Valencia 1 - Sevilla 2

Valencia: Cañizares; Curro Torres, Marchena, Pellegrino, Moretti (Xisco 85'); Baraja, Sissoko; Angulo (Aimar 67'), Di Vaio (Albelda 71'), Fiore; Corradi. 4-2-3-1.
Sevilla: Esteban; Sergio Ramos, Javi Navarro, Aitor Ocio, David; Martí, Renato (Jordi 69'); Daniel Alves, Baptista, Antonio López (Fernando Sales 46'); Aranda (Pablo 87'). 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Valencia: Pellegrino, Moretti, Sissoko for David Navarro, Carboni, Albelda / Sevilla: Aitor Ocio, Baptista, Aranda for Pablo Alfaro, Fernando Sales, Darío Silva.

Goals:
1-0. 58. Aitor Ocio (own goal). Turned Corradi cross over own keeper.
1-1. 64. Baptista. Took Aranda pass and held off Moretti to score.
1-2. 81. Aranda. Far post header after Sergio Ramos played on corner.

Sevilla came from a goal down to beat Valencia 1-2 and hand them their first league defeat of the season. It was lively match, and Ranieri's side could have scored in the first minute when Corradi's header was cleared by a defender straight at Moretti, who almost deflected it into the net. The visitors almost went ahead when Cañizares somehow got a hand to Renato's free kick after it bounced past everyone, but Corradi had another chance minutes later after Esteban could only push out Fiore's long shot, the striker firing the rebound against the upright.

Play was going from end to end though, and Cañizares saved the day soon after the restart when he stopped a shot from Aranda after he broke free. Not long afterwards Valencia took the lead, Aitor Ocio unlucky to see his attempted clearance from Corradi's cross sail past his own keeper. But Sevilla equalised six minutes later, Baptista running on to Aranda's pass to force Moretti off the ball and beat Cañizares.

The locals were left with ten men when Baraja picked up a second booking, but numbers were evened up a few minutes later when Daniel Alves was shown a straight red for pushing over Marchena off the ball after the defender recriminated him for diving in the area. Aranda scored the winning goal soon afterwards after Sergio Ramos headed on a corner, but the striker was involved in a strange incident immediately afterwards when he went off for treatment for cramp, referee Esquinas Torres showing him a second yellow card when he ran back on to the pitch not realising that he had been substituted whilst lying on the stretcher. His side held on to win though, and the result takes them level with their opponents in joint second place, now five points behind leaders Barcelona.