Struggling Atlas need to pull off a surprise win when they greet top team Pachuca in the upcoming league game. It’s 17th vs 4th and the home crowd will have low confidence.
- Atlas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pachuca have won significantly less corners away then at home.
There haven't been much to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a CONCACAF Champions League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Estadio Jalisco. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Pachuca have had more rest.
Atlas form and stats
The story so far in the Liga MX for Atlas at their home stadium (Estadio Jalisco) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. 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 home supporters witnessed a 2-2 draw against Philadelphia Union in the CONCACAF Champions League last time out and are hoping for a win here. The forward Quiñones was announced as "man of the match" for Atlas with the rating of 7.61/10. Quiñones scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times and had 30 successful passes (of 35 total).
1-1 away at Juarez before that.Atlas has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Pachuca form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX. Having won their last three away games Pachuca has no reason to fear anyone.
Pachuca play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Santos Laguna. Pachuca goalie Ustari was high and low in the Santos Laguna game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Midfield player Arango was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.5/10. Arango scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Cruz Azul.Pachuca are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Pachuca have conceded 9 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the participants met previously this season; Pachuca - Atlas 3-1. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two teams are: three wins for Atlas, one draw and six wins for Pachuca. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games. The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Quiñones Quiñones 13 goals |   J. López Ramírez 9 goals |  J. Herrera Morales 5 goals |
Atlas missing players
Pachuca missing players
| Atlas | Pachuca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 18 | 37 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 36 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 31 | 72 |
| 47 | 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 40 |
| 90% | 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 92% |
| 68% | 62% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 72% | 81% |
| 45% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 57% |
| 39% | 38% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 32% |
| 16% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | 24% |
| 55% | 56% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| 16% | 19% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 30% |
| 39% | 38% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | 22% |
| 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 13.3 | 14.1 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 15.6 | 16.9 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 31% | 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 32% | 34% |
| 15 | 14.4 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 13.2 | 11.4 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
- Atlas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pachuca have won significantly less corners away then 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 | America | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 33 |
| 4 | Pachuca | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Toluca | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | Puebla | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Leon | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Juarez | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Necaxa | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Mazatlan | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Tijuana | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 17 |
| 16 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 14 |
| 17 | Atlas | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 | Queretaro | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 9 |
