Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga clash between Espanyol and Atletico Madrid. We'll bring you all the action as it happens. Kick off is at 7.45pm.

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HALF TIME: Espanyol 0-0 Atletico Madrid. It was a competitive first half in Barcelona, but neither side has really taken a grip of the match yet. Still waiting for the breakthrough.

Oh dear. The home fans enjoyed that one, jeering Torres. The veteran Atletico Madrid striker took aim from just inside the penalty area, but he miscues and fires well over the bar.

Having said that, we haven't really seen Luis get forward for Atletico Madrid in this first half. That could be a factor in why the away side have struggled to make an impression.

It's so crowded in the middle of the pitch that both teams are struggling to hold on to the ball, control the game. The full backs and the wingers could ultimately decided this match.

Indeed, it is the hosts who are top at the moment. Atletico Madrid are sitting deep and soaking up the pressure that is being applied. They need the half time interval to come.

Was that a backpass? Caicedo claims that Savic passed the ball back to Oblak to pick it up and the Espanyol attacker would appear to have something of a case. Looked that way.

Gimenez is now making the allegation that Espanyol are making the most of the tackles being made by the away team. He says Martin went down too easily in the challenge.

Atletico Madrid have yet to get going. They have spent the majority of this first half chasing the ball, although they would argue that Espanyol haven't caused them problems either.

Now Fuego takes aim from well out, but he gets his range and angles all wrong and the ball flashes well wide of the target. It is Espanyol who are showing more attacking intent, though.

Caicedo just couldn't get on the end of the cross from the right wing. He attacked the cross against Godin, but neither player could make contact and the chance passes for the hosts.

And now Caicedo will join Godin in the book. There have been a number of tasty tackles, but no real chances yet.

Piatti has probably been the best player on the pitch in this first half, but in truth there hasn't been a great deal of quality from either side. We're waiting for one of them to control this.

There's the first yellow card of the game and it goes the way of Godin. Hardly surprising.

Moreno decided to try his luck from distance, shooting at goal from the best part of 30 yards, but his effort flashes well wide of the target. Oblak wasn't bothering himself with that.

You'll be pleased to hear that you haven't missed much, although there is a growing feeling that Atletico Madrid are starting to take more of a grip of this as a contest. Improving.