A win would have almost assured the Blue and Whites promotion back to La Liga. Alas..
Málaga slumped to a 0-2 loss against Real Sociedad who now move up into the promotion spots. Labaka opened the scoring fifteen minutes into the game and towards the end, Uranga wrapped things up from a free kick.
Real are now six points behind Málaga who, themselves, are seven behind leaders Numancia who drew 1-1 at Granada 74. Fragoso gave Granada the lead and for a long time it looked like new coach Marcos Alonso would make a victorious start, but Jaio equalised for the visitors in injury time.