Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, May 2, 2026
Atlético Madrid LLLWD 2
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Valencia WLLDW 0
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Mestalla Stadium · 45,889 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

Youngsters Iker Luque and Miguel Cubo struck late as a completely-changed Atlético Madrid won 2-0 at Valencia.

Youngsters deliver for fully changed Atlético Madrid at Valencia

Youngsters Iker Luque and Miguel Cubo struck late as a completely-changed Atlético Madrid won 2-0 at Valencia.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
4
7
Corner Kicks
1
0
Saves
3
47.1
Possession
52.9
20
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
0
0.3
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
353
Accurate Passes
392
425
Passes
469
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
20
0.4
Cross %
0.2
54
Long Balls
50
21
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
12
20
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
16
Interceptions
10
17
Effective Clearances
15
17
Clearances
15

Highlights

00:29 Stole Dimitrievski makes a nice stop Watch on ESPN 00:52 Iker Luque gets on the scoresheet for Atletico Madrid Watch on ESPN 00:23 Stole Dimitrievski makes a nice stop Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ATM leads series 4-1

Lineups

VAL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 18PepeluCD-L
  3. 5César TárregaCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 20Renzo SaraviaRB
  6. 2Guido RodríguezCM-L
  7. 8Javier GuerraCM-R
  8. 23Filip UgrinicLM
  9. 11Luis RiojaRM
  10. 6Umar SadiqCF-L
  11. 17Largie RamazaniCF-R

ATM · 4-5-1

  1. 1Juan MussoG
  2. 15Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 24Robin Le NormandCD-R
  4. 34Julio DíazLB
  5. 32Javier BoñarRB
  6. 21Obed VargasCM-L
  7. 4Rodrigo MendozaCM-R
  8. 47Javier MorcilloAM
  9. 11Thiago AlmadaLM
  10. 16Nahuel MolinaRM
  11. 29Rayane BelaidF

Timeline

  1. 29' Thiago Almada (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 52' Rodrigo Mendoza (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 59' Substitution, Valencia. Hugo Duro replaces Filip Ugrinic.
  4. 59' Substitution, Valencia. Diego López replaces Luis Rioja.
  5. 61' Obed Vargas (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 63' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Cubo replaces Javier Morcillo.
  7. 63' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Iker Luque replaces Rayane Belaid.
  8. 67' César Tárrega (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 73' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Koke replaces Thiago Almada.
  10. 73' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Antoine Griezmann replaces Rodrigo Mendoza.
  11. 73' Substitution, Valencia. Arnaut Danjuma replaces Largie Ramazani.
  12. 73' Substitution, Valencia. Jesús Vázquez replaces José Gayà.
  13. 74' Goal! Valencia 0, Atletico Madrid 1. Iker Luque (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Obed Vargas.
  14. 82' Goal! Valencia 0, Atletico Madrid 2. Cubo (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  15. 82' Substitution, Valencia. Dani Raba replaces Renzo Saravia.
  16. 90'+7' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Aleksa Puric replaces Javier Boñar.

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