Betis 0 - Sevilla 0

Betis: Doblas; Ilic, Melli, Rivas, Fernando Vega; Arzu (Rivera 35'), Vogel (Caffa 75'); Sobis (Pancraté 68'), Marcos Assunçao, Fernando; Robert. 4-2-3-1.
Sevilla: Palop; Daniel Alves, Javi Navarro, Dragutinovic, David; Jesús Navas, Poulsen, Maresca (Martí 65'), Adriano (Antonio Puerta 79'); Luis Fabiano (Alfaro 58'), Kanouté. 4-4-2.

Team changes: Betis: Melli, Marcos Assunçao, Fernando for Rivera, Capi, Caffa / Sevilla: Dragutinovic, Poulsen, Maresca, Kanouté for Escudé, Martí, Renato, Kerzhakov.

Goals: None.

Sevilla moved level on points with leaders Barcelona pending their game on Sunday after drawing 0-0 at city neighbours Betis. The home side should have taken the lead early on when they were awarded a dubious penalty after Fernando fell in the area, but Robert put his kick way over the bar. And they continued to dominate for the rest of the first half, Palop saving well from Ilic and Vogel amongst others.

Poulsen hit the post for the visitors soon after the restart, virtually their first real shot at goal. A couple of minutes before that Sobis had a goal disallowed for offside, and it was end to end stuff for the last half hour, Doblas blocking an effort from Adriano and Palop making a first class save from Robert when free in front of goal .But in the end both sides had to settle for a point which wasn't what either of them really wanted.