Spanish Second Division "A": La Liga Hypermotion 2023-2024.

[AlanK]

Jornada 7 is compete; The Top and The Drop

1. Zaragoza-------------16 points; +10-3 Next hosts Mirandés.
2. Leganés--------------15 points; +10-3 Hosts Racing Santander.
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3. Tenerife--------------15 points; +8-3 At Eibar.
4. Espanyol--------------14 points; +14-8 Hosts Ferrol.
5. Levante---------------14 points; +11-8 At Elche.
6. Racing Santander-------12 points; +9-5 At Leganés.
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7. Ferrol----------------12 points; +8-6 At Espanyol.
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18. Huesca--------------7 points; +6-8 Hosts Sporting.
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19. Mirandés------------7 points; +10-13 At Zaragoza.
20. Alcorcón------------5 points; +5-13 At Villarreal "B".
21. Oviedo--------------3 points; +2-6 At Eldense.
22. Cartagena-----------3 points; +6-12 At Amorebieta.

[AlanK]

Jornada 8 of LaLiga2 begins

Fri. 29 Sept. 2100 Leganés 2, Racing Santander 1 Leganés has climbed into second place, just a point off the lead. El Racing is sixth, three points back of Leganés. And Leganés climbs into first place with the win

Sat. 30 Sept

1615 Eibar 3, Tenerife 0 Eibar is in mid-table after an awful start to the season. Tenerife is now in third place. Eibar blows 'em out on goals by Stoichkov at 59', Quique at 66', and Vencedor at 91'.

1830 Elche 0, Levante 0 Elche is two places and one point above the drop. Levante is fifth, just two points off the pace. Scoreless tie in the Martínez Valero.

2100 Albacete 3, Andorra 1 #15 hosts #11. Goals by Fuster at 32' and Silva at 45'; Petxorroman cuts the margin at 51'--2-1 At 92', Higinio ices it for el Alba--3-1. El Alba wins.

2100 Villarreal "B" 2, Alcorcón 2 The Mini-Sub is 14th; Alcorcón is in the drop. Sousa gives the visitors the lead at 16'. Requena ties for the home team at 25'. Alcor goes back into the lead on a goal by Jacobo at 34'. Ontiiveros converts a pk for the Mini-Sub to make it 2-2 at 49'. And that's the final.

Sun. 1 Oct.

1400 Eldense 1, Oviedo 3 Eldense is one point and three places above the drop. Oviedo has yet to win and is next-to-last. But Oviedo leads by two goals already--Abel at 6' and Paulino at 15' the scorers. Borja makes it 0-3 at 25'. Halftime. At 80', Salcedo cuts the deficit to 1-3 as he converts a pk. Oviedo wins for the first time this season.

1830 Zaragoza 0, Mirandés 1 Zaragoza still leads LaLiga2 after two games failing to win. Mirandés is the top of the drop. Note change in kickoff time. Scoreless first half. At 88', Jair of Zaragoza scores an own goal, which gives Mirandés the win. Zaragoza is currently in second place after three consecutive non-wins. Mirandés is currently up to 13th place.

1830 Amorebieta 0, Cartagena 0 Amorebieta is one point and six places above the drop. Cartagena is the "farolillo rojo." Scoreless first half. And scoreless second half. Amorebieta is 15th; Cartagena remains in last place.

1830 Valladolid 3, Burgos 0 #10 hosts #9. André at 6' and Monchu at 41' give Valladolid a 2-0 lead going into the second half. Meseguer makes it 3-0 at 68'; that's the final. Valladolid has climbed to sixth place; Burgos is 12th.

2100 Huesca 0, Sporting 1 Huesca is above the drop only on GD. Sporting is one point and two places back of the last playoff spot. Scoreless first half. Méndez gives Sporting the lead at 49'. Sporting wins it and is in sixth place at the moment, although they could be passed by Ferrol tomorrow.

Mon. 2 Oct. 2100 Espanyol 3, Ferrol 0 Espanyol has fallen to fourth place, but they're only two points off the league lead. Ferrol is seventh, just four points back of first place. At game time, a win lifts Espanyol to second place. A win lifts Ferrol to third or second. At 41', Espanyol takes the lead as Braithwaite sccores--1-0. And Espanyol goes into halftime in second place. Can they hold it Pere Milla makes it 2-0 at 47'. At 71', Braithwaite scores his second of the night and it's 3-0. And that's the final--Espanyol is in second place.

