Second division, day 18

Leaders Zaragoza played for the first time in their history on Sunday lunchtime, but it was not a successful exercise as they held to a 2-2 draw by Leganés. Yordi gave them the lead from the penalty spot in the first half, but Miguel Angel scored twice in the last ten minutes before Yordi saved a point with a second penalty in injury time. Two late goals in three minutes from Jesús Perera gave Albacete a 1-2 victory at Getafe, also at midday on Sunday. Craioveanu had given the lead to the Madrid based side earlier in the half. The Manchegans join Murcia and Levante three points behind the leaders, although they stay in fourth position on goal difference. Levante took a point in a 0-0 draw at Tenerife to stay in third place, the Canary Islanders' thirteenth draw of the season. A similar scoreline between Compostela and Salamanca, with more protests from the home side players before the game against their club president for failing to pay them all season. It was Salamanca's fourth scoreless draw in a row. Xerez drop out of the title race after losing 1-0 at Eibar, Miguel getting the only goal in the last minute, and Badajoz and Numancia stay down in the bottom four after drawing 1-1 in their match. (12.01.03)

Murcia moved up a place to second pending Sunday's games with an impressive 6-1 win over Las Palmas, which included a second half hat-trick from David Karanka. Elche kept up their unbeaten away record with a 1-1 draw at Terrassa, and Córdoba held on at Racing Ferrol to draw 0-0 and take a point which lifts them off the bottom of the table. That left Oviedo back in last place after they were beaten 0-3 by Poli Ejido, who move up close to the promotion spots, level with local rivals Almería who beat Oviedo's neighbours Sporting Gijon 1-0. (11.01.03)