Stadium: Corona

Referee: Hugo León Guajardo

Serie: 23GP - 9 Wins for Santos - 4 Draws - 10 Wins for Atlante

Last two matches have been over 4 goals.

Santos

Last match the team receive in home Toluca, which came to laid back and counterattack and more because Santos get an early goal that really was an own goal of Toluca DF Emilio Hasan Viades, provoke Toluca to be more aggresive, but in the first half apart from some chances the team didn't score.

In second half, in the ecuator of it, DF Sergio Amaury Ponce score for Toluca to provide the draw, which Toluca consider enough and relay on their good defense to take the point home. But substitutions in Santos worked and Santos MF Walter Jimenez emerge as a hero to score the winning goal seven minutes to the end of the match, this after the fans didn't aprove his inclusion on the match.

The team is right not "save" of relegtion issues because they are above Queretaro (team that have in their control their destiny), and are more relax as San Luis won 1-0 to Queretaro just yesterday what gives hope to Santos as Queretaro now needs to won both their remaining matches and they have a very hard schedule. Even to media get a notice that GK Oswaldo Sanchez offer money to San Luis players to motivate them to beat Queretaro, but his offer wasn`t accepted and San Luis won because they want to.

The team is improving and closing the tournament in the way they should have open it, with last victory the team reaches four matches without defeat and has two consecutive victories in home, streak they will like to continue in this match against Atlante.

In scorelines the team has been irregular, in one match defend can hold, but in anothers they can allow many goals and deliver a over 2.5 goals scoreline.

Atlante

Last match the team receive in home tecos, match where in the first half the team allow one goal of Tecos in the first half in a counterattack that Tecos FW Emmanuel Villa score with a good shoot.

In second half, Atlante came out with more energy and good combinations and where taking control of the match, when best was Atlante playing was that in another counterattack Tecos MG Hugo Droguett increase the lead 2-0. Atlante didn't gave up and continue taking chance of the open spaces to produce heavy pressure on the net of Tecos GK Jose de Jesus Corona. Those efforts payed up as in minute '73 Atlante FW Christian Canio receive a pass in the area but back to the net, gave a half turn and put the ball out of reach of GK Corona. Seven minutes later, DF Mario Alberto Hernandez Lash score from a aheader in a corner to tie the score and determinate the draw, Atlante have some more chances but was unable to get the victory.

This draw mantains their gap in gruop 2, and mantains intacts their chances to qualified to the next round and they continue to depend only in what themselves are able to do. Atlante is the team on the top 10 with the lower budget and is chossing that giving time to the youth players when the great players aren't performing is a good strategy.

The team is playing best, and altought there are several negotiations to take the team out of the capital the fans didn't go to the stadium and that is one of the reasons that Atlante will go. The team is the Sixth best offensive with 20 goals in 14 matches, they have score in 11 of the 14 matches they have dispute and only in three matches the team have been unable to score.

The absence of MF Josè Joel Gonzalez is important as he has consolidate in the middlefield and is an important key of the team, still with youth players doing good things and answering the absence could go unnotice.

Suspended:

MF José Joel González

Injured:

DF Clemente Ovalle

Match:

A tight match as both are looking for points in this match for different reasons, Atlante to be near qualfication for next round and Santos to make bigger their advantage in the tournamt. A tight an attractive match with Atlante counterattacking and Santos putting more effort.

Prediction:

Santos Laguna have improve and are playing better still Atlante have more lossest han defeats on hima and could be consider the victim. But despite that Atlante haven't been an easy away team, in lately matches they have also improve.So I expect a tight match where for me value relays on Atlante.

Pick : Atlante Mexico
Odds : 2.05
Stake : 7 / 10
Bookmaker : Bet365
Date : 2007-04-16
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