[AlanK]

Jornada 8 ended yesterday; Jornada 9 starts TODAY . . . but first, The Top and The Drop

1. Leganés-------------18 points; +12-4 Next at Burgos.
2. Espanyol-------------17 points; +17-8 At Cartagena.
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3. Zaragoza------------16 points; +10-4 At Andorra.
4. Levante--------------15 points; +11-8 Hosts Villarreal "B".
5. Tenerife-------------15 points; +8-6 Hosts Racing Santander.
6. Sporting-------------14 points; +8-6 Hosts Elche.
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19. Huesca--------------7 points; +6-9 At Oviedo.
20. Oviedo--------------6 points; +5-7 Hosts Huesca.
21. Alcorcón------------6 points; +7-15 Hosts Albacete.
22. Cartagena-----------4 points; +6-12 Hosts Espanyol.

[AlanK]

Jornada 9 of LaLiga2 starts today, Tues. 3 Oct.

1900 Alcorcón 1, Albacete 2 El Alba trails sixth-place Sporting only on GD after this away win.

1900 Levante 1, Villarreal "B" 1 Levante misses a chance to go into a three-way tie for the lead.

2130 Tenerife 2, Racing Santander 0 With this result, Tenerife trails league leaders Leganés only on GD.

Wed. 4 Oct.

1900 Eldense 0, Valladolid 1 Valladolid is moving up--now in seventh place.

1900 Oviedo 1, Huesca 0 The win lifts Oviedo out of the drop.

2130 Burgos 1, Leganés 0 League leaders lose; after Thurs. games they may on longer be leader.

2130 Sporting 2, Elche 0 Sporting hss climbed to fourth place with this win; Elche just barely above the drop.

Thurs. 5 Oct.

1900 Andorra 0, Zaragoza 1

1900 Mirandés 1, Eibar 3

2130 Cartagena 0, Espanyol 2

2130 Ferrol 1, Amorebieta 0

[AlanK]

Jornada 9 is in the books; here are The Top and The Drop

1. Espanyol------------20 points; +19-8 Next at Villarreal "B"
2. Zaragoza------------19 points; +11-4 Hosts Alcorcón.
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3. Leganés-------------18 points; +12-5 Hosts Oviedo.
4. Tenerife-------------18 points; +10-6 Hosts Burgos.
5. Sporting-------------17 points; +10-6 At Racing Santander.
6. Levante--------------16 points; +12-9 At Albacete.
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19. Eldense-------------8 points; +10-17 At Huesca.
20. Huesca-------------7 points; +6-10 Hosts Eldense.
21. Alcorcón------------6 points; +8-17 At Zaragoza.
22. Cartagena-----------4 points; +6-14 At Ferrol.

[AlanK]

Jornada 10 starts

Fri. 6 Oct. 2100 Albacete 0, Levante 2 A win would lift Levante to at least third place . . . for the moment, anyway. Fabricio scores at 20' to give Levante the lead--0-1. Halftime. At 56', Pablo makes it 0-2. That's the final; Levante trails second-place Zaragoza only on GD.

Sat. 7 Oct.

1615 Huesca 0, Eldense 1 Scoreless first half. At 96', Soberón scores the winner for Eldense--0-1 the final.

1830 Racing Santander 3, Sporting Gijón 2 At 28', Andrés scores for Racing; at 32', Gaspar ties for Sporting--1-1. And it's still 1-1 at the half. At 48', Peque gives Racing the lead--2-1. At 63', Gaspar scores his second of the game to tie it--2-2. Ekain gives Racing the lead at 83'--3-2. And 3-2 is the final score.

2100 Leganés 0, Oviedo 0 Scoreless first half.. And scoreless second half

Sun. 8 Oct.

1400 Amorebieta 1, Eibar 2 in progress. Amorebieta goes ahead at 8'--goal by Dorrio. Yanis ties at 12' for Eibar--1-1. Halftime. At 92', Aketxe gives Eibar the lead--1-2. And Eibar wins it.

1615 Valladolid 3, Mirandés 2 Scoreless first half. At 51', Durdov gives Mirandés the lead--0-1. Valladolid goes ahead only to see Mirandés tie at 91'; never say die and Valladolid finds a winner at 99.

