The real derby of the day was the one played in Sevilla between the two home sides, FC Sevilla and Betis. Both sides came in to the match with poor records, with Sevilla at the foot of the table without a win and Betis with three losses in a row away from home. This was the first match between the two sides for three years, and a hostile atmosphere had been building up for several weeks beforehand as both club presidents, Ruiz de Lopera of Betis and Carrion of Sevilla insulted each other in a vitriolic slanging match. The aggression at the top level inevitably incited some of the weaker brained fans to go over the top, and three policemen were injured in pre-match skirmishes between rival supporters. The bad feeling also extended to the playing field, and concerns were expressed before the match that the referee designated by the RFEF computer, 31 year old Pérez Lasa, was young and inexperienced. In the end he seemed to keep a reasonable control, possibly getting carried away showing ten yellow cards in a match with some hard tackles but that was not too bad. He was correct however when he sent off Betis's Bornes and Sevilla's Moya near the end for a childish fight which would have been more at home in a children's playground. The violence did stop however briefly as both sides respected a minute's silence for the Betis supporter killed in a car crash on his way to the match last week. The match itself was played in pouring rain, with Sevilla running out comfortable winners in the end by 3-0. The home side took the lead as early as the second minute, when Quevedo shot in off the crossbar after Hibic had headed back Tsartas's free kick. Betis could have scored on a couple of occasions, with Romero in particularly hitting the crossbar with a header, but it was Sevilla who increased their lead fifteen minutes from time through Juan Carlos. Betis keeper Toni Prats, a Chilavert in the making, came out of his goal to strike a powerful free kick against the post, but Loren wrapped it up in the last minute, following up Quevedo's shot which bounced back off the crossbar. Both teams join the group of seven clubs at the bottom of the table on 7 points, with Betis in last position on goal average.

Rayo Vallecano kept up their run at the top with a 2-1 victory over fourth placed Espanyol. Both goalkeepers kept the score to a reasonable level, with Cavallero outstanding in the first half and Keller shining in the second. Rayo's Luis Cembranos, recently tipped to be in Camacho's national squad, was playing against his old team, and Jordi Ferrón, ex Barça B, renewed his rivalry with the old enemy. Roger played his first full match for Espanyol after moving from Barcelona in place of the injured Sergio. The first goal came from Rayo four minutes into the second half, with French defender Hernández getting behind the Catalan defence to head in a long free kick. Rayo appeared to be cruising when Canabal took advantage of a defensive error by Rotchen to add the second five minutes from time, but a 35 metre shot from Velamazán a couple of minutes later which bounced awkwardly past Keller gave Rayo fans an uncomfortable last couple of minutes. Rayo's captain Cota was sent off just before full time for a second bookable offence. Over 8,000 loyal fans turned up despite the match clashing with the televised game between Barça and Real Madrid.