notario blocked a shot from Makaay at point blank range, Tristán came on to test the keeper with another strike from right of goal. Depor go into Tuesday night's Champions League tie with Juventus knowing their strike force is on top form .Sevilla take another point in their fight for survival.