1830 Ferrol 1, Cartagena 1 in progress. At 40', Real converts a pk to give Cartagena the lead--0-1. Halftime. At 93', Vadillo scores for Ferrol and thus keeps Cartagena from their second win of the season--1-1 the final.

1830 Tenerife 2, Burgos 1 Scoreless first half. At 64', Róber López gives Tete the lead; at 69', Enric Gallego makes it 2-0 with a pk. At 77', Curro cuts the margin with a pk--2-1. And that's how it ends.

2100 Zaragoza 0, Alcorcón 2 At 38', Juanma scores to give Alcor the lead--0-1 at the half. At 82', Eteki makes it 0-2 for Alcor, aand that's the final.

Mon. 9 Oct.

1900 Elche 2, Andorra 1 Plano gives Elche the lead at 23'; Scheidler ties for Andorra at 64'. Borja Garcés gives Elche the lead at 89'--2-1. And that's the final. The win lifts Elche from top of the drop all the way to 13th place.

2100 Villarreal "B" 3, Espanyol 1 A tie would lift Espanyol to first place on GD over Tenerife; a win would give Espanyol sole possession of first place. At 13', Lekovic gives the Minisub the lead--1-0. At 26', Pascual scores from outside the area--2-0, and it looks very much as though Espanyol will not sleep in first place tonight. But it ain't over yet--at 41', Puado reduces the lead to 2-1 as he scores from inside the area. And it's still 2-1 at halftime. At 70', Pascual scores his second of the night with a beautiful shot from beyond the area--3-1, and Espanyol better rev it up But they can't, and they'll have to settle for second place for the time being.

[AlanK]

With Jornada 10 complete and in the books, here are The Top and The Drop; without exception each team has played 10 games

1. Tenerife------------21 points; +12-7 Next at Mirandés.
2. Espanyol-----------20 points; +20-11 Hosts Valladolid.
3. Leganés------------19 points; +12-5 Hosts Amorebieta.
4. Levante------------19 points; +14-9 Hosts Ferrol.
5. Zaragoza-----------19 points; +11-6 At Sporting.
6. Valladolid----------19 points; +12-8 At Espanyol.
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19. Amorebieta--------9 points; +12-13 At Leganés.
20. Alcorcón----------9 points; +10-17 At Andorra.
21. Huesca-----------7 points; +6-11 At Eibar.
22. Cartagena---------5 points; +7-15 Hosts Racing Santander.

The next jornada kicks off on Friday, 13 Oct.

[AlanK]

Jornada 11 kicks off

Fri. 13 Oct. 2100 Oviedo 3, Albacete 0 Oviedo has climbed out of the drop. Scoreless first half. At 45'+1', Alvaro Rodríguez of Albacete sees a second yellow. Can Oviedo manage a goal and win what is for Oviedo, a big game Oviedo has scored just six goals to date in 10 games Yes, indeed they could and did At 48', Paulino de la Fuente connects with an unstoppable header--1-0. Yes --they could get another--And so quickly-at 53', Borja Bastón heads in and it's 2-0. Unreal At 63', Paulino de la Fuente scores his second of the night--3-0. At 82', Paulino goes out hurt and no subs are left, so it's 10 vs 10 for the last few minutes. And 3-0 is the final, Oviedo's best result of the season to date, and they climb, for the moment, to 13th place.

Sat. 14 Oct.

1615 Mirandés 1, Tenerife 1 Tenerife leads LaLiga2 But Tenerife gets no more than a tie, which means that one team could pass them on points in this jornada, and four others could catch them. Alvaro of Mirandés gave his team the lead here at 2'; Angel of Tenerife tied at 43', and the second half was scoreless.

1830 Cartagena 2, Racing Santander 3 Cartagena continues to occupy last place. Racing is 10th, but only six points off the league lead. At 8', Muñoz gives Cartagena the lead; Andrés ties for Racing at 28'--1-1; Peque makes it 1-2 at 39' with a pk, and Ortuño ties it at 45'--2-2 at the half. At 62', Peque scores his second of the day to give Racing the lead--2-3. And that's the final.

