Albacete 0 - Sevilla 2

Albacete: Gaspercic; Gaspar, Buades, Rubén, Peña; Alvaro Rubio, Jaime (David Sánchez 55'); Redondo, Nico Olivera (Mikel 46'), Mark González (Momo 46'); Rubén Castro. 4-2-3-1.
Sevilla: Esteban; Sergio Ramos, Javi Navarro, Pablo Ruiz, David; Daniel Alves, Martí, Renato, Antonio Puerta (Diego Capel 85'); Aranda (Darío Silva 60'), Antoñito (Jordi 70'). 4-4-2.

Team changes: Albacete: Gaspar, Nico Olivera, Rubén Castro for Oscar Montiel, Pacheco, Mikel / Sevilla: Pablo Ruiz, Antonio Puerta, Aranda, Antoñito for Aitor Ocio, Baptista, Antonio López, Makukula.

Goals:
0-1. 36. Renato. Picked up ball outside area and fired shot into top of net.
0-2. 45. Antoñito. Ran on to pass from Renato and slid shot under keeper.

Sevilla took advantage of Espanyol's defeat in Coruña to move back up into the Champions' League spots, just a point behind third placed Valencia, after a 0-2 win at Albacete. Alvaro had the first chance for the locals, but by the break they were two goals down, Renato collecting a throw in and running on to fire a long shot past Gaspercic, and then slipping a short pass to Antoñito for him to run on and get the second.

Nico Olivera was making his first start after Pacheco failed a late fitness test, but José González replaced him and the injured Mark Gonzalez with Mikel and Momo at the break, and brought on David Sánchez a few minutes later. Things improved after that, Esteban forced into making a couple of good saves and then tipping a shot from Redonodo onto the post. But they were left with ten men after Rubén once again dislocated his shoulder with all three changes already made, and after that their challenge died.