Diaz meets the corner with a strong header, but it's blocked and cleared.
90' +2
Puertas gets the ball at the edge of the area and looks ready to shoot, but the ball gets away from him and the attack dissipates.
Puertas wins a corner on the right. Now or never!
90' +1
Two minutes of stoppage time.
90'
İ. Köybaşı gets yellow.
Dias takes the corner, swinging it in towards the far post where Partey is alert to get it away.
Correa does well to keep a long ball in by the right corner flag, and wins a fairly soft free-kick from Koybasi. Koybasi is then booked, either for the foul or for complaining about it.
89'
Dias wins a corner off Vrsaljko.
88'
Víctor Díaz gets yellow.
Diaz is booked for a foul on the halfway line.
87'
T. Lemar enters the game and replaces Koke.
Toni Moya enters the game and replaces Vitolo.
What a waste. Koybasi steps up for the shot, and fires it well over the crossbar. That would have to have been some free-kick to beat Oblak from there.
Moya comes on for Vitolo.
Koke is replaced by Lemar, who gets a 'mixed' reception from the home fans.
86'
Vitolo gets yellow.
Vitolo is booked for pulling Azeez back. Granada get the free-kick about 30 yards out, just to the right of centre.
85'
Ooh! Saul steps up to curl the free-kick left-footed towards the top-right corner, but he doesn't quite get the angle right and it skims the side netting on its way wide.
84'
Domingos Duarte gets yellow.
Koybasi gives the ball away to Carrasco in the centre circle, and the Atletico man drives straight towards goal. He gets to the edge of the area before being fouled by Duarte, who is booked.
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83'
Atletico have the ball in the Granada half, but Vitolo is flagged offside and Granada can pump it forwards again.
81'
Three Granada players conspire to lose the ball on the halfway line, Diaz eventually hitting it out off his own team-mate for an Atletico throw.
80'
Lemar looked ready to come on, but having been warming up on the touchline, he's been told to put his tracksuit back on and sit back down!
78'
Hermoso puts a ball out just inside his own half, where he probably had time to control it and keep possession. Nerves!
76'
Dias moves over to the left and gets away from Vrsaljko, but his looping cross goes behind for a goal kick.
75'
Carlos Fernández enters the game and replaces José Martínez.
An attacking change for Granada, as defender Martinez is replaced by striker Fernandez. He got a goal and an assist in the 2-1 win over Espanyol last weekend.
73'
The home fans are getting very antsy now. Granada are well on top, and Atletico look nervous all over the pitch.
71'
Correa brings the ball forward through the middle and looks to lift a pass over the top for Carrasco. Koybasi gets back well to knock it behind, but the flag goes up against Carrasco anyway.
70'
A cross comes in from the Granada left, and Oblak comes to the edge of the area to claim it. Atletico can't keep the ball right now.
69'
Š. Vrsaljko gets yellow.
Vrsaljko is shown the yellow card for a handball on the halfway line.
68'
T. Partey gets yellow.
Partey is booked after the Azeez chance for a foul in the build-up.
67'
Atletico haven't got going in the second half. The chances that have come for Saul and Carrasco were flashes in the pan, with the away side on top since the break.
65'
Martinez fires in a long throw from the Granada left, and Llorente puts it straight back out for another throw. Again it's cleared back to him and he shapes in a good left-footed cross, but this time the home side get it away properly.
63'
Carrasco gets into the area and shoots from an acute angle on the right. It's on target but an easy save for Escandell, though Carrasco didn't really have another option.
61'
A smattering of changes for the final half an hour, then. Will they be the players to make the difference?
59'
Antonio Puertas enters the game and replaces Álvaro Vadillo.
Gil Dias enters the game and replaces Y. Herrera.
Y. Carrasco enters the game and replaces Renan Lodi.
Carrasco comes on for his second appearance back in Madrid, replacing Lodi.
Vadillo makes way for Puertas.
Dias comes on for Herrera.
58'
Diaz swings a foot at a cut-back to the edge of the area, but misses his kick entirely. Granada are looking more energetic in the second half.
