The league's leading scorer Salva added to his total for the season, but he had to wait for the fourth minute of injury time to get it. His spectacular goal saved Racing de Santandera point, as at that time they were trailing Espanyol by 1-2. The only change to Gustavo Benítez's side was the introduction of Ismael for the injured Billabona. Brindisi included Velamazán in place of Galca, but decided to play Sergio, recently recovered from injury, for Roger. Espanyol youngster De Lucas scored the first goal from the penalty spot in the 16th minute after an alleged handball in the penalty area, but Racing's South American defender Arzeno equalised from a header ten minutes later. The away side went back into the lead with probably the best goal of the day twenty minutes from time, Arteaga's long shot from out on the left side of the field (or was it a cross?) carrying over the head of Ceballos and into the net off the crossbar. It looked as if Espanyol were going to get their first victory in Santander in 18 years, but up popped the Pichichi to save the day. Both teams maintain their places in the top half of the table, although Espanyol have not won in five matches and need to win soon to push for a UEFA spot.

There was a similar result at Atlético de Madrid, but this time it was the away side Numancia who scored in injury time to level the match at 2-2. Ranieri kept the same side that steamrollered Amica in midweek, with Hasselbaink and Correa up front, and Solari and José Mari on the wings. Baraja accompanied Bejbl in midfield. Numancia were making their first visit ever to the Vicente Calderón stadium, and included Ojeda and Rubén Navarro in attack, with Jaume eventually replacing Barbu in midfield. Atlético lost key defender Gamarra early on with a leg injury which is likely to keep him out for a month, Santi coming on to replace him, and also had lesser injuries to Chamot and José Mari, who were substituted by Aguilera and Venturín. Baraja opened the scoring in the 26th minute after Solari laid the ball back, and Hasselbaink scored from a header, his fifth in four games, just before half time. Atleti relaxed, but ended up letting Numancia off the hook. Castaño pulled one back in the second half with a shot which took a deflection off a defender, and Nagore levelled the scores in the 94th minute after Rubén Navarro had headed on a corner to the far post.