Numancia vs. Valencia

A howler from home keeper Juan Pablo Colinas handed Valencia the perfect start when he fumbled a weak effort from Vicente into his own net inside the opening ten minutes.

But the visitors were unable to take advantage as goals from Carlos Aranda and Jose Javier Barkero either side of half-time turned the game on its head to lift the Soria-based side off the bottom of the table.

It was always likely to be a testing afternoon for Unai Emery without the attacking trio of David Villa, David Silva and Fernando Morientes but he never could have envisaged his team creating so little against opponents who had lost their last seven league games.