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Real Betis beat Elche 2-0 with late goals from Riquelme and Bartra

Real Betis beat Elche 2-0 with goals from Rodrigo Riquelme and Marc Bartra on Nov. 8, while Villarreal and Real Sociedad also won in LaLiga.

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Real Betis beat Elche 2-0 in LaLiga on Nov. 8, with Rodrigo Riquelme and Marc Bartra scoring in the final 10 minutes, according to ESPN's scoreboard.

Villarreal also won 2-0, beating Getafe, while Real Sociedad defeated Rayo Vallecano 1-0. Celta Vigo and Levante drew 0-0 in the other completed match of the day.

Betis scored both goals at Estadio Martínez Valero in front of 26,884 spectators. Riquelme opened the scoring in the 81st minute, and Bartra added the second with a header in the 89th.

The goals came eight minutes apart, with Bartra's header taking the visitors from a one-goal lead to the final two-goal margin. Elche finished without a goal in the home defeat.

Betis finished the match with a record of eight wins, two draws and two losses. Elche's record stood at two wins, four draws and six losses after the teams' meeting on Nov. 8.

Villarreal's victory over Getafe at Estadio de la Cerámica also came through two late goals. Tajon Buchanan scored in the 80th minute, and Carlos Romero added the second in the first minute of stoppage time.

The attendance was 17,102 for Villarreal's home win. Buchanan's goal gave Villarreal the lead, while Romero's stoppage-time goal completed the scoring in a match that ended with the same score as Betis's victory.

Villarreal finished with four wins, three draws and five losses. Getafe had three wins, three draws and six losses after the defeat, with both clubs having played 12 matches.

Real Sociedad won at Reale Arena through Orri Óskarsson's 67th-minute goal against Rayo Vallecano. His goal was the only one in that match and came earlier than any other goal across the day's four completed fixtures.

Sociedad's record stood at seven wins, one draw and four losses after the 1-0 result. Rayo finished with three wins, three draws and five losses, having played 11 matches to Sociedad's 12.

Celta Vigo and Levante finished level at Balaidos, where the attendance was 19,207. Their 0-0 draw was the only one of the four completed matches in which neither team scored.

Celta's record stood at two wins, seven draws and three losses, while Levante had two wins, five draws and five losses. The four matches produced five goals, with none of the three losing teams scoring.

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