Getafe hosted Villarreal, who were twelfth on 18 points, in the sixteenth matchday.

Nihat scored in the 15th and again in the 78th; Cazorla scored the third in the 83rd. Kepa pulled one back in the 85th and in the 90th had a second from the penalty spot but failed to convert.

The first change came in the 23rd after Cortés got injured: Signorino came on. Then Celestini replaced Casquero in the 62nd and Kepa replaced Belenguer in the 84th.

Villarreal finished with ten men after Fabricio Fuentes was sent off in the 88th. De la Red was booked for Getafe.

Delgado Ferreiro was the referee. Getafe dropped to fourteenth on 18 points. Signorino made his LaLiga debut.