Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga fixture between Atletico Madrid and Valencia. We'll bring you all the action as it happens at the Metropolitano. Kick off is at 15:00 GMT.
La Liga / Matchday 9
Cívitas Metropolitano / 19.10.2019
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Updated 19/10/2019 at 16:56 GMT+1
4'
3'
Cross into the middle! That was a dangerous, surging run from Saul to the byline, with the Spanish international clipping a cross into the middle, but Cillessen got a fingertip to it.
2'
It's been a difficult start to the season for Valencia with Marcelino sacked, but they are still a quality side who can cause problems for the majority of opposition sides. They will fancy their chances here.
1st Half
1'
The match is under way! It's Atletico Madrid against Valencia in this La Liga fixture.
14:59
Okay, here we go. We're about to get started at the Metropolitano. Kick off is just moments away.
14:58
The pressure is on Atletico Madrid to pick up three points to keep pace with Barcelona and Real Madrid at the top of La Liga.
14:57
14:56
As already mentioned, this is an interesting team selection from Simeone. Will it work against good opposition?
14:55
Not long until kick off at the Metropolitano. This promises to be one of the matches of the weekend in La Liga.
14:50
Patchy! Atletico Madrid haven't been in the best of form recently. Simeone's side have struggled for goals. That has to change. This will be a real test for them this afternoon.
14:45
Setting the scene.
14:40
I'm Graham Ruthven and you can catch me on Twitter ahead of the match to let me know your thoughts. Are Atletico Madrid the favourites? How badly do they need a win? Tweet me!
14:35
Interesting team selection! Simeone has decided to rets both Lodi and Trippier. Is that a sign that the Atletico Madrid boss wants his defence to sit deeper against this Valencia side?
14:30
14:25
TEAM NEWS: Atletico Madrid - Oblak, Felipe, Gimenez, Hermoso, Arias, Koke, Saul, Thomas, Morata, Costa, Felix. /// Valencia - Cillessen, Garay, Gabriel, Costa, Wass, Parejo, Cheryshev, Torres, Coquelin, Kondogbia, Gomez.