1830 Sporting 2, Zaragoza 2 Sporting has dropped out of the top six; Zaragoza is now fifth, two points off the league lead. Marca.com says Spectacular atmosphere in the Molinón. At 45', Maikel Mesa not only gives Zaragoza the lead--0-1--, he lifts them into first place on GD over Tenerife. Can Zaragoza go home a winner and leading the league Halftime. 20,698 reported on hand, At 76', Iván Azón makes it 0-2, and Zaragoza looks like a winner. But at 86', Campuzano cuts the margin to 1-2. And the ending is . . . well, Zaragoza's goalie pulls a huge blunder, not realizing that Insúa of Sporting is behind him; Insúa steals the ball at 97' and kicks it in to tie the game and knock Zaragoza, for the moment, to third place--2-2 the final in the Molinón.

2100 Espanyol 2, Valladolid 0 Espanyol blew a chance to go top in their last game; as it is, they're second, just one point off the lead. And the way things have gone elsewhere, a win today would leave Espanyol alone atop LaLiga2. Valladolid started poorly, but is now up to sixth place, just two points back of the pacesetters. At 4', penalty awarded to Espanyol. Braithwaite takes the kick at 6', saved by the goalie, but the penalty is repeated because defensive team players enter the area too soon, and at 8', Braithwaite makes no mistake--1-0, and Espanyol is alone atop LaLiga2 . . . if they can go on to win this game At 14', Pacheco makes a great save of Espanyol's furniture . . . and of their lead; still 1-0. At 35', Javi Puado makes it 2-0 for Espanyol. At the half, Espanyol is alone atop LaLiga2, and if they win this game, they're guaranteed the league lead at the jornada's end. 21,439 reported on hand. Espanyol wins it 2-0 and will be atop the league when Jornada 11 is completed on Monday.

Sun. 15 Oct.

1400 Burgos 3, Villarreal "B" 2 Both are in mid-table. Scoreless at the half; game really came to life in the second half--Burgos goals by Matos at 50', Bermejo at 63', and Sierra at 89'; Villarreal goals by Ferrari at 74' and 95'.

1615 Eldense 1, Elche 1 Full time. #15 hosts #14. Scoreless in the first half. At 35', Florín Andone gives Eldense the lead--1-0. At 59', Timor of Eldense scores an own goal--1-1. Elche is now 16th; Eldense is 17th.

1615 Andorra 2, Alcorcón 0 Full time. Alcor is in the drop; Andorra is one point above the drop. Scoreless in the first half. Still scoreless at about 60'. At 79', Lobete scores for the home team--1-0. Alex Calvo scores at 93' to give the home team a 2-0 win. Andorra is now 15th; Alcor is 20th

1830 Eibar 1, Huesca 1 A reborn Eibar has risen to seventh place; Huesca has fallen to next-to-last. As things stand at game time, Eibar would climb to third place with a win, unless Legaanés also wins. But at 38', an own goal by Corpas gives Huesca the lead--0-1. 5,438 reported on hand in Ipurúa. At 71', an own goal by Rubén Pulido ties the score--1-1. Now Eibar is putting on lots of pressure . . . It ends 1-1, just enough for Eibar to end the day in sixth place on GD.

1830 Leganés 6, Amorebieta 0 Leganés is in third place, just two points off the lead. Amorebieta is the top of The Drop. At 21', Miguel de la Fuente gives Lega the lead--1-0. And at 25', Miguel de la Fuente scores again--2-0. At halftime, Lega is in second place, just a point back of Espanyol and ahead of Tenerife on GD. At 50', Miguel de la Fuente completes a hat trick--3-0. At 73', Diego makes it 4-0. At 82', Raba makes it 5-0. At 93', Chico adds another, so the final is 6-0.

Mon. 16. Oct. 2100 Levante 1, Ferrol 0 full time. Levante is fourth, just two points off the league lead. Ferrol is ninth, three points back of the last playoff spot. Update to reach second place, Levante would have to win by EIGHT goals today. Any win lifts Levante to third place. The game won't be carried here At 58', Daniel Gómez scores for the home team--1-0. And that proves to be the winner; Levante is indeed in third place, although even on points with second-place Leganés and fourth-place Tenerife, and just one point back of leader Eapanyol. Ferrol is in 11tth place.

