Mario Bermejo and Armenteros scored for Xerez, while Diego Forlan netted his 17th goal of the season for Atletico.

Racing Santander came back from a goal down to beat Espanyol 3- 1. Tchite scored two penalties for Racing, while Arana added his side's third in injury time.

Zaragoza and Mallorca drew 1-1, Ruben opened the scoring for the visitors after 12 minutes, but Chupete Suazo leveled eight minutes later.

Malaga drew 2-2 away to Osasuna. Walter Pandiani twice put Osasuna ahead, but his goals were canceled out by Felipe Caicedo and Baha in a game that ended with Ivan Gonzalez and Sergio being shown red cards in injury time.

The week's matches kicked off on Tuesday with Valladolid beating Sevilla 2-1 in Javier Clemente's home debut as Valladolid coach. Tenerife also grabbed a chance of avoiding relegation with a 2-0 win away to Sporting Gijon, while Getafe beat Villarreal 3-0 to maintain hopes of playing in Europe next season.

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