Racing Santander 1 - Málaga 1

Racing: Dudu Aouate; Pinillos, Moratón, Neru, Regragui (Aganzo 46'); Casquero, Vitolo; Raúl Martín (Antonio Tomás 69'), Felipe Melo, Oscar Serrano (Jonathan 58'); Antoñito. 4-2-3-1.
Málaga: Arnau; Jesús Gámez (Pina 68'), César Navas, Fernando Sanz, Alexis; Gerardo, Anderson Silva; Edgar, Hidalgo (Usero 72'), Nacho; Salva (Chengue Morales 72'). 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Racing: Regragui for Oriol / Málaga: Jesús Gámez, Gerardo for Valcarce, Juan Rodríguez.

Goals:
0-1. 34. César Navas. Header over keeper after Salva headed across.
1-1. 45. Casquero. Made space on edge of area and shot low past keeper.

It was a record weekend for red cards with no less than thirteen in all, although five of those were shown by referee Megía Dávila in the game between Racing Santander and Málaga. With both sides needing points the game got off to a lively start, Salva heading just wide in the first minute and Arnau in action at the other end. The first red card came in the twentieth minute when Anderson Silva was given a second booking, and the home side tried to take advantage, Melo testing Arnau again and Casquero chipping a long shot onto the top of the crossbar. But with ten minutes to go to the break Salva won the ball in the air, and although his header was off target, the ball bounced across goal to césar Navas who headed it back past Aouate.

The lead only lasted a few minutes though before Moratón won the ball in midfield and fed Casquero for him to make himself room and curl a shot past Arnau from the edge of the area. Manolo Preciado decided to press home the extra man advantage and brought on Aganzo at the break, but before long his side had less players on the park than their opponents, Vitolo earning himself a straight red for an off the ball incident with Salva, and Pinillos following him down the tunnel after another hard tackle on the ex Racing striker. Numbers were evened up for a short time when Gerardo picked up a second yellow card, but Megía rounded off a record night showing Aganzo the red card as well after he hacked down Hidalgo. Football took a back seat, and the referee had to have a police escort off the pitch at the end.