Atlas v América betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 21.February
Match begins: 03:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jalisco (70000 seats)

Struggling Atlas will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying América in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Atlas has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Liga MX
  • América has the most scored goals (31) in Liga MX

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Atlas form and stats

Atlas's struggle is real here at Estadio Jalisco with only 7 points collected from 8 Liga MX games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-5. Atlas are slowly digging their own grave here at Estadio Jalisco with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Cruz Azul match.

A strong away win for Atlas against Pachuca the last match, as Victor Malcorra were on target. Before that, Atlas drew at home versus Santos Laguna.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Atlas here at Estadio Jalisco in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 8 games). Atlas have conceded 8 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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América form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (31) in Liga MX, are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX.

América had fun at their own home (Estadio Jalisco) last time out, beating Queretaro 2-1. Henry Martín and Santiago Naveda scored. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Puebla.

América has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, América rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: América - Atlas 1-0. Atlas-América H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Atlas two wins, América seven wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AméricaH. Martín Mex
H. Martín Mex
10 goals
AméricaF. Córdova Reyes
F. Córdova Reyes
6 goals
AméricaF. Viñas Barboza
F. Viñas Barboza
6 goals

Atlas missing players

América missing players

Atlas América
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 25
4 2 1 Won W 1 3 13
7 2 0 Drew D 1 4 6
12 7 3 Lost L 1 4 6
15 6 2 Scored S 4 13 40
26 13 6 Conceded C 6 16 29
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
52% 55% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 76%
22% 18% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 56%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 36%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 12%
43% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 68%
26% 18% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 24%
39% 45% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 1.6
6 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
11.8 13 12 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.2 13.4
2.9 2.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.8 4.6
23% 19% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 34%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • América has the most scored goals (31) in Liga MX
  • América has the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Liga MX
  • América have scored more than double the goals of Atlas.
  • Atlas has the fewest points (7) at home in Liga MX
  • Atlas has the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Liga MX
  • Atlas has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Liga MX
  • Atlas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Atlas haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leon 17 12 4 1 27 14 8 7 1 0 15 7 9 5 3 1 12 7 13 40
2 Pumas UNAM 17 8 8 1 29 17 9 5 4 0 19 8 8 3 4 1 10 9 12 32
3 América 17 9 5 3 31 22 9 6 2 1 19 9 8 3 3 2 12 13 9 32
4 Cruz Azul 17 9 2 6 23 16 8 5 1 2 12 6 9 4 1 4 11 10 7 29
5 Monterrey 17 8 5 4 26 21 8 4 3 1 13 9 9 4 2 3 13 12 5 29
6 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 27 16 9 4 4 1 15 8 8 3 3 2 12 8 11 28
7 Guadalajara 17 7 5 5 20 17 9 4 3 2 11 9 8 3 2 3 9 8 3 26
8 Santos Laguna 17 7 4 6 24 20 8 5 2 1 14 5 9 2 2 5 10 15 4 25
9 Pachuca 17 6 7 4 18 14 9 3 3 3 11 10 8 3 4 1 7 4 4 25
10 Necaxa 17 7 3 7 16 20 9 4 1 4 10 12 8 3 2 3 6 8 -4 24
11 Toluca 17 6 3 8 23 28 8 5 1 2 14 9 9 1 2 6 9 19 -5 21
12 Puebla 17 6 2 9 22 25 8 2 2 4 12 13 9 4 0 5 10 12 -3 20
13 Juarez 17 4 7 6 16 19 9 3 4 2 6 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -3 19
14 Mazatlan 17 4 4 9 24 31 8 3 2 3 11 13 9 1 2 6 13 18 -7 16
15 Tijuana 17 4 3 10 12 27 9 4 2 3 9 9 8 0 1 7 3 18 -15 15
16 Atlas 17 3 5 9 13 20 8 2 1 5 5 8 9 1 4 4 8 12 -7 14
17 Queretaro 17 3 4 10 23 28 8 3 2 3 15 11 9 0 2 7 8 17 -5 13
18 Atlético San Luis 17 3 2 12 16 35 9 2 2 5 9 18 8 1 0 7 7 17 -19 11

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Liga MX is the top division in the Mexican football league system. Each season the league has two tournaments, Apertura (opening) and Clausura (closing). This means that the Liga MX has two champions per season. The Liga MX is the fourth most attended football league in the world.