The surprise of the day was the three goals that Recreativo put past Iker Casillas, leaving the Spanish international down in fourth spot in the table. Both sides actually wanted to call the game off after four Recre fans were killed in a coach crash on the way to the ground, but the authorities insisted on it taking place and the players dedicated their win to the grieving families.

With holidays on the horizon it was a low scoring round of games, with 21 goals in all and no less than eight clean sheets. The matches between Pinto's Celta and Bravo's Real Sociedad, and Aranzubia's Athletic Bilbao and César's Zaragoza, finished goal-less, and Kameni (Espanyol), Contreras (Betis), Palop (Sevilla) and López Vallejo (Recreativo) also kept their goals against column to zero. Aouate (Deportivo) and Prats (Mallorca) drop out of our chart though after letting in four and three respectively. (22.12.06)