[AlanK]

After Jornada 11, each and every team having played 11 games, The Top and The Drop are as follows

1. Espanyol------------23 points; ±22-11 Next hosts Leganés in the weekend's top game.
2. Leganés-------------22 points; +18-6 At Espanyol.
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3. Levante-------------22 points; +15-9 At Tenerife.
4. tenerife-------------22 points; +13-8 Hosts Levante.
5. Zaragoza------------20 points; +13-8 Hosts Eibar.
6. Eibar---------------19 points; +16-13 At Zaragoza.
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19. Amorebieta----------9 points; +12-19 Hosts Oviedo.
20. Alcorcón------------9 points; +10-19 Hosts Cartagena.
21. Huesca-------------8 points; +7-12 Hosts Elche.
22. Cartagena-----------5 points; +9-18 At Alcorcón.

[AlanK]

Jornada 12 kicks off

Fri. 20 Oct. 2100 Espanyol 0, Leganés 1 Whatta way to start the jornada: #1 hosts #2, with only one point separating them If Espanyol and Lega tie, the winner of Tenerife-Levante would take over first place. And they're still 0-0 at the half in Cornellà--El Prat. Miguel gives Lega the lead at 48'--0-1, and Leganés is in first place at the moment. And Leganés holds on to win; they're pretty much guaranteed to be in first place at the jornada's end.

Sat. 21 Oct.

1615 Amorebieta 0, Oviedo 0 Amorebieta is the top of the drop; Oviedo has climbed to mid-table. Scoreless first half. Scoreless second half.

1615 Villarreal "B" 0, Mirandés 3 #14 hosts #18. Ilyas gives Mirandés the lead at 34'--0-1 at the half. At 61', Ilyas scores agaun--0-2 for the visitors. At 72', Gabri makes it 0-3. That's the final.

1830 Tenerife 0, Levante 0 #4 hosts #3; they're even on points and trail the pacesetters by just one point. Scoreless first half. Scoreless second half. There may be a huge logjam for 2nd thru 5th Leganés will lead LaLiga2 by two points over--possibly--Espanyol, Levante, Tenerife, and--if they win the game coming up next--Zaragoza.

2100 Zaragoza 2, Eibar 3 . . . and #5 hosts #6; the latter is just four points back of the league leaders. At 39', Maikel gives Zaragoza the lead--1-0. And Jaume Grau makes it 2-0 at 43'. At this point, Zaragoza is in third place--one team has 25 points, and four teams have 23 points. Halftime in Zaragoza. But Bautista puts Eibar on the scoreboard at 62''. Can Zaragoza hold on No at 67', Stoichkov ties it for Eibar--2-2. This result would drop Zaragoza to fifth place. At 87', Aketxe makes it 2-3 for Eibar, and the latter rises to fifth place; this leaves Zaragoza sixth. And 2-3 is indeed the final score

Sun. 22 Oct.

1400 Ferrol 1, Eldense 1 Ferrol is in mid-table; Eldense is two points above the drop. Scoreless first half. At 60', Héber scores for Ferrol--1-0. At 81', Salcedo ties it for the visitors--1-1. And that's the final score.

1615 Huesca 0, Elche 1 The former is next-to-last; the latter is four points above the drop. At 5', Mercau gives Elche the lead--0-1. And it's still 0-1 at the half. And it's still 0-1 when the game ends.

1830 Albacete 1, Sporting 3 #12 hosts #9. At 34', Campuzano gives Sporting the lead--0-1. Halftime. At 49', Gaspar makes it 0-2 for Sporting. Hassan at 83 scores for 0-3; Silva at 86' scores the goal of honor for el Alba. Sporting wins it.

1830 Racing Santander 3, Burgos 0 #8 hosts #10. At 34, Peque gives Racing the lead--1-0. Halftime. At 50', Mantilla makes it 2-0 for Racing. Ekain scores at 77' to make it 3-0. Racing with a solid win

2100 Valladolid 2, Andorra 0 The former is #7, just four points back of the league lead; Andorra is four points above the drop. At 8', Montiel gives Valladolid the advantage--1-0. At 42', Juric makes it 2-0 for the home team. A win would leave Valladolid in sixth place, three points off the league lead. And, indeed, 2-0 is the final.

Mon. 24 Oct. 2100 Alcorcón 1, Cartagena 1 #20 hosts #22. At 15', Chiki gives Alcor the lead--1-0 at the half. At 49', Narvéez ties it for the visitors, and in so doing, wins what is only Cartagena's fifth point all season.

