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

[AlanK]

La Liga Hypermotion, also known as Spanish Second Division "A", kicks off the weekend of August 11-14.

Teams which were not in Second Division "A" last season: Valladolid, Espanyol, and Elche, which were in First Division, and the four teams that won promotion from lower levels:: Amorebieta, Ferrol, Eldense, and Alcorcón.

[AlanK]

La Liga Hypermotion kicks off a week from today, on 11 August at 1900 with Amorebieta-Levante, to be followed by Valladolid-Sporting at 2100.

[AlanK]

Jornada 1 schedule

Fri. 11 Aug.

1900 Amorebieta 1, Levante 1 at about 63'; goal by Bouldini at 30' for the visitors. Jauregi ties for the home team at 64'--1-1. And the game ends in a tie.

2130 Valladolid 2, Sporting 0 in progress. Valladolid will try to regain a spot in LaLiga. Goal by Cédric at 20' gives the home team the lead--1-0. Halftime. At 53', Monchu makes it 2-0. Valladolid takes over first place with the 2-0 win.

Sat. 12 Aug.

1900 Racing 4, Eibar 0 Eibar narrowly missed promotion last season. Racing scores at 22'--Iñigo Vicente--and at 24'--Aladasoro--; 2-0, now at about 30'. At 38', it's 3-0, as Peque converts a pk for Racing. Halftime. At 72', Lago makes it 4-0. And that's the final--Racing tops the league, for the moment, anyway

2100 Zaragoza 2, Villarreal "B" 0 . Zaragoza had a mediocre season last go-around. Villarreal "B" is the only "B" team currently in La Liga Hypermotion. Scoreless at the half. Maikel gives Zaragoza the lead at 56'--1-0. Francho makes it 2-0 at 64'. And that's the final.

2200 Elche 0, Ferrol 1 Elche dropped last season. Ferrol just came up from third level. Scoreless first half. Iker Losada wins it for Ferrol with a goal at 51'.

Sun. 13 Ayg,

1700 Burgos 1, Huesca 1 At 10', Vilarrasa gives the visitors the lead--0-1. At 35', Curro ties with a pk--1-1. Halftime. Second half adds no goals, so each takes a point.

1930 Albacete 1, Espanyol 1 El Alba lost in promotion playoffs last season. Espanyol will be gunning for return to the top flight. At 40', Calero gives Espanyol the lead--0-1 at the half. Espanyol leads until 93', when Quiles of el Alba finds the tying goal.

1930 Cartagena 0, Eldense 1 Eldense is "Nuevo en esta Plaza." Ortuño gives Eldense the lead at 41'; now at the half. And Eldense holds on to win.

2200 Leganés 0, Andorra 1 Bover scored for Andorra at 29'. The goal by Bover holds up for a win for Andorra.

Mon. 14 Aug.

1900 Mirandés 4, Alcorcón 0 Alcorcón is back after winning promotion. At 16' Barcia converts a pk to give Mirandés the lead--1-0. At 37' it's 2-0, as Martín scores another for Mirandés. Halftime. At 59', Gabri makes it 3-0. Martín scores another at 73'--4-0 and if this is the final score, Mirandés will be tied for first place with Racing. And indeed, Racing and Mirandés are co-leaders at the moment.

2130 Tenerife 1, Oviedo 0 Tete had a poor season last time around. Oviedo probably isn't strong enough to win promotion. Enric scores for Tete at 18'--1-0. Halftime. And that's the score at full time.

[AlanK]

Jornada 1 is in the books; here's The Top

1/2 Racing-------3 points; +4-0 Next at Espanyol.
1/2 Mirandés-----3 points; +4-0 At Sporting.
3 Andorra--------3 points; +1-0 Hosts Cartagena.
4/5 Valladolid----3 points; +2-0 At Zaragoza.
4/5 Zaragoza-----3 points; +2-0 Hosts Valladolid.
6/8 Ferrol--------3 points; +1-0 At Oviedo.
6/8 Eldense------3 points; +1-0 At Villarreal "B".
6/8 Tenerife-----3 points; +1-0 At Huesca.

