GUADALAJARA. Atlas tops León 1-0 after A. Rocha scored just 1 goal (55′).

Also, León had 2 players sent off: J. Meneses (90′ for a red card) and E. Gigliotti (90′ for a double yellow card).

The match was played at the Estadio Jalisco stadium in Guadalajara on Sunday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. The referee was Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava with the collaboration of Christian Kiabek Espinosa Zavala and Michel Alejandro Morales Morales. The 4th official was Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.9 degrees Celsius or 56.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Atlas was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. León that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Atlas was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Atlas won the match​.

Atlas shot 20 times, 9 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, León shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Atlas received 2 yellow cards (A. Rocha and L. Reyes). On the opposite side, León received 1 yellow card (E. Gigliotti).

Also, León didn’t finish the match with 11 players after E. Gigliotti (León) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

J. Meneses (León) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Atlas will have 29 points like León to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, León will stay with 29 points like Atlas to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

Atlas – Formation

Atlas started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Diego Martín Cocca Pera decided to play with the following team: Camilo Vargas (7.6), Anderson Santamaría (6.9), Hugo Nervo (7.1), Jesús Angulo (7.8), Diego Barbosa (7.1), Jairo Torres (6.4), Aldo Rocha (7.4), Ángel Márquez (6.8), Luis Reyes (7.1), Julio Furch (7.8) and Julián Quiñones (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Jonathan Herrera, Anibal Chalá, José Abella, Gaddi Aguirre (6.8), José Hernández, Christopher Trejo (7.0), Edyairth Ortega, Edgar Zaldívar (7.1), Franco Troyansky and Bryan Garnica (7.0).

Atlas could not rely on the presence of C. Trejo (injured), A. Chala (injured) and G. Aguirre (injured).

Substitutions

Atlas made 5 changes: J. Quinones for C. Trejo (72′), A. Marquez for E. Zaldivar (80′), A. Santamaria for A. Chala (90′), L. Reyes for G. Aguirre (111′) and J. M. Torres Ramirez I. for B. Garnica (111′).

Best player: Jesús Angulo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Atlas was Jesús Angulo even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 41 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 10.

León – Formation

León started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ariel Enrique Holan played with: Rodolfo Cota (8.1), David Ramírez (7.2), Jaine Barreiro (7.4), Ramiro González (6.6), William Tesillo (6.8), José Rodríguez (7.1), Santiago Colombatto (6.9), Ángel Mena (6.6), Omar Fernández (6.5), Jean Meneses (6.1) and Victor Dávila (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Osvaldo Rodríguez (7.0), Gil Burón, Elías Hernández (6.6), Luis Montes (7.3), Alfonso Blanco, Santiago Ormeño (6.2), Fernando Navarro (6.9), Emanuel Gigliotti (6.0), Fidel Ambríz and Pedro Hernández.

Substitutions

León made 6 changes: O. Fernandez for L. Montes (64′), S. Colombatto for E. Gigliotti (64′), R. Gonzalez for O. Rodriguez (76′), J. Meneses for E. Hernandez (85′), V. Davila for S. Ormeno (106′) and J. Rodriguez for F. Navarro (106′).

Best player: Rodolfo Cota​

The most impressive player for León was the goalkeeper: Rodolfo Cota. His rating is 8.10. He performed 8 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.​

• Atlas – León – 1-0