Two clubs chasing the Apertura Liga MX title will do battle today in a league match between Monarcas Morelia and Atlas. The first-division clash scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET will be held at Morelos Stadium in Morelia and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on ESPN Deportes.
Despite opening the 2014 Apertura with a scoreless draw, Atlas manager Tomas Boy has high expectations for the tournament and is pleased his supporters have followed suit. "People are excited and so are we," Boy said in a press conference (via Info 7). "I am, but you have to play every game and every game has its difficulties. These difficulties we'll be able to resolve better than others."
"The beginning [of the season] is not easy," he added. "And of course people have expectations about how good we are [going to be]. It's great they have expectations because this season will be a good one."
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Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Atlas' Juan Carlos Medina proved to be a worthy substitute in last week's draw, completing 90 percent of his passes, creating one chance and winning 100 percent of his duels.
Morelia's Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Rodriguez; Fonseca, Andrade, Godinez, Morales, Mejia, Pereira, Flores, Valdez; Riascos, Valdes
Atlas' Projected Lineup (4-1-4-1): Fraga; Castillo, Erpen, Zumaran, Perez; Ponce; Leite, Gonzalez, Millar, Medina; Caballero
Note: Credit all statistics to the officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via Squawka).
Standings
|
Rnk |
Team |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
+/- |
Pts |
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|
1 |
Club de Futbol Monterrey |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|||
|
1 |
Pumas UNAM |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|||
|
3 |
CF América |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|||
|
4 |
Club de Fútbol Pachuca |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|||
|
4 |
Puebla |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|||
|
4 |
Santos Laguna |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|||
|
7 |
Guadalajara |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
7 |
Jaguares |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
9 |
Atlas |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
9 |
Monarcas |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
9 |
Tigres |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
9 |
Toluca |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|||
|
13 |
CD León |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
|||
|
14 |
Club Tijuana |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
|||
|
14 |
Cruz Azul |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
|||
|
14 |
Veracruz |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
|||
|
17 |
Leones Negros |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
|||
|
17 |
Querétaro |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
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