Liga MX match guide: Atlas against León

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Mon 13.December
Match begins: 02:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jalisco (70000 seats)

Atlas and León are both thriving in the Liga MX with their 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a super fixture!

Insights:
  • León have the most points (17) away in Liga MX

It's no vacation for neither Atlas nor León as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Atlas form and stats

Atlas have collected 14 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 4-2-3.

The fans are hoping that Atlas will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Liga MX game against León. The striker Julio Furch outdid all others in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.84 out of 10. Furch scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Pumas UNAM (0-1).

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 Atlas have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost eight.

Atlas have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Atlas have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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León form and stats

Playing away, León have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Liga MX this season. León seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

León won their last game, 3-2 versus Atlas played at home. Midfielder Ángel Mena was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Mena scored two goals.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Tigres UANL.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by León in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for León, one draw and three defeats.

León have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. León are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 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 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

León - Atlas 3-2 was the output when these teams formerly did battle, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Atlas three wins, two draws and León five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LeónÁ. Mena Delgado
Á. Mena Delgado
10 goals
AtlasJ. Furch
J. Furch
9 goals
LeónV. Dávila Zavala
V. Dávila Zavala
7 goals

Atlas missing players

León missing players

Atlas León
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 3 11 22
9 4 0 Won W 0 5 11
7 3 1 Drew D 2 2 5
6 4 1 Lost L 1 4 6
25 9 0 Scored S 3 11 29
15 7 1 Conceded C 4 12 21
82% 82% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 91%
50% 55% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 55% 68%
18% 9% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 50%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 14%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
27% 18% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 27% 41%
50% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 55% 45%
41% 55% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 23%
 
5 4.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4 4.4
4.1 3.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 5.7 4.7
2 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
13.4 14 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 9.8 11.7
4.3 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 2.6 3.6
27% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 38% 37%
 
10.1 8.9 12 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 14.4 12
2.6 1.8 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 5.1 4.2
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • León have the most points (17) away in Liga MX

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

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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.