GUADALAJARA. Atlas beats Necaxa 1-0 after G. Aguirre scored just 1 goal (76′).

The match was played at the Estadio Jalisco stadium in Guadalajara on Saturday and it started at 7:05 pm local time. The referee was Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández who was helped by Andrés Hernández Delgado and Marco Antonio Bisguerra Mendiola. The 4th official was Hector Salvador Solorio Arreola. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.3 degrees Celsius or 64.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Necaxa had a superior ball possession 55% while Atlas was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Necaxa had a more offensive attitude with 40 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Atlas succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Atlas shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Necaxa shot 15 times, 2 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Atlas didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Necaxa received 2 yellow cards (B. A. Garcia Caprizo and B. Garnica).

Standings

After playing this contest, Atlas will have 13 points to hold in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Necaxa will stay with 19 points like Juárez to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Necaxa will play away agasint Tigres UANL on the 7th of October with a 7-7 head to head stats.

Atlas – Formation

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

The manager Diego Martín Cocca Pera decided to play with the following team: Camilo Vargas (7.1), Diego Barbosa (7.3), Gaddi Aguirre (7.4), Hugo Nervo (7.4), Luis Reyes (8.0), Anibal Chalá (6.6), Edyairth Ortega (6.8), Jeremy Márquez (6.6), Edgar Zaldívar (6.5), Jonathan Herrera (6.8) and Julián Quiñones (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Jesús Ocejo (6.9), Jesús Alejandro Gómez Molina, Lucas Rodríguez Trezza, Christopher Trejo (6.4), Emanuel Aguilera (6.9), Abraham Bass Flores, José Javier Abella Fanjul, José Santiago Hernández García, Idekel Alberto Domínguez Rodríguez and Edison Flores (6.3).

Substitutions

Atlas made 4 changes: A. Marquez for E. Flores (11′), J. Herrera for C. Trejo (63′), A. Chala for E. Aguilera (79′) and E. Flores for J. A. Ocejo Zazueta (79′).

Best player: Luis Reyes​

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

His rating is (8.0) with 54 passes (68% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Necaxa – Formation

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

Jaime Arturo Lozano Espin played with: Luis Malagón (6.6), Brian García (7.1), Alexis Peña (6.9), Juan Pablo Segovia (6.9), Agustín Oliveros (7.1), Fernando Madrigal (6.9), José Joaquín Esquivel (7.6), Dieter Villalpando (6.8), Facundo Batista (6.9), Bryan Garnica (7.2) and Milton Giménez (6.7).

They had on the bench: Rogelio Cortéz Pineda, Hugo Alfonso González Durán, Vicente Poggi, Fabricio Formiliano (6.6), Diego Gómez, Edgar Méndez (6.4), Daniel Alexis Parra Durán, Ricardo Monreal, Heriberto De Jesus (6.9) and Angelo Araos Llanos.

Substitutions

Necaxa made 5 changes: A. Pena for F. Formiliano (46′), M. Gimenez for E. Mendez (80′), B. A. Garcia Caprizo for H. Jurado (80′), J. Esquivel for V. Poggi (87′) and D. Villalpando for R. Monreal (87′).

Best player: José Joaquín Esquivel​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Necaxa was José Joaquín Esquivel.

His rating is (7.6) with 34 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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

• Santos Laguna – Mazatlán – 3-0
• Toluca – Querétaro – 4-1
• Cruz Azul – Guadalajara – 2-1
• Atlas – Necaxa – 1-0