[AlanK]

Jornada 2 begins

Fri. 18 Aug.

1900 Andorra 3, Cartagena 2 Both lost last weekend. Scoreless at the half. At 56', Nieto scores for the home team--1-0. And it's Nieto again at 64'--2-0. Ortuño cuts the lead at 72' as he converts a pk--2-1. But Nieto completes a hat trick at 79' as he converts a pk--3-1. At 94', Ayllón makes it close, but Andorra wins it--32- the final.

2130 Zaragoza 1, Valladolid 0 Both won at home last weekend. At 31', Alejandro Francés scores to lift Zaragoza into the league lead--1-0. And that's the score at the half. And at the end

Sat. 19 Aug.

1700 Eibar 2, Elche 1 Eibar lost big on the road; Elche lost at home last weekend. At 5', Aketxe scores to give Eibar the early lead. Halftime. At 66', Boyé converts a pk to tie it 1-1. At 77', Soriano scores to put Eibar ahead. Eibar holds on to win.

1900 Espanyol 2, Racing 0 Espanyol conceded late last weekend and saw their win turned into a tie. Racing blew out Eibar and is tied for first place. Game of the Week We'll probably see whether Racing is for real . . . And at about 6', Pere Milla scores with a header to give Espanyol the lead--1-0. Halftime. At 68', Braithwaite makes it 2-0 for Espanyol. And 2-0 is the final score.

1930 Levante 3, Burgos 2 Both tied last weekend. At 45', Espiau gives Burgos the lead--0-1. At 45'+3', Cantero ties for Levente; at 45'+6', Lozano makes it 2-1 for the home team. Finally at the half. At 60', Bouldini makes it 3-1. At 71', Curro pulls the visitors within one goal with a pk--but 3-2 is the final in favor of Levante..

2200 Alcorcón 0, Leganés 2 Alcor lost badly; Lega is third after a two-goal win. Scoreless first half. At 49', Undabarrena scores for Lega--0-1. At 71', Raba makes it 0-2 for Leganés; that's the final score and Lega sleeps in first place thanks to GD.

Sun. 20 Aug.

1700 Oviedo 1, Ferrol 1 Oviedo lost on the road; Ferrol won in Elche. At 32', Señé converts a pk to give Ferrol the lead; Camarasa ties for Oviedo at 47'--1-1. And that's the final.

1930 Sporting 3, Mirandés 0 Sporting lost on the road; Mirandés won by four goals at home and shares the league lead with Racing. Sporting blows out Mirandés with goals by Juan at 27', Djuka at 34', and Gaspar at 38'--3-0 the final.

2200 Albacete 2, Amorebieta 2 El Alba tied at home vs Espanyol; Amorebieta tied at home vs Levante. At 5', Rayco gives Amorebieta the lead--0-1; at 24', Félix makes it 0-2. At 45'+2', Fuster cuts the margin to 1-2, and it' halftime. At 49', Quiles ties it for el Alba--2-2. And that\s how the game ends.

Mon. 21 Aug.

1900 Villarreal "B" 3, Eldense 1 Villarreal lost in Zaragoza; Eldense won in Cartagena. Villarreal leads 2-0 after goals by Pascual at 5' and Forés at 27'. Ortuño gets one back at 34', but Del Moral makes it 3-1 at 50'. And 3-1 is the final.

2130 Huesca 0, Tenerife 2 Huesca managed a tie in Burgos; Tete beat Oviedo last weekend. At 14', Roberto gives the visitors the lead--0-1. Halftime. Waldo makes it 0-2 at 50'. Tenerife wins it and moves into a 2/3 tie with Zaragoza.

[AlanK]

After Jornada 2, each of three teams has won both of their games

1/2. Tenerife-----------6 points; +3-0. Next hosts . . . Zaragoza
1/2 Zaragoza-----------6 points; +3-0 Next at . . . Tenerife
3. Andorra-------------6 points; +4-2 Next at Amorebieta.

