That's it for La Liga action as Hansi Flick starts his Barcelona reign with a hard-fought win over Valencia.

We'll be back again tomorrow night as we bring you the live text for Real Madrid's away game with Mallorca. A certain Kylian Mbappe will be making his La Liga debut.

See you then!

The final whistle has blown and it's Barcelona who start the season with three points.

Hansi Flick will be delighted with that battling performance from his side, who are missing a number of key players.

Plenty to build on for the German in this new era at Barca.

A great chance for Robert Lewandowski to put this game beyond doubt and finish off his hat-trick.

The Poland captain could only smash the ball over the bar from inside the box. You've definitely seen him put those away.

Oh, it should have been the third goal for Barca to wrap this one up! Marc Casado cannot direct his close-range effort on goal and it drifts wide of the far post.

That looked certain to nestle into the bottom corner.

Six minutes have been added on to the end of this match.

Will Valencia find an equaliser or can Barca hold on?

A free kick for Valencia in a great position to deliver. The ball is sent in but Robert Lewandowski is there to head clear.

Into the 89th minute now.

The commentator has just said Barcelona are expecting Gavi back from his ACL injury at the end of the year.

That will be a big boost, he's a great little player.

Barcelona teenager Lamine Yamal's night is over as Pau Victor comes on for the remaining minutes.

Lamine Yamal links up with fellow talented youngster Pedri but the latter can't backheel the ball back to Yamal and Giorgi Mamardashvili clears.

Barcelona have lost just once in their last 17 games in the Mestalla. That is some stat.

They look set to make it once in 18 if Valencia can't rally themselves here.

Barcelona's Jules Kounde goes straight into the book for a strong challenge on Thierry Rendel.

That surely took the wind out of Rendel but he bounces straight up.

Valencia with a bit more of the ball now but not quite carrying the same threat as they did in the first half.

Another water break for the players as the clock hits 75 minutes.

You can see how hard it is for the players on the pitch with the amount of sweat there is on their kits.

The game is suiting Barca right now with it being slower and having more stops to it.

Valencia need some more of that intensity they had at the start of the second half to force chances.

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Substitutes galore as Marc Bernal makes way for Eric Garcia in another change for Barcelona.

He's been on the pitch for a matter of minutes but it's a yellow card for Andreas Christensen for a late challenge on Hugo Duro.

The former Chelsea man now has to be careful with 20 minutes still on the clock.

Valencia make their first changes of the match as Diego Lopez and Andre Almeida make way for Dani Gomez and Dimitri Foulquier.

Can they help find an equaliser?

Plenty of boos around the Mestalla as Pau Cubarsi, who the home faithful thought should have been shown a second yellow card, is substituted.

Alejandro Balde is down again and has to come off in the first game he's started since January.

Gerard Martin has come on for his La Liga debut.

Pedri and Andreas Christensen have also come on for Pau Cubarsi and Ferran Torres.

The game is wide open with Valencia pushing hard for an equaliser.

Lamine Yamal picks up the ball and drives forward but Javier Guerra rushes back and defends brilliantly.