Day Fourteen

Salamanca opened up a four point gap at the top with a good 0-2 away win against promotion rivals Las Palmas. Extremadura stayed second, despite losing 1-0 to Sporting, who seem to have put their financial problems behind them. Ledhiakov scored the only goal, and Sporting moved ahead of Albacete on goal average into fifth place. Levante caught up with Las Palmas in third place with a 0-1 victory at bottom club Toledo, Salillas scoring his eleventh goal of the season. He keeps the Pichichi spot, one ahead of Villarreal's Moisés, who also scored, this time a penalty, in his club's 1-1 draw at Mérida. Apart from Toledo, five of the bottom six teams won, with Atlético B recording their first victory under returning manager Zambranos.

Day Fifteen

Salamanca moved into a six point lead at the top as their closest rivals all failed to win. Three goals early in the second half, including two from Silvani, gave them a comfortable 3-0 victory over Logroñes. Extremadura threw away their lead in the sixth minute of injury time, Fran equalising for Lleida after Duré had given the home side the lead in the first half. Extremadura manager Ortuondo was shown the red card after protesting the equalising goal a little too strongly. With Las Palmas drawing at Albacete, Levante took advantage to move up to the third promotion spot with a good 3-1 win against Mérida. Sporting Gijon and Tenerife both kept up their recent winning runs, and home victories by both moves them up to fifth and sixth places. Tenerife's 3-0 victory against Toledo condemns the away team to last position, and with a gap of six points between them and a group of four teams (Logroñes, Atlético B, Leganés and Recreativo), they already look doomed.

See our second division results and league positions tables for details.