[AlanK]

Jornada 3 comin' up starting on

Fri. 25 Aug. 2130 Cartagena 0, Levante 1 Giorgi scores for Levante at 25'. The goal holds up to be a winner. For the moment, Levante leads the league with 7 points.

Sat. 26 Aug.

1700 Burgos 1, Oviedo 0 Niño scores for Burgos at 14', and the goal holds up to give the home team the win.

1900 Tenerife 0, Zaragoza 1 Each has two wins; neither has conceded a goal to date. Now in the second half. At 69', Jair scores what proves to be the winner for Zaragoza--the maños have yet to concede a goal and are atop the second division all alone.

2130 Elche 1, Villarreal "B" 0 Elche is off to a nightmare start--two losses following last season's relegation. At 9', Fidel converts a pk to give Elche the lead--1-0. And that goal holds up to the bitter end.

2130 Valladolid 0, Alcorcón 2 Valladolid has a win and a loss; Alcorcón is dead last with no goals scored and six conceded in two games. But Alcor takes the lead on a goal by Jacobo at 35'--0-1. Sousa makes it 0-2 at 95'--not the expected result.

Sun. 27 Aug.

1700 Ferrol 2, Sporting 0 Héber gives Ferrol the lead at 53'--1-0. At 86', Alex makes it 2-0, and that's the final.

1930 Amorebieta 3, Andorra 0 Andorra has two one-goal wins to date. At 39', Jauregi gives the home team the lead; at the half it's 1-0. And Amorebieto adds two more, at 53' by Eraso and 91' by Sibo--3-0 the final.

1930 Mirandés 0, Espanyol 1 Mirandés has won big and lost big to date. Espanyol is in fourth place with a win and a tie. Scoreless first half. At 58', Jofre scores what proves to be the winner for Espanyol--0-1 the final.

21:30 Leganés 2, Albacete 0 Raba converts a pk at 22' to give Lega the lead; 1-0 at the half. Diego makes it 2-0 with a converted pk at 68'. And that's the final.

Mon. 28 Aug.

1900 Eldense 2, Eibar 1 At 29', Ortuño gives Eldense the lead; at 39', Andone makes it 2-0. At 89', Aketxe scores for Eibar--2-1, with 10 minutes added time to go. Eldense hangs on and wins for the second time in three games.

2130 Racing 0, Huesca 0 Racing has a win of 4-0 and a loss of 0-2 to date. And this game ends scoreless.

[AlanK]

With Jornada 3 complete in the books, here are The Top and The Drop

1. Zaragoza------------9 points; +4-0 Next hosts Eldense.
2. Espanyol------------7 points; +4-1 Hosts Amorebieta.
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3. Ferrol--------------7 points; +4-1 At Alcorcón.
4. Levante------------7 points; +5-3 Hosts Oviedo.
5. Leganés------------6 points; +4-1 At Eibar.
6. Tenerife------------6 points; +3-1 At Andorra.
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19. Albacete----------2 points; +3-5 Hosts Valladolid.
20. Huesca-----------2 points; +1-3 Hosts Mirandés.
21. Oviedo-----------1 point; +1-3 At Levante.
22. Cartagena--------0 points; +2-6 At Villarreal "B".

[AlanK]

Jornada 4 for LaLiga2 starts

Fri. Sept. 1

1930 Alcorcón 1, Ferrol 1 Alcor won in Valladolid after losing their first two games. El Ferrol is tied for second place after two wins and a tie to date. Scoreless first half. Scoreless until added time, when Losada gives Ferrol the lead at 91' and Sousa ties it for Alcor at 94'

2130 Albacete 2, Valladolid 0 El Alba is top of the drop, with two points in three games. Valladolid has dropped their last two after winning the opener. Dejetel at 17' and Agus at 61' scored for el Alba.