[AlanK]

The Top and The Drop after Jornada 12

1. Leganés------------25 points; +19-5 Next hosts Villarreal "B".
2. Espanyol------------23 points; +22-12 At Sporting.
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3. Levante-------------23 points; +15-9 At Andorra.
4. Tenerife------------23 points; +13-8 At Elche.
5. Eibar---------------22 points; +19-15 Hosts Valladolid.
6. Valladolid-----------22 points; +14-10 At Eibar.
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19. Amorebieta--------10 points; +12-18 At Eldense.
20. Alcorcón-----------10 points; +11-20 At Oviedo.
21. Huesca-------------8 points; +7-13 Hosts Albacete.
22. Cartagena----------6 points; +10-19 At Mirandés.

[AlanK]

Jornada 13 begins

Fri. 27 Oct. 2100 Eibar 5, Valladolid 1 #5, Eibar, has returned to life and is now just three points off the league lead. Valladolid is #6, even on points with Eibar. At 22', Aketxe gives Eibar the lead and incidentally lifts them into a first place tie with Leganés--1-0.At 32', Bautista makes it 2-0 for Eibar. And 2-0 is the halftime score. At 48', Sylla cuts the margin to one goal--2-1. At 69', Stoichkov makes it 3-1. Eibar adds goals at 84' by Qasmi and at 97' by Yanis--5-1 the final; Eibar is even on points with first-place Leganés but trails on GD.

Sat. 28 Oct.

1400 Eldense 2, Amorebieta 0 The former, #17, is three points above Top-of-the-Drop Amorebieta. Ortuño, also known as Juanto, gives Eldense the lead at 14', and it's still 1-0 at the half. At 70', Juanto converts a pk to make it 2-0 . . . and that's the final score.

1830 Andorra 2, Levante 0 #18 hosts #3. After a scoreless first half, Scheidler scores for Andorra at 61'--1-0. Iker makes it 2-0 at 96', and that's the final. Levante has fallen to sixth place at the moment.

1830 Sporting 2, Espanyol 0 #8 hosts #3. Will Espanyol bounce back after a home loss Juan Ferney gives Sporting the lead at 33'--1-0. Campuzano makes it 2-0 at 69'. Sporing rises to third place with this win; they're a point ahead of Espanyol now; both could be passed by Tenerife in the game coming up up next.

2100 Elche 2, Tenerife 1 Elche, in mid-table, hosts #4 Tete. Tenerife would top the Second Division, at least for the moment, if they can win this game. But it's still scoreless at the half. Tenerife scores No details yet . . . Well, Mellot scored at 52'--0-1, but at 55', Oscar Plano ties for Elche--1-1. At 68', Nico converts a pk to give Elche the lead--2-1. And that score holds up--Elche wins it.

Sun. 29 Oct.

1400 Mirandés 2, Cartagena 1 #14 hosts the "farolillo rojo." Scoreless first half. At 72', Martín converts a pk to give Mirandès the lead--1-0. Fontán ties for Cartagena at 80', but Barcia scores what proves to be the winner for Mirandés at 91'--2-1 the final.

1615 Huesca 0, Albacete 0 Huesca is #21; el Alba is #15. Scoreless first half. Scoreless second half.

1830 Leganés 1, Villarreal "B" 0 Lega is #3; the Mini-Sub is #16. Scoreless first half. At 51', Sergio gives Lega the lead, which lifts his team back atop LaLiga2 . . . as long as they go on to win--1-0. And indeed, they hold on and sleep at the top of LaLiga2.

1830 Oviedo 2, Alcorcón 0 Oviedo is #14, four points and six places above Alcor. At 45'+3', Seoane gives Oviedo the lead, 1-0 at halftime. At 90', Camarasa makes the final 2-0.

2100 Racing Santander 1, Racing Ferrol 3 #7 hosts #10. Mantilla scores for the home team at 25'; Vicente ties for the visitors at 35'--1-1. At 45'+2', Héber converts a pk for Ferrol--1-2 at the half. And now it's 1-3; Héber scores a second goal for Ferrol. That's the final.

Mon. Oct. 30 2100 Burgos 1, Zaragoza 1 Burgos is #11, two places back of Zaragoza, which led the league for awhile but has fallen into hard times. At 38', Mollejo gives the visitors the lead--0-1 at the half. A win would lift Zaragoza back into the top six. At 93', Matos tie for Burgos, and Zaragoza''s chance goes down the drain.

