Atlante vs Morelia: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Wed 23.March
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)

We love the setup of this match, with Atlante positioned 2nd and Morelia placed 3rd. Read the preview!

Insights:
  • Atlante have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Morelia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It's quite the trip for Morelia when visiting Atlante as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.

Morelia could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga de Expansión MX game only three sleeps ago.

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Atlante form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here as Atlante have scored 12 goals to get 19 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Liga de Expansión MX are 6-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Atlante.

Atlante faced defeat in their previous match, away at Correcaminos UAT (0-2).

Before that, Atlante drew at home versus Cimarrones de Sonora.

This is expected to be a close game, with Atlante perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Atlante as a small favourite), we find five games. Atlante has won zero of these, drawn one and lost four.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Atlante as they are travelling to their away game against Tepatitlan de Morelos in the Liga de Expansión MX. That match is three days after this one.

The Atlante fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Atlante have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Morelia form and stats

4-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Morelia in their Liga de Expansión MX matches away. One point away has become something of a habit for Morelia who have played out draws in their last three away games.

The followers enjoyed Morelia's previous game versus Tampico Madero, a 2-1 win played at home.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Celaya.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Morelia playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Morelia wins, four draws and two defeats.

A new game in only four days for Morelia, the Liga de Expansión MX home match versus Universidad Guadalajara. Busy days.

The visiting Morelia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. Morelia are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other already this season, with the result Morelia - Atlante 1-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Atlante victory, four draws and five Morelia wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AtlanteR. Costa
R. Costa
9 goals
AtlanteA. Escobar Díaz
A. Escobar Díaz
8 goals
MoreliaJ. Ramírez Díaz
J. Ramírez Díaz
8 goals

Atlante missing players

Morelia missing players

Atlante Morelia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 2 14 29
15 8 0 Won W 0 6 14
12 7 3 Drew D 1 5 8
6 1 1 Lost L 1 3 7
38 20 3 Scored S 3 21 44
21 8 4 Conceded C 5 16 34
82% 81% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
58% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 76%
27% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 59%
9% 6% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 31%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
33% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 59%
52% 56% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 31%
33% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 10%
 
5.2 5.8 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.5 5.4
4.4 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.1 4.7
2.7 2.5 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.2
6 5 3 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
10 11.6 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.4 10.6
4.2 4.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.7
28% 27% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 35% 32%
 
7.1 6.7 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.4 9.2
2.6 2.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.8
Key stats in Liga de Expansión MX this season:
  • Atlante have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atlante have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Atlante have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Atlante have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Atlante have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Atlante have the most clean sheets (17) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Atlante have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Atlante have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Morelia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dorados 16 11 4 1 34 13 9 7 1 1 21 8 7 4 3 0 13 5 21 41
2 Atlante 16 9 4 3 22 9 8 6 1 1 12 4 8 3 3 2 10 5 13 33
3 Morelia 16 8 4 4 22 18 9 4 3 2 13 12 7 4 1 2 9 6 4 32
4 Celaya 16 7 4 5 20 16 7 4 2 1 11 5 9 3 2 4 9 11 4 28
5 Pumas Tabasco 16 5 8 3 16 15 7 0 5 2 3 7 9 5 3 1 13 8 1 28
6 Universidad Guadalajara 16 7 4 5 21 18 7 4 2 1 11 6 9 3 2 4 10 12 3 27
7 Tampico Madero 16 4 10 2 23 18 9 2 5 2 14 13 7 2 5 0 9 5 5 24
8 Cimarrones de Sonora 16 6 3 7 22 22 7 3 1 3 9 7 9 3 2 4 13 15 0 24
9 Venados 16 6 3 7 17 19 9 4 2 3 12 7 7 2 1 4 5 12 -2 23
10 Mineros de Zacatecas 16 6 1 9 24 28 8 3 0 5 11 14 8 3 1 4 13 14 -4 21
11 Correcaminos UAT 16 5 4 7 19 27 8 3 3 2 11 11 8 2 1 5 8 16 -8 20
12 Tepatitlan de Morelos 16 4 6 6 17 20 8 3 2 3 10 11 8 1 4 3 7 9 -3 19
13 Tlaxcala 16 4 6 6 15 20 8 2 5 1 8 6 8 2 1 5 7 14 -5 19
14 Raya2 16 4 5 7 16 18 9 3 2 4 9 7 7 1 3 3 7 11 -2 18
15 Zacatepec FC 16 3 7 6 14 17 8 2 3 3 8 9 8 1 4 3 6 8 -3 16
16 Tapatio 16 3 5 8 11 27 7 1 2 4 6 14 9 2 3 4 5 13 -16 16
17 Cancun 16 3 4 9 14 22 8 1 2 5 7 10 8 2 2 4 7 12 -8 15

Read more about Liga de Expansión MX

The Ascenso MX, or Liga Ascenso, is the second level of the football league pyramid in Mexico. It has 15 teams competing in two league tournaments per year, the Apertura (opening) and the Clausura (closing). Only one team is promoted to the top league in Mexico, the Liga MX.