Getafe hosted Barcelona fourteenth with 34 points, in the thirty-first round of fixtures.
Messi scored in the 19th and the 0-1 did not move in the remaining seventy minutes.
Víctor Muñoz brought on Granero for Contra at half-time, Albín for Manu del Moral in the 65th and Uche for Soldado in the 70th.
Cortés, Contra, Mario and Granero were booked for Getafe, and Dani Alves and Busquets for Barcelona.
Turienzo Álvarez was the referee. Getafe dropped to fifteenth place with 34 points, level with Athletic Club.


