Valencia can strengthen their grip on third place and pull seven points clear of their city rivals Levante with a win at Atletico Madrid.

FULL TIME. The referee brings this contest to an end. It ends Atletico Madrid 0-0 Valencia.

And Valencia keeper Alvez takes an age to take the resulting free-kick, and is subsequently booked for timewasting.

Dominguez gets forward down the left and whips a cross in to Falcao, but the striker puts a difficult header wide.

Good feet by Lopez, who lost his man on the left but ran out of space and drilled his shot from a tight angle straight into the arms of Alves, who clings onto the ball for dear life.

Atletico burst forward with real pace and purpose on the break, but Tiago's pass wide to the right is casual and Valencia are grateful to clear.

Atletico are six minutes away from going five games without conceding a goal. Quite remarkable.

Valencia sub: Bernat on, Mathieu off.

Atletico sub: Koke on, Diego off. That's Diego's last contribution, as he is taken off with 10 minutes left to play.

Diego goes for goal from 25 yards but Alves makes a flying save to his left to deny the Brazilian. Very good effort by the Atletico playmaker, but it was at a comfortable height for the goalkeeper.

Great chance for Valencia! Jonas does well to intercept the ball in midfield and releases Alba to his left, but Alba drags his shot millimetres wide of the far post.

Alves plucks a high cross from the night sky, but the Valencia keeper doesn't look comfortable under pressure from Turan.

Valencia sub: Jonas on, Piazzi off.

Atletico beginning to turn the screw on their opponents, who have shown very little in the second half.

Juanfran gets forward again down the right, but his excellent low cross is missed by everyone in the box and rolls out on the other side of the field.

Atletico won't come much closer without scoring. A great run by Falcao, but a good chance missed.

But Falcao misses a great chance! The striker drives infield from the right with a confident run before seeing his cross cut out by Rami. The ball comes back to Falcao, who goes for goal with his left foot, only for Rami to block it again - this time off the line.

But Soldado has struggled to have an impact in what has been a game of few chances.

Valencia sub: Adúriz on, Soldado off. Valencia, perhaps with one eye on their Copa del Rey game against Barcelona in midweek, sacrifice their top scorer.

Piatti is late on Tiago, and is lucky not to see yellow. Infact, we will be lucky to have 22 players on the field at the end of this one. Lots of fouls and petulance out there at the moment.

And the home fans are getting tetchy too, frustrated with their side's inability to create chances against Valencia.