Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga fixture between Real Sociedad and Atletico Madrid. We'll bring you all the action as it happens. Kick off is at 5.30pm.

Lemar is in the Atletico Madrid team for this game this evening. The Frenchman has struggled to find his best form since making the move from Monaco in the summer, but this is a chance for him to make a mark.

Straight at Oblak! That was a chance for Oyarzabal to test the Atletico Madrid goalkeeper, but his freekick effort is straight at the Slovenian, who makes the easy save and catches.

If Atletico Madrid want to keep in touch with Barcelona at the top of La Liga then they really need three points here. Barca, of course, claimed a win over Real Madrid in yesterday's Clasico.

Real Sociedad have been in decent form of late and the team selection from Simeone this evening suggests that Atletico Madrid are well aware of the task on hand here. Tough test.

Apologies for the lack of updates in the opening few minutes of this match. Some technical issues on our end. Yes, we turned it off and on again and we are now cooking with gas. Not literally.

An early booking and the yellow card is shown in the opening few minutes to Zaldua.

The match is under way at the Anoeta! It's Real Sociedad against Atletico Madrid in La Liga.

Okay, here we go. About to get started at the Anoeta. Kick off is just seconds away.

The two teams are in the tunnel at the Anoeta about to walk out on to the pitch in San Sebastian.

Of course, Griezmann is back to face his former team this afternoon. He's been in decent form of late.

Not long until kick off at the Anoeta now. This can be one of the most difficult places in all of Spanish football to get a result, but what sort of Real Sociedad side will turn up?

Simeone has fielded a strong side, which is not surprising given how big this game is for his team. However, Atletico Madrid also have a Champions League last 16 second leg against Juventus looming in a couple weeks.

I'm Graham Ruthven and you can catch me on Twitter ahead of the game to let me know your thoughts. Is there any way that Atletico Madrid can catch Barcelona? Tweet me!

The pressure is on! Atletico Madrid need a win today if they are to stay within touching distance of Barcelona at the top of La Liga. A win would narrow the gap back to seven points.

TEAM NEWS: Real Sociedad - Rulli, Zaldua, Llorente, Navas, Theo, Zubeldia, Zurutuza, Oyarzabal, Merino, Sandro, Jose. /// Atletico Madrid - Oblak, Juanfran, Gimenez, Godin, Filipe, Koke, Rodrigo, Saul, Lemar, Morata, Griezmann.