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Leganes vs Atletico Madrid LIVE: Stream, prediction, latest score and goal updates from La Liga

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Callum Rice-Coates
Sunday 25 August 2019 12:02 EDT
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Atletico Madrid are a new-look team this season
Atletico Madrid are a new-look team this season (Getty)

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Atletico Madrid head to their bogey ground at Leganes, somewhere they haven't won for three years running, as they look to earn a second win of the La Liga season.

Under Mauricio Pellegrino, Leganes are a team who like to defend sturdily and don't afford opponents like Atletico space to break.

Diego Simeone is set to stick with his new-look team which includes former Tottenham defender Kieran Trippier, as well as the potent strike pairing of Joao Felix and Alvaro Morata. Follow it live:

Prediction?

Leganes 0-3 Atletico Madrid. This new-look Atletico side look well-drilled with touches or real quality and they will be too good today.

What time does it start?

The match kicks off at 6pm BST (5pm local time).

Leganes 0-0 Atletico

39 minutes

Atletico have had the better of this first half, but it's all been a little bit one dimensional. Leganes have not been overly troubled since that early Morata chance.

Callum Rice-Coates25 August 2019 18:40

Leganes 0-0 Atletico

43 minutes

Felix is bundled over close to the corner flag in Leganes' half but doesn't get a free kick. It's been a frustrating first half for the young Portuguese. Instead, the link up down the right between Trippier and Morata has been the most productive avenue of attack for Atletico.

Callum Rice-Coates25 August 2019 18:45

Leganes 0-0 Atletico

45 minutes

There'll be two minutes of added time.

Callum Rice-Coates25 August 2019 18:47

Half time: That's it for the first half! Leganes will be fairly happy with that. They ended it on the front foot, too, forcing a corner. And they've restricted their visitors to relatively few chances. Simeone will almost certainly demand more in the final third from his players after the break.

Callum Rice-Coates25 August 2019 18:49

Atletico get us back underway!

Callum Rice-Coates25 August 2019 19:05

Leganes 0-0 Atletico

46 minutes

Leganes force an early corner, which Atletico deal with comfortably. Goal scoring was an issue for the hosts last season, and they haven't really threatened so far tonight.

Callum Rice-Coates25 August 2019 19:06

Leganes 0-0 Atletico

50 minutes

Big chance for Atletico! Omeruo is dispossessed by Koke deep in his own half, and the midfielder picks out Felix in space in the box. The youngster hits a first time volley from close range, which flashes over the bar. Atletico should be in front.

Callum Rice-Coates25 August 2019 19:11

Leganes 0-0 Atletico

52 minutes

Hermoso goes into the book for a cynical challenge on En-Nesyri just outside the Atletico box. Leganes will have a free kick in a shooting position.

Callum Rice-Coates25 August 2019 19:12

Leganes 0-0 Atletico

53 minutes

Jonathan Silva takes the set piece and crashes a curling shot off the bar! Oblak gets a touch on it, so a corner is awarded. Atletico half clear but Leganes are building some pressure here.

Callum Rice-Coates25 August 2019 19:13

Leganes 0-0 Atletico

56 minutes

Now Atletico hit the woodwork! Saul challenges with Rosales for a ball in the box, which hits a Leganes player and rolls onto the post.

Callum Rice-Coates25 August 2019 19:19

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