[AlanK]

The Top and The Drop after Jornada 13

1. Leganés-------------28 points; +20-5 Next at Cartagena.
2. Eibar----------------25 points; +24-16 At Espanyol.
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3. Sporting------------24 points; +19-12 At Villarreal "B".
4. Espanyol------------23 points; +22-14 Hosts Eibar.
5. Levante-------------23 points; +15-11 Hosts Mirandés.
6. Tenerife------------23 points; +14-10 At Valladolid.
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19. Amorebieta--------10 points; +12-21 Hosts Huesca.
20. Alcorcón----------10 points; +11-22 Hosts Racing Santander.
21. Huesca------------9 points; +7-13 At Amorebieta.
22. Cartagena----------6 points; +11-21 Hosts Leganés.

[AlanK]

Jornada 14 in LaLiga2 begins

Fri. 3 Nov. 2100 Espanyol 2, Eibar 2 #4 hosts #2. Can Espanyol win this game to get back into the top 2 At 6', Bautista gives Eibar the lead--0-1. At 45'+3', Puado ties it for Espanyol--1-1 at the half. At 56', Puado converts a pk to give Espanyol the lead--2-1. But at 95', Puado scores again . . . but this time it's an own goal--2-2, and that's the final score. Eibar remains in second place, while Espanyol climbs to third place--both for the moment, at least.

Sat. 4 Nov.

1615 Villarreal "B" 0, Sporting 3 #18, just 3 points above the drop, hosts #3. At 4', Juan Ferney gives Sporting the lead--0-1. Still 0-1 at the half. At 57', Campuzano makes it 0-2 for Sporting. Cote makes it 0-3 at 72', and Sporting will rise to second place in LaLiga2. And so it has come to pass.

1830 Levante 2, Mirandés 2 Levante is in fifth place; Mirandés is in lower mid-table. Ilyas gives Mirandés the lead at 13'--0-1. At 26', Giorgi ties it for Levante--1-1. At 63', Pablo gives Levante the lead--2-1. Martón ties it for Mirandés at 94'; that's the final.

1830 Valladolid 2, Tenerife 0 Valladolid is #7, just one point back of 6th place Tenerife. Scoreless first half. At 64', Monchu scores for Valladolid--1-0. Rosa makes it 2-0 at 92'; great result for Valladolid

2100 Albacete 1, Elche 1 #17 hosts #11. Scoreless first half. At 49', Plano gives Elche the lead; Escriche ties for el Alba at 76'; 1-1 the final.

Sun. 5 Nov.

1400 Ferrol 1, Andorra 0 #10 hosts #16. At 11', Iker Losada gives Ferrol the lead--1-0, and still 1-0 at the half. And still 1-0 at the final whistle.

1615 Amorebieta 0, Huesca 1 #19, the top of the drop, hosts #21, which is one point back of #19. Scoreless at the half. Huesca wins, 0-1. I don't have details.

1830 Alcorcón 3, Racing 1 Alcor is in the drop; Racing is #8, two points back of the last playoff spot. Nearing the end of the first half, it's 1-0. Alcor adds a second goal--2-0. . . . and a third--3-0. Nope, apparently still 2-0. And now my source says 3-1. And apparently that's the final.

1830 Cartagena 0, Leganés 3 #22, the farolillo rojo, hosts the pacesetter, #1 Lega. Scoreless nearing the end of the first half. Lega has scored early in the second half--0-1. Lega scores another at about 64'--0-2. And now it's 0-3. And that's the final.

2100 Eldense 2, Burgos 0 #15 hosts #14. At 15', Chapela gives Eldense the lead--1-0; still the same at the half. Clemente makes it 2-0 at 81', and that's the final.

Mon. 6 Nov. 2100 Zaragoza 0, Oviedo 0 Zaragoza is now two points and three places back of the last playoff spot. Oviedo, after an awful start to LaLiga2, has climbed to 12th place, with four wins and two ties in their last six games. Scoreless at the half. Game ends scoreless.

[Michael S Collins]

Not saying I'm a curse but apparently just going "Ah good for Zaragoza" at the time page was retroactively a curse weeks ago.