Deportivo La Coruña 0 - Espanyol 0

Deportivo: Dudu Aouate; Manuel Pablo, Arbeloa, Andrade, Capdevila; De Guzman, Duscher; Estoyanoff (Adrián 57'), Riki, Cristian (Verdú 81'); Arizmendi (Juan Rodríguez 89'). 4-2-3-1.
Espanyol: Kameni; Velasco, Jarque, Torrejón, Chica; Rufete (Corominas 64'), Moisés Hurtado, De la Peña, Riera; Luis García (Jonatas 82'), Tamudo (Pandiani 74'). 4-4-2.

Team changes: Depor: No change / Espanyol: No change.

Goals: None.

Deportivo and Espanyol drew 0-0, but only thanks to a couple of controversial decisions against the home side by referee Megia Dávila. The Galicians dominated the early minutes, with Estoyanoff and Riki going close and Kameni saving well from Capdevila. And they thought they had scored when Arizmendi turned in Riki's cross, the ball coming down off the crossbar and appearing to bounce over the line, but Megía ruled no goal.

The one-way traffic continued after the break, with Estoyanoff and Riki once again trying their luck. And for a second time Megía stood in the way of a goal when Arizmendi ran through to beat Kameni, this time the referee ruling out the strike for the positional offside of a colleague. Let off the hook, the visitors came close to sneaking away the three points when Tamudo hit the post with his side's first real shot at goal. But that would have been too much, and in the end both sides had to settle for a point.