In this week 13 match on Apr 8th, Atlas hosts Necaxa in a meeting of these two mismatched Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 5th placed Atlas, recorded a 0-1 loss against Cruz Azul. Santiago Tomas Gimenez struck first for Cruz Azul in the 38th minute on a feed from Uriel Antuna, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Atlas was frustrated by Cruz Azul’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Cruz Azul ended the match with the shutout victory. Atlas is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while necaxa sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against América. Diego Valdés struck first for América in the 90th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Necaxa couldn’t manage to score, and América took the shutout win. Necaxa is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Sep 18th, Necaxa hosted Atlas in their last match together. Atlas took the match by a score of 3 to 0. Quinones Quinones struck first for Atlas in the 23rd minute on a feed from Julio Furch, then Julio Furch added another in the 35th minute In the end, Necaxa couldn’t muster any offence and Atlas ran away with the shutout win.
Rodrigo Aguirre has been the most effective weapon for Necaxa lately. The attacker has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches. Atlas is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Julio Furch and Quinones Quinones each having 2 goals in their last five.