Alavés beat local rivals Osasuna 3-0 on Wednesday evening to leap seven places up the table to eighth place. The match was postponed from five weeks ago due to a snow-bound pitch, and with the locals having won their last three home games, a season best 12,000 crowd turned up at the Mendizorroza stadium. The Vitoria based side went ahead early on, Manu Barreiro connecting with Toti’s assist to beat Santamaría. .Goitia had to save from Merino and Javi Flaño later in the first half, but Sergio Llamas and Barreiro wrapped things up with two more goals in the first fifteen minutes after the restart. The defeat leaves the visitors just two points above the drop zone having only picked up one point in their last seven games. (18.03.15)