La Real, desperate to find at least a consolation goal, try to play quickly through the middle... but a little too quickly and Sandro can't control the ball and loses possession.
90'
There will be three minutes of added time.
89'
Costa goes on a run through the left channel before cutting an infield pass to Saul, who skews his shot so badly that it stays in play which allows Lemar to collect it and recycle possession.
87'
The hosts are now calmly passing the ball amongst themselves in the midfield with little intent to move the ball further up the pitch.
84'
Januzaj tries to take on the backline of Atletico but he just can't muscle his way through.
82'
T. Lemar enters the game and replaces Á. Correa.
Now it's Simeone's turn to make a substitution as Correa is withdrawn in favour of Thomas Lemar.
81'
A. Januzaj enters the game and replaces Sangalli.
Luca Sangalli is taken off with former Manchester United wunderkind Adnan Januzaj coming on.
80'
Griezmann tries a cross-field ball to Costa only for Navas to outpace the Atleti man to the ball. That could have been far more dangerous had it not been for the defender's intervention!
78'
Griezmann streaks down the right before whipping a cross into Saul in the box who then tried to play it on to Costa... but the Brazilian had come back from an offside position and the flag is raised.
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77'
After a free-kick, the ball seemed to set up perfectly for Sangalli, but it looked that way as he had handled it into a better position.
74'
It seems every spell of play is being ended by a foul at the moment. This time it's Sandro who fouls Savic which relieves any pressure on the Atleti defence.
72'
Costa fouls Gorosabel and it'll be a free-kick for the visitors.
68'
Juanmi enters the game and replaces Willian José.
Having had very little to do with play Willian Jose is taken off for Juanmi.
63'
Another corner to Atleti as Navas played it safe and put the ball behind. This will be their ninth!
60'
Filipe Luís has scored a goal for Atletico Madrid! Assist by Saúl.
GOOALLLL!!!! Filipe Luis collected the ball in from Saul, stood his defender up, and then cut inside before unleashing a beautiful finish, equal parts curve and power, into the top-right corner! Moya had absolutely no chance of reaching that! Atletico 2-0 Sociedad.
There honestly wasn't much to the assist but Saul will claim it as he kept the ball moving by shifting it to Filipe Luis on his left, who then did the rest of the work and scored a world-class goal!
59'
Sandro Ramírez enters the game and replaces Zurutuza.
Another striker is added up top as Sandro is brought on with the midfielder Zurutuza making way.
58'
Atleti pull off a lovely string of one-touch passes around the Sociedad box only for Pardo to cut out the final one.
55'
Another foul here as Rodrigues takes down Arias in the Atleti half.
54'
Pardo lines up the ensuing free-kick, only to put his effort directly into the wall. They'll need to do better from set-pieces considering how infrequently they create legitimate chances.
53'
S. Savić gets yellow.
Run of physical play here of late! Sangalli seemed to be through the defence after a delightful ball was lobbed forward to him only for Savic to foul him heavily. The defender is now the latest to pick up a yellow card.
51'
Costa took a heavy fall after going up for a header with Zubeldia, but he seems to be alright and no medical attention was needed. The Sociedad man will need to be careful though as he's already on a yellow card.
49'
Koke gets yellow.
Rodrigues glides past a pair of Atleti players in midfield before Koke cuts him down and is shown the yellow card.
47'
Arias and Griezmann play a lovely one-two that results in the former trying to play Costa in at the far post, but the ball was always running away from the Brazilian striker.
46'
Filipe Luís enters the game and replaces L. Hernández.
Like for like switch as Lucas has been withdrawn at the half in favour of Filipe Luis.
The referee's whistle sounds and we're back underway for the second half!
45' +1
HALF TIME: Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Sociedad
45'
D. Godín has scored a goal for Atletico Madrid!
GOOOALLLL! Correa did brilliantly to keep the ball and stay on his feet after a challenge just outside of the box. He then passed the ball infield but it was deflected by Navas before falling to the feet of Godin who finished it first time into the bottom-right corner! That will be the last kick of the first half as well! Atletico 1-0 Sociedad.
44'
Zubeldia gets yellow.
Zubeldia wraps up Godin in a bearhug in the centre-circle and picks up a yellow card for his trouble.
42'
The visitors finally win their first corner of the match! It ends up being off target but falling to Gorosabel who tried, and failed, to curl in a shot from distance. Goal kick to Atleti.
39'
Correa beats the offside trap and collects a beautiful pass from Rodrigo! The former then unsuccessfully tries to dribble along the end-line. That looked dangerous for a moment!
