This could be quite the absorbing contest at Estadio Jalisco in the Liga MX. Atlas is in 14th place and host Cruz Azul in 7th place. Read all about the fixture here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Atlas form and stats
Atlas lost their last game at Toluca (placed 1st) after a 2-3 scoreline. Vargas had a busy but productive day in the Toluca match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfield player Rocha got a match rating of 8.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Rocha scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 57 successful passes (of 64 total).
A 0-0 draw away before that, with América the opponent.Cruz Azul form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga MX matches, Cruz Azul have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.
The manager Camblor was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Estadio Azteca. Cruz Azul suffered a 1-2 loss to Pachuca (placed 3rd). Until that defeat this side had won at least a draw from six league fixtures in a row. Which player has bagged at least one goal three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Giménez and that is quite the feat! The attacker Giménez got a match rating of 7.31 in that game. Giménez scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tigres UANL at their stadium, the result 3-2.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cruz Azul has managed 3 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Atlas victories, two draws and five Cruz Azul wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Giménez 2 goals |  A. Rocha González 1 goals | J. Ocejo Zazueta 1 goals |
Atlas missing players
Cruz Azul missing players
| Atlas | Cruz Azul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 7.5 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 57% |
| 15.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 21 | 20 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4.5 |
| Atlas | Last season | Cruz Azul | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 18 | 38 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Drew | D | 9 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 12 | ||
| 58 | 24 | Scored | S | 22 | 44 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 40 | ||
| 87% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 63% | 61% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 63% | ||
| 30% | 22% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 34% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 18% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 41% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 53% | ||
| 41% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 32% | ||
| 30% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 24% | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 12.7 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.9 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 31% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 32% | ||
| 12 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 13.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Toluca | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Puebla | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Pachuca | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Juárez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Leon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Monterrey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Cruz Azul | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Tigres UANL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Atletico San Luis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Necaxa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Pumas UNAM | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | América | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Atlas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Guadalajara | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Tijuana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | Mazatlan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Querétaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pachuca | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 38 |
| 2 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 3 | Atlas | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | América | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Puebla | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Monterrey | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | Necaxa | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Mazatlan | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Leon | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Toluca | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -15 | 19 |
| 16 | Querétaro | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 17 |
| 17 | Tijuana | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 18 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Juárez | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -18 | 11 |
