On the 21st of March, in this week 11 match, Atlas will host Chivas in a clash of the Liga MX. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. 4th placed Atlas is fresh off their 2-1 win against Juárez. Quinones Quinones struck first for Atlas in the 24th minute, then Julio Furch added another in the 59th minute on a feed from Quinones Quinones. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Atlas should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Chivas recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against América. Neither Chivas nor América could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Chivas is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Chivas and Atlas last played eachother at the Estadio Akron on the 3rd of October. Atlas took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Aldo Rocha scored the first goal for Atlas in the 27th minute on a penalty shot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Chivas was frustrated by Atlas’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Atlas ended the match with the shutout victory.
Chivas hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Cristian Calderon and Vega Rojas, and they each have 1 goal. Julio Furch has been the most prolific scorer on Atlas in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.