On Sunday Jan 23rd, América hosts Atlas in a meeting of these two Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. América sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Puebla. Salvador Reyes struck first for América in the 2nd minute on a feed from Jordan Silva, but Araujo Vilches got the equalizer for Puebla in the 45th minute earning them at least the one point. América is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Atlas is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Atlético San Luis. Ramón Del Castillo struck first for Atlas on an own goal in the 64th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Atlético San Luis couldn’t manage to score, and Atlas took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Atlas should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Sun Aug 15th, Atlas hosted América at the Estadio Jalisco in their last match together. América took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Sebastián Cordova scored the first goal for América in the 77th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Atlas couldn’t manage to score, and América took the shutout win.
Julio Furch has been the most prolific scorer on Atlas in his last five matches with two goals. América hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Vinas Barboza and Emanuel Aguilera, and they each have 1 goal.