Mar 3rd features a match where Atlas hosts Pachuca in a Liga MX match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. In their last match, Atlas recorded a 0-2 loss against Tijuana. Marcel Ruíz struck first for Tijuana in the 13th minute, then Rivera Cuellar added another in the 20th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Atlas couldn’t manage to score, and Tijuana took the shutout win. Atlas is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while pachuca is fresh off their 3-1 win against Mazatlán. Luis Chavez struck first for Pachuca in the 27th minute on a feed from Kevin Nahin Alvarez Campos, then Nicolás Ibañez added another in the 45th minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Pachuca should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Estadio Hidalgo, Atlas took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Julio Furch struck first for Atlas in the 5th minute on a feed from Luis Reyes, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Pachuca couldn’t muster any offence and Atlas ran away with the shutout win.
Nicolás Ibañez has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Pachuca. Herrera Morales and Diego Armando Barbosa Zaragoza 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.