Morelia vs Atlante: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Sun 10.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón (35000 seats)

Sit down for a show! The starring heroes are Morelia and Atlante, victory is the prize and 1 1/2 hours the duration.

Insights:
  • Morelia have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Atlante have the most clean sheets (5) in Liga de Expansión MX

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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

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Morelia form and stats

Morelia have played 5 Liga de Expansión MX games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Morelia are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Universidad Guadalajara.

Before that, Morelia had a home game versus Zacatepec FC which ended with a victory 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Morelia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost five.

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

A decent goal production from Morelia in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Atlante form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (5) in Liga de Expansión MX, on their Liga de Expansión MX travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Momentum is building for Atlante in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

The supporters enjoyed Atlante's previous game versus Venados (placed 13th), a Liga de Expansión MX 2-1 win played at home.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tapatio at their stadium, the result 4-1.

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

Atlante has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).

Head 2 Head

Morelia-Atlante H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Morelia four wins, Atlante two wins, four draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MoreliaM. Barragán Negrete
M. Barragán Negrete
7 goals
AtlanteR. Costa
R. Costa
4 goals
AtlanteA. Escobar Díaz
A. Escobar Díaz
4 goals

Morelia missing players

Atlante missing players

Morelia Atlante
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 5 1 Played P 2 4 10
5 3 0 Won W 1 2 7
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
15 9 2 Scored S 2 6 17
11 6 2 Conceded C 2 3 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 90%
78% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 80%
78% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 40%
33% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 10%
67% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 40%
33% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 20%
 
6.3 7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.8 5.8
4.7 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.8 3.8
2.6 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 12.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.5 12.2
4.6 5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.5 5.2
37% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 33% 33%
Key stats in Liga de Expansión MX this season:
  • Atlante have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Atlante have the most clean sheets (5) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Atlante have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Morelia have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Morelia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Morelia have scored in all their matches so far.
  • 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 9 7 2 0 21 6 5 5 0 0 14 4 4 2 2 0 7 2 15 25
2 Atlante 10 7 2 1 17 6 6 5 1 0 11 3 4 2 1 1 6 3 11 25
3 Morelia 9 5 2 2 15 11 5 3 2 0 9 6 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 19
4 Pumas Tabasco 9 4 2 3 10 10 4 0 2 2 1 5 5 4 0 1 9 5 0 18
5 Cimarrones de Sonora 9 4 2 3 11 12 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 2 1 2 6 9 -1 16
6 Tampico Madero 9 3 4 2 11 9 5 2 1 2 8 7 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 14
7 Raya2 10 3 4 3 9 8 5 2 1 2 4 3 5 1 3 1 5 5 1 14
8 Universidad Guadalajara 9 3 3 3 12 11 4 2 2 0 6 2 5 1 1 3 6 9 1 13
9 Celaya 9 3 2 4 9 8 3 1 1 1 4 2 6 2 1 3 5 6 1 13
10 Tepatitlan de Morelos 9 3 2 4 11 11 5 2 1 2 7 6 4 1 1 2 4 5 0 12
11 Tlaxcala 9 2 5 2 7 7 5 1 4 0 4 2 4 1 1 2 3 5 0 12
12 Cancun 9 3 1 5 8 10 5 1 1 3 4 5 4 2 0 2 4 5 -2 12
13 Venados 10 3 2 5 8 12 5 2 1 2 5 4 5 1 1 3 3 8 -4 12
14 Correcaminos UAT 10 3 2 5 9 17 5 2 2 1 6 6 5 1 0 4 3 11 -8 12
15 Mineros de Zacatecas 10 3 1 6 15 19 5 2 0 3 8 9 5 1 1 3 7 10 -4 11
16 Tapatio 10 2 2 6 5 17 4 1 0 3 3 9 6 1 2 3 2 8 -12 8
17 Zacatepec FC 10 1 4 5 7 11 5 1 1 3 4 6 5 0 3 2 3 5 -4 7

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.