First Division - Day 7

Mallorca 0 - Real Sociedad 0

Mallorca: Prats; Varela, Ballesteros, Nunes, Fernando Navarro; Basinas (Víctor 78'), Jordi; Jonas Gutiérrez (Maxi López 73'), Pisculichi (Jankovic 58'), Arango; Diego Tristán. 4-2-3-1.
Real Sociedad: Bravo; Gerardo, Labaka, Ansotegui, Garrido; Garitano, Aranburu; Xabi Prieto (Uranga 27'), Novo (López Rekarte 71'), Fabio Felicio (Rossato 62'); Kovacevic. 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Mallorca: Basinas, Jordi, Pisculichi, Diego Tristán for Pereyra, Ibagaza, Tuni, Maxi López / Real: Bravo, Garitano, Novo for Riesgo, Diego Rivas, Mikel Alonso.

Goals: None.

Bottom club Real Sociedad picked up their second point of the season in a 0-0 draw at Mallorca, a result which probably saves coach José Marí Bakero for a little while longer. If anything the locals had the better of a dull first half, but only a couple of efforts from Arango caused any work for Claudio Bravo, making his debut in the visitors' goal. An injury in the pre-match warm up had deprived Manzano's side of their most creative player Ibagaza, and Real themselves lost Xabi Prieto with less than half an hour gone.

The Basque side were left with ten men after Gerardo was sent off for a high tackle on Basinas twenty minutes from the end, but even so they could have opened the scoring had Kovacevic been able to take advantage of a half chance soon afterwards. The best opportunities of the game though came in the last five minutes, with Diego Tristán, Jankovic and Jordi all hitting the woodwork for the home side as they tried to take advantage of the extra man.