Sat. Sept. 2

1615 Sporting 2, Burgos 1 Sporting has won once at home and lost twice on the road to date. Burgos has a win, a tie, and a loss to date. At 18', Juan gives Sporting the lead--1-0 at the half. Curro ties at 59' for the visitors--1-1. Queipo scores the winner for Sporting at 98--2-1 the final.

1830 Levante 1, Oviedo 1 Levante has seven points from three games; Oviedo has one point to date and is one point above the "farolillo rojo." Scoreless first half. At 47', Borja scores to give Oviedo the lead--0-1. At 63', Bouldini ties it for Levante--1-1. And that's the final.

2100 Elche 1, Racing 1 Elche dropped their first two games but won the third. Racing has a win, a tie, and a loss to date. Nico gives Elche the lead with a goal at 30'; 1-0 at halftime. Arana ties for Racing at 53'--1-1. And 1-1 is the final.

2100 Villarreal "B" 1, Cartagena 2 Villarreal "B" has a win and two losses to date. Cartagena is the "farolillo rojo" as the only team to have lost all three games to date. Forés scores at 8'; it's 1-0 for Villarreal at the half. At 71', Ayllón ties it for Cartagena--1-1. Ortuño gives the visitors the lead at 74'--1-2. And that's the final

Sun. Sept. 3

1400 Andorra 0, Tenerife 1 Andorra won their first two but lost the third. Tenerife also has two wins and a loss to date. Scoreless first half. At 76', Luismi scores what proves to be the winner for Tenerife--0-1 the final.

1615 Eibar 0, Leganés 1 Eibar has a win and two losses to date. Leganés has two wins and a loss. At 33', Chicco scores for Lega--0-1. Halftime. And the game ends with the same score as it had at the half--Lega wins 0-1.

1830 Espanyol 3, Amorebieta 2 Espanyol followed a tie with two wins, which ties them for second place with Ferrol. Amorebieta has a win and two ties thus far. Eraso scores at 43' to give the visitors the lead; Alvaro Núñez adds another at 45'+3'--0-2 at the half. At 51', Espanyol is back in it as Calero cuts the deficit to 1-2. Indeed, Salvi at 78' and Calero with his second at 81' score to give Espanyol the lead--3-2. And that's the final score, as Espanyol stays close to the top. They're second, two points back of Zaragoza.

1830 Zaragoza 2, Eldense 0 Iván Azón scores at 42' to give first-place Zaragoza the lead--1-0 at the half. At 58', Piña of Eldense deflects a corner into his own goal--2-0. That's the final; Zaragoza's record after four games is 4-0-0, with no goals conceded

2100 Huesca 1, Mirandés 1 Huesca is in the drop with two ties and a loss to date. Mirandés won their first game but lost the next two. At 55', Javi Martínez scores for Huesca--1-0. At 84', penalty in favor of Mirandés is converted by Carlos Martín--1-1 the final.

[AlanK]

The Top and the Drop with Jornada 4 complete and in the books

1. Zaragoza------------12 points; +6-0 Next at Cartagena.
2. Espanyol------------10 points; +7-3 At Levante--game of the week
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3. Leganés-------------9 points; +5-1 Hosts Huesca.
4. Tenerife-------------9 points; +4-1 Hosts Albacete.
5. Ferrol---------------8 points; +5-2 Hosts Villarreal "B".
6. Levante-------------8 points; +6-4 Hosts Espanyol.
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19. Huesca------------3 points; +2-4 At Leganés.
20. Valladolid----------3 points; +2-5 Hosts Elche.
21. Eibar--------------3 points; +3-8 At Burgos.
22. Oviedo------------2 points; +2-4 Hosts Sporting in the Asturian Derby.

