Valencia 1 - Sevilla 2

Valencia: Hildebrand; Miguel, Raúl Albiol, Marchena, Moretti; Maduro (Edu 73'), Banega; Arizmendi (Joaquín 46'), David Silva, Mata (Morientes 58'); David Villa. 4-2-3-1.
Sevilla: Palop; Daniel Alves, Escudé, Mosquera, Adriano; Jesús Navas (Alfaro 92'), Poulsen, Keita, Diego Capel (Kone 84'); Kanouté, Luis Fabiano (Fazio 69'). 4-4-2.

Team changes: Valencia: Marchena, Moretti, Maduro for Iván Helguera, Caneira, Sunny / Sevilla: Escudé, Poulsen for Dragutinovic, Maresca.

Goals:
0-1. 11. Luis Fabiano. Curled free kick over defensive wall into top corner of net.
0-2. 22. Luis Fabiano. Deflected long shot by Keita wide of Hildebrand.
1-2. 89. Raúl Albiol. From close up after Edu played back Joaquín corner.

Sevilla moved up into the Champions League spots after a 1-2 win at Valencia in the last match on Saturday evening. La Liga's top scorer Luis Fabiano scored twice in the first quarter of the match, starting things off with a well struck free kick and then deflecting a shot from Keita past Hildebrand. Kanouté and Luis Fabiano had both gone close before that, but Mata was unlucky to have a strike ruled out for offside, and Baraja and Villa both tired their luck with long shots from outside of the area before the break.

Silva and Mata both had efforts blocked after the restart, but eventually Koeman decided to bring on reinforcements, Morientes making his first appearance after a long injury lay-off. They could still not make the break through though, and only a brave save from Hildebrand prevented Luis Fabiano from completing his hat-trick. With two minutes to go Raúl Albiol finally got one back for the Chés after Edu played across Joaquín's corner, but it came too late to change the result. Valencia drop nine points behind their opponents, and with their president resigning midweek, Koeman´s future may now depend on the midweek cup semi-final against Barcelona.