56'
Carrasco looks like he's getting ready to come on, after playing the last 20 minutes against Real Madrid last weekend.
53'
Granada win a free-kick in a dangerous position, just outside the penalty area and to the right. Herrera was fouled by Saul after Hermoso had dallied on the ball and given possession away. Vadillo looks to bend it right-footed and gets it over the wall, but it goes high and wide.
52'
Duarte fires a long ball forwards towards Soldado, but he can't latch onto it and it bounces through to Oblak.
51'
Koke fouls Koybasi as Atletico gang up on the Turkish international and look to spring a quick attack from the halfway line.
50'
Azeez picks up a loose ball and finds Koybasi in space on the left. He has plenty of time to measure a cross but shanks it straight out of play, then shoves out at Llorente in annoyance.
49'
Martinez gets underneath a high ball and takes it away from Vitolo before lumping it downfield towards Soldado. It's a decent enough long ball, but again Savic gets to it first.
48'
Savic steps out of defence to prevent the ball coming to Azeez in the Atletico half, after a good run down the right from Foulquier.
45' +1
HALF-TIME: ATLETICO MADRID 1-0 GRANADA
45'
Azeez wants a corner on the right, but Lodi and Hermoso combined to see him out for a goal kick.
We're back for the second half, Atletico getting us going again. No changes at the break.
44'
Other than a few minutes in the middle of the half, Granada haven't put any attacking pressure on Atletico in this game. They made a lot of changes to their line-up following their midweek cup exploits, and it shows - it's been a very disjointed performance.
42'
Llorente is flagged offside as he recieves the ball on the right wing. With Koke drifting over towards the left, Llorente has been the only man offering Vrsaljko any support over on that side.
41'
Now it's Atletico's turn to put in a hefty challenge, Lodi leaving Azeez flat out in the centre circle as Granada threatened a counter.
40'
Vitolo goes down after a heavy challenge from Foulquier, who is also already on a yellow. It's starting to get a little bit tasty out there now.
38'
The free-kick is wasted. Koke taps it to the side to allow Partey to shoot, and his drive deflects over the bar.
36'
D. Foulquier gets yellow.
Savic puts in a crunching tackle on Soldado by the right touchline. Simeone will have enjoyed that.
Foulquier is booked for a foul in an excellent position for an Atletico free-kick. About 25 yards out, over to the left.
35'
Atletico get a brief scare as Saul goes down holding his shoulder following an awkward landing, but he's back up and running quickly enough.
33'
Koke looks to bend a pass in behind for Vrsaljko, but he overhits it and it bounces through to Escandell. Needed a bit of backspin on it, which isn't easy.
31'
The free-kick is bent in deep towards Vadillo at the far post, but he can't steer it back into the danger zone and it spins out for a goal kick.
30'
Llorente pulls Azeez back down the Granada left, and the away side get a free-kick to deliver from the left touchline.
29'
Vadillo holds onto possession well in midfield, but Azeez gives it immediately as he looks to play the ball into the feet of Soldado.
27'
Soldado gets yellow.
Koke gets yellow.
Soldado is booked for lifting an elbow up towards Saul.
Now Koke is booked, apparently for a word in the referee's ear following the Soldado yellow.
26'
Y. Herrera gets yellow.
Herrera is the first man into the book for a foul.
24'
Correa turns away from a defender at the left side of the area and fires a blind cross in, but there's nobody there to attack it. Atletico are missing their strikers.
23'
Herrera goes down in some discomfort after taking a shoulder to the back of the head from Savic. He's back up and running after a moment.
21'
Granada are having their first spell of pressure now. The ball sits up for Foulquier some distance out on the right and he hits it on the half-volley, but doesn't catch it right and it bounces wide to the left of goal.
20'
A free-kick routine from Granada eventually finds Koybasi on the left, but his weak cross is cleared by the first defender.
19'
Lodi keeps the ball up with three little headers on the halfway line, then pummels the ball straight into a defender as he remembers he hasn't got all day and is being pressed.
