Sofiane Feghouli scored his first two goals of the season to help Valencia to a routine win over Getafe.
The Algerian midfielder put the hosts in front after only 12 minutes as his shot from the edge of the area bounced into the ground and looped over Miguel Angel Moya.
The visitors responded with a fine equaliser when Juan Valera's cross from the right was headed back across goal by Dani Guiza and expertly flicked in by Diego Castro.
However, Valencia were back in front within two minutes as Feghouli made the most of another ricochet in the Getafe area to side-foot the ball home, and the hosts wrapped up the three points when Artiz Aduriz claimed his first goal of the season with 15 minutes remaining.
Getafe have not won away from home in the league at all in 2011 so it was not a surprise to see Valencia take the initiative early on.
The hosts took the lead when Ever Banega's corner was only cleared as far as Jonas just outside the box. The Brazilian's effort was blocked by the Getafe defence but fell to Feghouli, who did not make the cleanest of contacts but had enough power in the shot to take it past Moya and into the roof of the net.
Manager Luis Garcia has bemoaned Getafe's inability to turn possession into goals in recent weeks, but they showed the excellent passing football they are capable of in the move for their equaliser on 24 minutes.
Neat interplay in midfield sent Valera free down the right and his pinpoint cross found Guiza, who in turn found Castro in plenty of space to backheel the ball into the net.
However, as good as Getafe were at one end, at the other they were a shambles as Valencia were handed another sloppy goal.
Jonas played in Banega, who fell to the floor, and as the Argentinian shouted claims for a penalty, the ball rebounded back off Jonas into Feghouli's path only eight yards out and he calmly slotted past Moya.
Valencia wasted a few good opportunities on the counter-attack early in the second half, most notably when Pablo Hernandez put his cross into the stand when he had a queue of team-mates waiting to apply the finishing touch in the middle.
Unai Emery then brought on Aduriz for top-scorer Roberto Soldado, almost certainly with an eye to keeping Soldado fresh for Tuesday's crucial Champions League tie with Bayer Leverkusen, but the substitute showed his worth as he ran onto a Banega through ball and forced a shot home after Moya had stopped his first effort.
Getafe continued to play the ball around neatly but never looked like getting back into the match, and this defeat stretches their run without a win to five games.
