Racing Santander 1 - Valencia 0

Racing: Toño; Pinillos, Garay, Rubén (Oriol 68'), Luis Fernández; Antonio Tomás (Vitolo 72'), Colsa; Scaloni, Felipe Melo, Munitis; Zigic (Aganzo 86'). 4-2-3-1.
Valencia: Cañizares, Miguel, Raúl Albiol, Ayala, Moretti; Joaquín (David Silva 70'), Pallardó, Edu, Gavilán (Regueiro 12'); David Villa, Morientes (Angulo 75'). 4-4-2.

Team changes: Racing: No change / Valencia: Pallardó, Edu, Gavilán for Albelda, Hugo Viana, David Silva.

Goals:
1-0. 56. Munitis. Header wide of Cañizares after Zigic headed on long ball.

Valencia drop to third after losing 1-0 to Racing Santander, the Cantabrian side's first win at home all season. It was a dull first half, with fog closing in on the ground making visibility difficult, and the only real shot at goal for either side was an effort from Morientes which Toño managed to beat away. The visitors suffered another injury blow, Gavilán joining the growing list with a knee problem following a tackle by Rubén, and Regueiro came on to applause from his old fans.

In the end though it was Racing's "Little and Large" act, Munitis and Zigic, who did the damage, the ex Real Madrid and Depor forward getting in front of the defence to head the Serbian's headed pass past Cañizares ten minutes in to the second half. Zigic had already had a penalty appeal turned down, and the two continued to cause problems throughout the second half. Valencia's only reply was a shot into the side netting by Regueiro, but even he had to call it a day after getting himself sent off for a second bookable offence in the last minute. A bad result for Quique Flores, and Racing breath a sigh of relief.