Valencia 1 - Getafe 1

Valencia: Cañizares; Miguel (Fabio Aurelio 76'), Raúl Albiol, David Navarro, Moretti; Albelda, Baraja (Hugo Viana 24'); Angulo, Aimar, Regueiro (Curro Torres 87'); David Villa. 4-2-3-1.
Getafe: Luis García; Contra, Belenguer, Matellán, Pernía; Diego Rivas, Alberto; Mario Cotelo, Redondo (Pulido 69'), Vivar Dorado (Nano 81'); Paunovic (Güiza 76'). 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Valencia: Angulo for Rufete / Getafe: Luis García, Contra, Alberto, Redondo for Calatayud, Pulido, Gavilán, Güiza.

Goals:
1-0. 77. David Navarro. Turned ball in close to goal after Regueiro headed across.
1-1. 87. Nano. Intercepted bad back pass from Albelda and shot past Cañizares.

Valencia stay in second place after a 1-1 draw with Getafe, but although it extended their unbeaten run to fourteen games it was not the result they were looking for. The game got off to a lively start, Alberto volleying wide for the visitors and Luis García (replacing Calatayud in goal) making first class saves from Angulo, Albelda and Aimar. Quique Flores lost Baraja to an injury midway through the half, but the visitors were lucky to go in at the break level when Contra blocked a fierce shot from Moretti at point blank range, referee Pérez Lasa turning down an appeal for hands.

A few minutes in to the second half Bernd Schuster's side were left with ten men when Matellán was sent off for a second bookable offence, and Aimar hit the bar from a well struck free kick a minute later. But the visiting defence held until a quarter of an hour from the end, when David Navarro put the home side ahead after Regueiro headed a free kick across goal, Pérez Lasa waving away protests from virtually all eleven Getafe players that the Uruguayan winger had pushed Alberto in the back.

Three minutes from the final whistle though substitute Nano intercepted a bad back pass from Albelda to level the scores, and Güiza could have won it in the dying minutes had he not hesitated and tripped as he bore down alone on Cañizares's goal. Getafe had the point they wanted, and Valencia are now eight points behind leaders Barcelona.