Having won two and drawn two of their first four matches, Atletico head into the weekend in third position and four points adrift of leaders Barcelona.

Atleti kicked off their campaign with a draw against Villarreal and a 2-0 win over Girona, before they were involved in a frustrating goalless affair against newly-promoted Espanyol at the Metropolitano.

Diego Simeone's side looked set to play out another goalless draw in their away meeting with Athletic Bilbao until substitute Angel Correa netted a dramatic winner in stoppage time to clinch Atleti's first away win of the campaign.

Simeone will be pleased with the fact his team have recorded three consecutive clean sheets and are yet to concede in the second half of a La Liga game this season.

Atleti may fancy their chances of claiming another shutout on Sunday after keeping clean sheets in their last two home games against Valencia - a 3-0 win in March 2023 and a 2-0 victory in January this year.

In fact, Atletico tend to perform well in their home meetings with Los Che, having won eight of their previous nine head-to-head home meetings.

Valencia would have been satisfied with their 10th-place finish last season, but Ruben Baraja would have been slightly concerned by his team's poor end to the campaign which saw them take just two points from their final seven matches.

Unfortunately for Los Che, that disappointing run of form has carried into the new campaign, with their opening four matches producing one draw and three defeats.

Valencia began the season with three consecutive defeats against Barcelona, Celta Vigo and Athletic Bilbao, before they picked up their first point of the campaign with a 1-1 home draw against Villarreal

Los Che would have viewed that draw as an opportunity missed after they played over 20 minutes with a numerical advantage following Pape Gueye's dismissal.

As a result of their poor start to the season, Valencia enter the weekend as one of four teams yet to win a La Liga game this season, along with Las Palmas, Sevilla and Getafe.

However, Valencia may find it difficult to change that statistic this weekend, having failed to win any of their last 15 competitive away matches against Atletico.

Atletico Madrid possible starting lineup:

Oblak; Le Normand, Gimenez, Azpilicueta; Llorente, Koke, De Paul, Lino; Griezmann, Gallagher; Sorloth

Valencia possible starting lineup:

Mamardashvili; Correia, Mosquera, Tarrega, Vazquez; Guillamon, Pepelu; Lopez, Almeida, Rioja; Gomez