Villarreal beat Getafe 2-0 with late second-half goals

Villarreal broke a scoreless game late and beat Getafe 2-0 at Estadio de la Cerámica. Nothing separated the sides through 79 minutes. Then Villarreal scored twice before the final whistle.

Tajon Buchanan made the breakthrough in the 80th minute. Nicolas Pepe crossed from the right, and Buchanan finished with a right-footed shot from the left side of the six-yard box into the top left corner. Buchanan led Villarreal with 4 total shots.

Carlos Romero sealed it in the first minute of stoppage time. Ayoze Pérez played a through ball, and Romero hit a right-footed shot from the centre of the box into the bottom left corner. Romero was the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 7.8 and one goal. Logan Costa anchored the back line with 14 defensive interventions.

Villarreal moved to 4-3-5. Getafe fell to 3-3-6. Chirp's Sim had Villarreal at 55% before the game.