Club America hosts Atlas on Saturday aiming to continue its surge up the Liga MX Clausura ranks. The team returns to Estadio Azteca after a pair of back-to-back road victories. Los Zorros outfoxed Miguel Herrera’s heavyweights 3-0 at home when these teams met during the Apertura campaign in August, but almost three years have passed since Atlas beat America on its own soil.
Club America vs. Atlas
- When: Saturday, February 15
- Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
- TV: TUDN, ESPN Deportes
- Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)
Atlas has failed to score in successive league trips to the Azteca, where America holds a 1-1 record during this Clausura campaign. The Apertura runner-up is fourth in the standings after five games and could climb to the summit provided the right results go in its favor during Week 6.
Andres Ibarguen scored in both halves to clinch a 2-1 win away to Queretaro in America’s last fixture, while Saturday’s opponent has suffered defeat in three of its past four matches. Atlas surrendered 3-1 at home to Monarcas Morelia in Week 5 to record its third loss of the campaign, having defeated Tijuana 2-1 at home for its second win of the season prior to that. That was Rafael Puente Jr’s first victory at the helm after he was appointed Atlas chief at the end of January. The 41-year-old is now set for his first away fixture with his new club.
The odds appear stacked in favor of host America on paper, but it’s worth highlighting Herrera & Co. suffered a 3-1 humiliation at home to Juarez in its last outing at Azteca. Atlas will hope to mimic that result and seal its first victory at the Mexico City venue since April 2017. A win for the travelling side could see Puente Jr’s men climb as high as fifth, with the minnows seeking to clinch their first Liga MX title since 1951.
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