[AlanK]

Jornada 5 of The League That Never Sleeps kicks off

Fri. 8 Sept. 2100 Levante 1, Espanyol 4 #6 hosts #2 in Game of the Week. Nico Melamed gives Espanyol the lead at 13' from the top of the area--0-1. At 24, Femenías, Levante's goalie, makes two great saves At 34', Bouldini ties for Levante--1-1. At 39', Femenías makes another good save. At 45'+1', Javi Puado scores a wonderful goal for Espanyol--1-2. Halftime of a really good game. If this result holds, Espanyol will be in first place--at least until Zaragoza plays on Sunday. At 56', Nico Melamed makes it 1-3 on the break--with a great shot At 71', red card for Rubén Vezo of Levante on last man rule. At 82', Levante has two chances to close the gap; at 84', Puado scores his second of the game to pretty much ice it--1-4. With this result, Zaragoza must win in Cartagena on Sunday if they are to regain first place.

Sat. 9 Sept.

1615 Burgos 1, Eibar 0 Eibar is . . . next to last Curro converts a pk at 65' to give Burgos the win. At the moment, Eibar has fallen into last place; should Oviedo manage a point against Sporting, Eibar would likely remain last at the jornada's end.

1830 Oviedo 0, Sporting 0 THE derby Can last-place Oviedo avoid defeat against # 7 Sporting Game ends in a scoreless tie.

2100 Leganés 2, Huesca 0 #3 vs #19. Miramón at 42' and Franquesa at 77' lift Lega ahead of Zaragoza on GD and into second place.

2100 Tenerife 2, Albacete 0 Can Tenerife continue their good start Enric Gallego at 17' with a pk and Róber López at 36' lift Tenerife, keeping them in the top four.

Going into Sunday's games, the top four look like this

1. Espanyol--13 points; +11-4 Played five games.
2. Leganés---12 points; +7-1 Planed five games.
3. Zaragoza--12 points; +6-0 Played four games; #5 is today in Cartagena. . . . and now, 15 points from 5 games; +9-1
4. Tenerife---12 points; +6-1 Played five games.

Sun. 10 Sept.

1615 Ferrol 2, Villarreal "B" 2 Great start by Ferrol. Villarreal took the lead at 31' and again at 60'; Ferrol came back twice to tie, at 52' and 62'; 2-2 the final, which result hurts Ferrol in terms of keeping up with the teams on top.

1615 Racing 1, Amorebieta 0 At 10', Andrés scores what proves to be the winner for Racing.

1830 Cartagena 1, Zaragoza 3 Cartagena won last weekend to climb above the Drop. How will they fare vs Zaragoza, which is unbeaten and untied and has yet to concede even one goal in four games At 16', Manu Vallejo scores from inside the area--0-1, and Zaragoza climbs back into the league lead--0-1 At 31', Zaragoza finally gives up a goal: Arnau puts in a rebound from way beyond the area--1-1. Zaragoza, at the moment, is in second place. But at 39', Pedro Alcalá of Cartagena scores an own goal; Zaragoza is back atop LaLiga2 at the half--1-2. 8,590 reported on hand. And it stays 1-2 until 92', when the Cartagena goalie gives the ball away to Mollejo, who rolls in probably the easiest goal he ever scored--1-3 the final and Zaragoza is king of the hill

1830 Mirandés 4, Andorra 3 Gabri at 32' gives Mirandés the lead; Mirandés has apparently scored another to lead 2-0 at the half. Second goal by Martín at 43'. Alende cuts the deficit at 66'--2-1. At 87', Godoy makes it 3-1. Andorra scores at 92' and 93' to tie it 3-3--goals by Gil and Pampín . . . but at 98', Carlos Martín scores the winner for Mirandés--4-3 the final.

2100 Valladolid 1, Elche 1 These two were in First Division last season . . . At 35', Gustavo Henrique gives Valladolid the lead with a header--1-0. Halftime. If this result holds, Valladolid will climb all the way to 12th place. 16,768 reported on hand. At 52', Mario Gaspar of Elche sees a red card for throwing an elbow. At 53', Sergio León of Elche ties it with a great header--1-1. Valladolid finishes with 10 men. The 1-1 tie is enough for both of these teams to finish the game above the drop--barely..

