Thank you all very much and until next time!
Important victory for Levante in the Valencian derby, both for the three points and for the morale against an eternal rival who failed in all facets. Roger Martí certified the victory in the first half, but the team had more opportunities to increase the income. Javi Gracia's team could not find the key to tie it and accused the casualties because their players were not empathetic.
FULL TIME. Raise, 1 – Valencia, 0.
Cutrone tries to get to the penalty spot to catch a long ball by Diahkaby, but Aitor came out in time to catch it!
Three minutes of added time.
Yellow for Manu Vallejo.
CILLESSEN SAVES THE SECOND OF THE LEVANTE! Great finish of De Frutos!
Finally, Correia leaves the field and enters Jason Remeseiro.
In addition, Valencia also exhausts the changes. Oliva leaves, Musah enters.
In addition, Rochina leaves and Toño enters.
The Levante makes a double change. Miramón left first and Son enters.
Ten minutes from the end, Valencia has improved with the entry of Manu Vallejo but it is not being enough to disturb Paco López's team. They have gone on to play with defense of four.
Also, Kevin Gameiro leaves the field and Cutrone enters.
Double change in Valencia. Guillamón leaves first, with some annoyances, Alex Blanco enters.
Yellow card Nikola Vukčević
MANU VALLEJO! The revulsive Valencia managed to stay in a good position against Aitor, who managed to prevail in the heads up! What assistance from Gameiro!
In addition, Roger Martí leaves the field and Sergio León enters in his place.
Double change in Levante: first Morales left for Malsa to enter.
MORALES! He surpasses the two centrals for speed, he is flanked by Roger Martí, when he does not find a passing line he shoots and Cillessen ends up escaping, he has to catch in two times because Roger Martí did not expect the error! Levante can kill the game!
Stopped De Frutos for Bardhi, from the second row he tried to hit her hard and sent her up! Valencia is showing a notable lack of understanding.
And now an error by Paulista is once again promoting the recovery of Levante, which is very comfortable every time it presses the rival ball exit!
ROGER MARTÍ! Diakhaby error due to the forward pressure of Levante, Roger covers the space and fails it!
Change in Valencia: Kangin Lee leaves, Manu Vallejo enters.
Diakhaby saves a very dangerous shot from Rochina that could have made it 2-0, she was on the edge of the small area after receiving the pass from Morales!
Yellow for Diakhaby. The referee believed that he had stepped on Roger Martí.
Levante's first change: Duarte leaves, Rober Pier enters.
Corner kick for Levante, catch Cillessen bypassed!
Right now neither team is being able to control it in their favor.
Vezo now stops a very strong launch from Guedes from the front!
Good center from Correia for Gameiro who must clear the Levantine defense, corner kick!
The second part begins, without changes in both teams!
Levante took advantage of the lack of withdrawal by the Valencian defense to get ahead on the scoreboard thanks to a goal from Roger Martí, preceded by the timely recovery of Rochina. The locals have been better in all facets, compared to a Valencia that seems more affected by the losses.
END OF THE FIRST PART. Raise, 1 – Valencia, 0.
One minute of added time.
The pace is slowing down with numerous fouls. The referee had to interrupt the match because Vukcevic was injured after a fight with Kangin Lee.
And now there is yellow for Bardhi for a grab on Oliva.
There was Vukcevik foul on Kangin Lee.
Yellow for Toni Lato for tackling De Frutos to stop one against.
Guedes looks for goal, there was an offside in Gameiro's interior action before connecting with the Portuguese!
The referee shows Jason Remeseiro a yellow card for protests from the bench. Without an audience in the stands, everything is heard.
New corner for Valencia, very close by Kangin Lee but too past. They keep looking for the tie.
Valencia responds! Duarte takes a very dangerous shot from Guedes, crossed and with Aitor in full stretch! And at the corner kick, Diahkaby tries to head a cross but fails to connect it.
And now a Clerc center that Toni Lato intercepts, Cillessen picks up! The goalkeeper does not believe it, he asks for more tension from his teammates.
AND GOOOOL OF LEVANTE! GOAL FROM ROGER MARTÍ! It had to arrive after three warnings, Rochina recovers after a bad pass from Diakhaby, overtakes it to Roger and he scores with a cross shot! LEVANTE 1 – 0 Valencia.
Assists Rubén Rochina Naixes
ANOTHER MORE OF THE LEVANTE! This time Morales, from the left of the area, takes advantage of a rebound in Guillamón and fails to cross the shot!
FROM FRUITS TO THE STICK! Great uncheck from Clerc's pass, he hits him with his right and crashes at the base of the post! The one that Levante has had!
The first from Levante! Big drop off from Roger to Rochina, with little fortune to surprise Cillessen!
Levante responds with several approaches, including a combination between Morales and Rochina that was not translated on a clear occasion.
Once again Guedes kicked the foul and again he misses, he hit him with such force that he has gone back up!
Vezo sees yellow for the hand, quite clear, and it will be another foul on the edge of the area for the Valencian players.
Bad hit by Guedes in the direct free kick, straight into the stands, but he is soon forgotten because Gameiro made a first shot on goal that was cut off by Vezo's hand!
Kangin Lee forces a free kick at the top of the area. Previously there was an approach by Guedes that was stopped by the defense. Valencia begins by tightening the nuts on its rival.
The game begins, take Valencia off the center!
And the two teams jump onto the grass of a remodeled and gleaming Ciutat de Valencia! Both with their usual kits. The referee tonight will be Cuadra Fernández, assisted in the VAR by Munuera Montero.
Kevin Gameiro has participated in nine goals against Levante in La Liga (six goals and three assists), and has scored two doubles in his last three visits to the Ciutat de Valencia. Today it will be headline.
Today we also highlight the debut of Christian Oliva as a starter at Valencia. The Uruguayan arrived on loan in the winter market and so far he has only played 47 minutes in three games, none at the start. Along with him came Cutrone and Ferro, both on the bench.
Paco López is the Levante coach who has played the most derbies against Valencia in La Liga history (5) but has not won any of them (two draws and three defeats).
Their 2-4 loss last season ended Levante's six-game streak without losing to Valencia at home in La Liga. Only once in their history have Granotas lost two or more in a row at home to Che in the top flight (three between 2008 and 2011).
Levante have not won in their last seven matches against Valencia in La Liga, since a 1-0 win in March 2016. It is their worst winless streak against Che in this competition.
On the part of Valencia, Cillessen will start; Correia, Gabriel Paulista, Guillamón, Diakhaby, Lato; Wass, Oliva, Guedes; Kang In, Gameiro (5-3-2). It seems that Javi Gracia will play with three centrals to counteract the rival's system. The Ché team may not have up to six players, some as important as Gayá, Soler or Maxi Gómez.
Let's go with the lineups! Levante recovers troops and will play today with Aitor Fernández; Miramón, Vezo, Duarte, Clerc; Vukcevic, Rochina, Bardhi, De Frutos; Roger Martí, Morales (4-4-2). Despite the fact that there are still many casualties in the Granota team, today Roger returns as a starter and Sergio León on the bench.
Greetings and welcome to a new day of La Liga! In a few minutes we will experience the Valencian derby, with two teams that want to get out of the dangerous zone of qualifying as soon as possible! Raise against Valencia.