Alavés 2 - Deportivo La Coruña 3

Alavés: Kike; Geli, Téllez, Coloccini, Llorens; Astudillo, Pablo; Witschge (Iván Alonso 54'), Mara (Vucko 54'), Magno; Rubén Navarro (Ibon Begoña 71'). 4-2-3-1.
Deportivo: Molina; Manuel Pablo, Naybet, Djorovic, Romero; Mauro Silva, Emerson; Scaloni (José Manuel 82'), Valerón (Sergio 69'), Amavisca; Makaay (Diego Tristán 78'). 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Alavés: Witschge, Mara for Ibon Begoña, Jordi Cruyff / Deportivo: Naybet, Romero, Emerson, Scaloni for César, Capdevila, Víctor, Diego Tristán.

Goals:
0-1. 24. Amavisca. Headed in off post from Manuel Pablo cross.
0-2. 47. Amavisca. Controlled pass from Valerón and placed shot past keeper.
1-2. 62. Llorens. First time shot off post from edge of box after Pablo corner.
2-2. 83. Coloccini. Glancing header into bottom corner from long pass by Pablo.
2-3. 88. Sergio. Shot from edge of area after Amavisca laid ball across.

Deportivo took over at the top of the table, for 24 hours at least, with a thrilling 2-3 victory over Alavés on a stormy Saturday night. Sergio got the winning goal two minutes from time but their hero was ex Real Madrid and Racing veteran international Amavisca, who gave them a two goal lead with strikes in the 24th and 47th minutes, and then set up the winner for the ex Espanyol midfielder. Once again though a slip in concentration in the second half let in their opponents after Mané had thrown on two more forwards, with Alavés drawing level with goals from Llorens from a corner and then Coloccini with a header seven minutes from the end.

Referee Fernández Marín upset the local supporters sending off Iván Alonso for protesting and then disallowing a last minute goal by Geli for a dubious foul by Coloccini on Djorovic which would have saved them a point. Alavés drop out of the top spots down to seventh, two points behind their opponents and three behind leaders Celta. This was Deportivo's fourth away win in a row, and is good news for a team who have a reputation for poor performances outside of their Riazor stadium.