Real Sociedad 0 - Albacete 1

Real Sociedad: Alberto; López Rekarte, Kvarme, Schürrer (Xavi Prieto 83'), Aranzábal; Xabi Alonso, Aramburu; Karpin (Kovacevic 70'), Nihat, De Pedro (Lee Chun Soo 70'); De Paula. 4-2-3-1.
Albacete: Almunia; Oscar Montiel, Pablo, Buades, Peña; Viaud, David Sánchez; Redondo, Fabiano (Aranda 77'), Munteanu (Fernando Navarro 90'); Pacheco (Basti 70'). 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Real: Alberto, Aranzábal, Nihat, De Pedro for Westerveld, Potillón, Gabilondo, Kovacevic / Albacete: Redondo, Fabiano for Iván Díaz, Aranda.

Goals:
0-1. 48. Redondo. Scored at second attempt after Alberto blocked first shot.

Albacete moved out of the bottom three to the detriment of Celta after beating Real Sociedad 0-1. Reynald Denoueix made several changes after his side's Champions' League defeat midweek, bringing back transfer-listed Javier De Pedro, replacing the injured Westerveld with Alberto and leaving Kovacevic on the bench, and it was De Pedro who carved out the early chances for Nihat and De Paula in attack. The best chance of the first half fell to Karpin after a well worked team move, but visiting keeper Almunia was up to the challenge and made a good save.

Up to that point Albacete had hardly approached Alberto's goal, but only three minutes in to the second half they took the lead, David Sánchez and Munteanu setting up Redondo for a shot at goal. And although Alberto pushed out his first shot, the ball fell kindly for the midfielder to fire the rebound back into the net. Redondo could even have increased the lead later on, but Real pushed forward after that, and only a couple of great saves from Almunia in the final minutes kept out De Paula and substitute Lee Chun Soo. Albacete's second victory in a row took them two points clear of the drop zone, and dragged the Basques back into the struggle to avoid relegation.