In this week 9 match on Feb 26th, Atlas will play host to América in a clash of the Liga MX. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. Atlas sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Cruz Azul. Augusto Lotti scored the first goal for Cruz Azul in the 77th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Atlas couldn’t muster any offence and Cruz Azul ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while américa is fresh off their 2-1 win against Tijuana. Leonardo Suárez struck first for América in the 40th minute, then Diego Valdés added another in the 52nd minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches América should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, América and Atlas battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither América nor Atlas could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 17 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Martin Mex has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored seven goals for América. Julian Andres Quinones Quinones and Brian Lozano are the top scorers for Atlas in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.