A late winner from Luis Garcia against Recreativo sees Espanyol leading the way in La Liga, the only team with maximum points from their first two games.
Real Madrid notched up their first win of the season in a high scoring game against newly promoted Numancia, eventually coming out on top 4-3. Moreno put Numancia ahead before Guti levelled things with Real Madrid’s 5,000th league goal.
Barkero restored the lead for Numancia but then goals from Higuain and van der Vaart and a Cisma own goal put Real in the driving seat. Moreno scored his second of the night for Numancia but it wasn’t quite enough in the end.
The Blue and Whites played out a 0-0 draw against Athletic Bilbao and this moves them off the bottom, that dubious honour now going to Sporting Gijón. A little worrying that Málaga CF have not been able to locate the net so far this season, must send them a map.
Hércules are at the top of Division Two after beating Levante 0-2, Tuni and Morán the goal scorers for the Alicante based side.
Elche are down in the relegation area after losing 2-4 to Tenerife. The locals went two down but fought back to level the match. However, they then struggled somewhat after two of their players were given their marching orders and a third had to leave the field injured with all the substitutes having already been used.