Mon. 11 Sept. 2100 Eldense 2, Alcorcón 2 After a scoreless first half, Eldense took the lead twice but couldn't hold it. Chapela at 52'--1-0; Addai at 66'--1-1; Hernández at 73'--2-1; and Chiki at 96'--2-2 were the scorers.

[AlanK]

One game remains in Jornada 5, but The Top and The Drop are known

1. Zaragoza------------15 points; +9-1 Hosts Racing.
2. Espanyol------------13 points; +11-4 Hosts Eldense.
3. Leganés-------------12 points; +7-1 At Elche.
4. Tenerife-------------12 points; +6-1 At Sporting.
5. Ferrol----------------9 points; +7-4 At Eibar.
6. Racing---------------8 points; +6-3 At Zaragoza.
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19. Oviedo--------------3 points; +2-4 At Andorra.
20. Cartagena-----------3 points; +5-9 At Valladolid.
21. Huesca--------------3 points; +2-6 Hosts Villarreal "B".
22. Eibar----------------3 points; +3-9 Hosts Ferrol.

[AlanK]

Jornada 6 starts

Fri 15 Sept. 2130 Zaragoza 1, Racing 1 #1 Zaragoza, unbeaten and untied, hosts #6 Racing Santander. Can the maños keep their perfect record At 40', Grenier gives Racing the lead--0-1. At 45'+2', Valera ties for the home team--1-1 at the half. Still 1-1 at 69'; I'll have to finish tomorrow. And 1-1 is the final--Zaragoza drops points for the first time this season. With a win on Sunday, Espanyol would take over first place

Sat. 16 Sept.

1615 Huesca 2, Villarreal "B" 2 #21 hosts #17. At 15, Forés gives the visitors the lead; at 31', Ontiveros makes it 0-2. Halftime. At 54', Loureiro cuts the margin to 2-1. At 92', Sielva scores the tying goal for Huesca--2-2. And that's the final.

1830 Alcorcón 0, Levante 2 Alcor is #16; Levante is #7, back of the last playoff spot on GD. At 36', Oriol gives Levante the lead--0-1, Halftime. Brugué makes it 0-2 at 80'; that's the final.

1830 Valladolid 1, Cartagena 0 Valladolid is a point above the drop and one point ahead of Cartagena. Scoreless first half. At 90', Cédric scores what proves to be a winner for Valladolid.

2100 Albacete 2, Burgos 1 El Alba is 13th; Burgos is ninth going in. At 3', Quiles converts a pk to give el Alba the lead--1-0 at the half. At 53', Glauder makes it 2-0; at 60', Niño makes the final score 2-1.

Sun. 17 Sept.

1400 Amorebieta 2, Mirandés 0 #13 hosts #8. Edwards scores for Amorebieta at 7' and again at 8'--2-0 at the half. And 2-0 at full time.

1615 Eibar 2, Ferrol 0 Eibar is the biggest negative surprise in LaLiga2--they're in last place. Ferrol is fifth with nine points and has yet to lose. At 25', Stoichkov scores for Eibar--1-0 at the half. Arbilla makes it 2-0 at 63', and that's the final.

1830 Elche 1, Leganés 0 Elche is 14th; Lega is a surprising third, with four wins in five games. Sergio León gives Elche the lead at 33'--1-0. Halftime. Elche holds on to win by that 1-0 score.

1830 Espanyol 3, Eldense 3 Espanyol is 4-1-0 to date and is the scoring leader in LaLiga2 with 11 goals to date in five games. Eldense is in mid-table with seven points. Espanyol would take over the league lead with a win, but they'll have to come from behind to do it . . . They're down two goals early--Eldense scorers are Soberón at 10' and Chapela at 15'. And it's 0-2 at the half. Braithwaite makes it 1-2 at 50', but at 51', Andone scores for 1-3; at 59', Puado cuts the margin to 2-3. And at 103' or 104' (my sources give both), Puado converts a pk to pull Espanyol even--3-3 the final.