35'
Griezmann tries an ambitious diagonal ball out to Correa only for Rodrigues to pick it out... but he fails to control the ball which then rolls out for an Atletico corner.
27'
Another cross into the box, this time from Saul in the direction of Costa who couldn't beat his man to the ball. Very little being created through the middle of the pitch from either side thus far.
25'
This is just getting ridiculous now! Atletico are about to take their fifth corner in just the last two minutes!
23'
Now Correa finds himself on the left where he tries yet another cross. This one is headed behind by the defence for another corner.
21'
Correa whips in a questionable cross from the right flank but Moya decided to not take any chance with it and tips it over his crossbar. Corner to Atletico Madrid.
19'
A bit of miscommunication between Gorosabel and Sangalli on the right leads to the ball rolling slowly out of play for an Atletico throw.
17'
Saul tries to take a shot in the box only for his effort to be immediately blocked by the nearest defender.
Arias and Zurutuza both go up for a header, with the former called for a foul as his elbow swung out. Free-kick to La Real.
15'
Gorosabel heavily involved over the past few minutes, as this time he puts the ball behind for a corner after Lucas had bombed forward up the left wing.
14'
Antoine Griezmann gets control of the ball out left, but is cut down by Gorosabel defender and the foul is called.
11'
Pardo tries a through ball to Gorosabel down the right wing, but it gets deflected out of play for a throw-in.
9'
Griezmann gets is called for offside after a fantastic lobbed ball in from Costa. That one was close!
7'
Correa lofts the ball in towards Costa in the box and Moya is there to capture the ball again.
4'
Correa intercepts the ball in a central advanced position, shifted the ball onto his right foot and pulled his shot wide left of goal.
3'
Lucas gets into the box on the left and tries to cut the ball back infield, but it's cut out by Moya and the chance is ended.
1'
Referee Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz blows his whistle, and we’re underway at the Wanda Metropolitano!
Despite coming into this match off the back of a surprise 4-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund midweek, Atletico will likely still feel confident coming into this match today as they have won their last five home LaLiga fixtures against Real Sociedad!
Let's take a look at how the teams will be lining up today!
Hello, and welcome to our live coverage of this LaLiga clash between Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad!
Real Sociedad (4-2-3-1): Miguel Moya; Andoni Gorosabel, Aritz Elustondo, Raul Navas, Kevin Rodrigues; Asier Illarramendi, Igor Zubeldia; Luca Sangalli, Ruben Pardo, David Zurutuza; Willian Jose.
Real Sociedad subs: Theo Hernandez, Juanmi, Geronimo Rulli, Sandro Ramirez, Adnan Januzaj, Diego Llorente, Hector Moreno.
The teams are walking out of the tunnel! Not long to go now!
Atletico Madrid (4-4-2): Jan Oblak; Santiago Arias, Stefan Savic, Diego Godin, Lucas Hernandez; Angel Correa, Rodrigo, Saul Niguez, Koke; Antoine Griezmann, Diego Costa.
Atletico Madrid subs: Nikola Kalinic, Gelson Martins, Antonio Adan, Thomas Lemar, Thomas Partey, Filipe Luis, Vitolo.
Well that was as about as stereotypical a half of football as you'll ever see from Atletico Madrid. They defended well, not allowing a single shot on target. Obviously that means they didn't concede a goal in the first half, and are the only club in the top five European leagues who have yet to do so this season! The attack seemed a little unfocused at times but, when they had their first clear chance, they buried it to take the lead right before half time. There are few sides you'd rather have to get a goal against, and Simeone will surely have faith that his side can keep a hold of all three points.
Sociedad have yet to grab any meaningful foothold in the match thus far. They've only had the ball for 40.9 per cent of the match thus far and, when they do get forward, they've failed to involve striker Willian Jose who has been profoundly uninvolved in play. Pardo has had a couple of shots that have kept Oblak honest but, barring something spectacular, it doesn't seem likely that the visitors will be able to earn a result today.
Manager Diego Simeone will surely be delighted with his side today as they exorcised any potential demons that could have haunted them after their shock 4-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. As for individual performances, Correa stood out as he was involved in the attack early and often, and created the opening goal despite not being given the assist.
That will do it for our live coverage of this LaLiga match between Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad! We hope you enjoyed following along and will join us again soon!
Despite not likely expecting a win, Sociedad will surely be disappointed with their nigh spectator role in the match today. They ended the day without managing a single shot on target despite three different strikers getting minutes. Whether or not that's more of a creation or finishing issue could be debated, but it will certainly need to be remedied if they are to contend for a Europa League place this season.
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