The fat lady has left her throat spray at home and has had to turned back! The second division was thrown wide open as none of the top six won and the three teams following all did. Nobody seems to want to go up this year, and right now any three from nine could do so with three matches remaining. Las Palmas are still favourites despite being hammered 4-1 by an Eibar side fighting for survival. They keep a three point lead over Villarreal, who were surprised to find that their 1-1 home draw with Compostela actually improved their position, moving two points away from Osasuna and Extremadura. They only just did it however, with a last minute equaliser from Javi Gracia. Osasuna lost 2-1 away to a Levante side who now move to within two points of them. Although their top scorer Salillas has been banned until the end of the season, Israel and Tomás stepped in to turn around Alfredo's early goal. Extremadura couldn't even beat bottom club Toledo in their own ground. They went down 1-2, with Rueda making the score look a bit more respectable with a late goal. Salamanca lost their opportunity to move into the top three, losing 1-0 to Albacete, and Lleida were held to a 0-0 draw at Badajoz. Sporting Gijon and Mérida were the other two winners on the night, winning 3-1 against Atlético Madrid B and 0-3 at Recreativo respectively. David scored two for Mérida in the first half. The two move up level with Levante on 58 points. Down at the bottom, Toledo are still not mathematically relegated after their victory at Extremadura, but they will need an extraordinary series of results to survive being seven points adrift of the rest. With Atlético Madrid automatically relegated, the remaining two spots look like being between Recreativo (42 points), Logroñes (43), Compostela (44) and Getafe (45).

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