2100 Sporting 2, Tenerife 1 Sporting is in mid-table. Tete is in fourth place, with a record of 4-1-0. As things have turned out, Tenerife would climb to second place with a win here. And Roberto scores for Tenerife at 14'--0-1, and Tete is in second place at the moment. But at 21', Gaspar ties for Sporting--1-1. Halftime. Sporting wins it with a goal by Insua at 94'. Tenerife remains fourth and Sporting rises to sixth place.

Mon. 18 Sept. 2100 Andorra 1, Oviedo 0 Andorra is in mid-table with two wins and three losses to date, Oviedo is the top of the drop on GD over the three teams below them. Scoreless at the half. A win would lift Oviedo out of the drop. At 81', Lobete converts a pk to give Andorra the lead--1-0. That proves to be the winner.

[AlanK]

Jornada 6 is now complete: here are The Top and The Drop

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

[AlanK]

Jornada 7 coming right up

Fri. 22 Sept. 2100 Cartagena 1, Eibar 2 in progress. #22 hosts #17. At 24', Aketxe gives Eibar the lead--0-1 at the half. At 47', Juan Carlos Real ties it for Cartagena--1-1. Stoichkov makes it 1-2 for Eibar at 65'. And that's the final, Cartagena digging themselves deeper into last place.

Sat. 23 Sept.

1400 Andorra 0, Sporting 0 #10 hosts #6. Scoreless at halftime. And scoreless at the final whistle.

1615 Levante 2, Eldense 0 #5 hosts #13. At 28', Bouldini gives Levante the lead--1-0. Halftime. At 82', Fabricio scores goal #2 for Levante--2-0. That's the final.

1830 Burgos 4, Elche 0 #15 hosts #11. Curro scores for Burgos at 38' with a pk and with a non-pk at 45'+3' to give Biurgos a 2-0 lead at the half. Burgos doubles the margin of victory in the second half--goals by Ojeda at 66' and Bermejo at 85'--4-0 the final.

2100 Alcorcón 0, Huesca 2 #19 hosts #20, both being in the drop. Loureiro at 21' gives the visitors the lead--0-1. At 25', Obeng makes it 0-2. Halftime. And 0-2 is the final score.

2100 Racing 2, Albacete 1 #7 hosts #12. Arana scores for Racing at 22'--1-0. Andrés makes it 2-0 at 29'. Halftime. Higinio cuts the margin to 2-1 at 91'. Racing holds on to win.

Sun. 24 Sept.

1400 Villarreal "B" 3, Amorebieta 1 #18 hosts #10. At 32', Ontiveros gives the home team the lead--1-0. At 48', Forés makes it 2-0; at 55', Hernando cuts the margin to 2-1. At 60', Lekovic makes it 3-1, which is the final score.

1615 Oviedo 0, Valladolid 1 Oviedo is #21 and has just sacked their coach. Valladolid is #16. Scoreless first half. At 92', André scores the winner for Valladolid--0-1.

1830 Mirandés 1, Leganés 3 Mirandés is #14 and will host #3 Legaanés, which is only four points off the league lead. At 34', Ilyas gives Mirandés the lead--1-0. At 44', Djouahra ties it for the visitors--1-1 at the half. At 53', Miguel scores to give the visitors the lead--1-2. At 95', Diego makes the final score 1-3.

Mon. 25 Sept.

2100 Ferrol 1, Zaragoza 0. Ferrol, #8, hosts the league leaders, Zaragoza. Scoreless first half. At 60', Giménez scores for Ferrol--1-0. The leader loses, but remains the leader.

2100 Tenerife 1, Espanyol 0. Game of the Week, as #4 hosts #2. At 16', Espanyol's goalie gives the ball away and Gallego has a tap-in for Tenerife--1-0. Halftime in the Heliodoro. If Tete can hang on, they'll rise to third place. 18,158 reported on hand. Tenerife holds on and beats a very poor Espanyol, which could have taken over the league lead had they won.