16'
Vitolo looks to bustle his way down the left channel, but goes down under the challenge of Foulquier and handballs as he hits the deck. Granada get the free-kick at the edge of their own penalty area.
15'
The corner is cleared easily enough, and Koke's cross back in from deep on the left is gobbled up by Escandell. Atletico don't have the aerial presence you might associate with them today.
14'
Saul plays a neat one-two with Correa at the left corner of the area, the former getting in behind but just unable to beat Escandell to the ball. It goes behind for an Atletico corner.
13'
Correa finds Vrsaljko down the right and he just keeps it in at the byline, but Martinez hacks the ball away for a throw-in.
12'
Possession has been pretty evenly shared so far, but Granada are struggling to string any passes together in the Atletico half. Soldado shoves Savic to the ground as the pair contest a high ball, and gives away a free-kick.
10'
A horrible moment for Koke, as a Granada defender swipes a foot at a loose ball and sends it straight into the Atletico man's groin. Oof.
8'
Azeez lets fly from range with a left-footed drive across goal towards the top-left corner, but it rises well over the crossbar.
6'
Á. Correa has scored a goal for Atletico Madrid! Assist by Koke.
Koke gets the assist for a simple pass after a throw-in came to him from the left.
GOOOALLL! Correa opens the scoring, Atletico lead 1-0! The ball breaks for him out of nowhere as a throw-in from the left somehow slips between two defenders and Koke knocks it on. He finishes coolly first time with his right foot, rolling it into the bottom-right corner.
5'
Vitolo comes inside from the right, looking for a shooting opportunity as he dribbles down the line of the penalty area. He can't find one and recycles possession, but eventually Vrsaljko puts it out for a goal kick.
4'
Koke shows a nice touch in midfield to find Lodi in crossing space on the left. He bends in a decent-looking ball, but Vitolo is the only man in the area and he can't get near it.
3'
Granada come forward for the first time, but Diaz opts to turn around and go backwards when he gets the ball on the left, just inside the Atletico half.
2'
Correa makes his first run of the game, capitalising on some space down the left channel. He drives into the area and goes down under the challenge of Duarte, but it was a good, clean tackle.
1'
We're off! Granada get the ball rolling.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of this La Liga fixture, as Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid play host to Diego Martinez’ Granada at the Wanda Metropolitano.
With Atletico struggling for form this season, they’re all the way down in sixth, 13 points behind leaders Real Madrid. Granada are just six points further back, and start the game in 10th.
ATLETICO MADRID (4-4-2): Jan Oblak; Renan Lodi, Mario Hermoso, Stefan Savic, Sime Vrsaljko; Saul Niguez, Thomas Partey, Marcos Llorente, Koke; Angel Correa, Vitolo.
SUBS: Antonio Adan, Manuel Sanchez, Ivan Saponjic, Thomas Lemar, Yannick Carrasco, Ricard Sanchez, Toni Moya.
GRANADA (4-2-3-1): Aaron Escandell; Victor Diaz, Jose Antonio Martinez, Domingos Duarte, Dimiti Foulquier; Yangel Herrera, Yan Eteki; Ismail Koybasi, Ramon Azeez, Alvaro Vadillo; Roberto Soldado.
SUBS: Antonio Puertas, Rui Silva, Gil Dias, Jesus Vallejo, Carlos Fernandez, Darwin Machis, Carlos Neva.
We’ve had the traditional pre-match rendition of ‘Thunderstruck’, the teams are on their way out of the tunnel, and we’re almost ready for kickoff.
It's hard to imagine either manager has been especially thrilled with what they've seen so far, though Simeone will be the happier with his makeshift attack proving a threat at times. Changes at the break wouldn't be unexpected.
That's it from the Wanda Metropolitano tonight. Until the next time, adios!
It wasn't pretty, it wasn't the least bit convincing, but three points take Atletico back up to fourth for the time being. Simeone probably would have taken a scrappy 1-0 at kick-off given their recent struggles. Granada may well feel hard done by but they come away with nothing, and they stay 10th in the table.
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