Stadium: Jalisco

Referee: Hugo León Guajardo

Atlas

The team has have a negative start of season, first rescue a draw in home against Toluca, where defenses where the key to this score. And the team leave good things, but doesn't impressed as they have a hugh goal power, but haven't been able to use it effeciently. For their second match, the team went to Veracruz and suffer referring mistakes that cost them the match. The match start witn positive things as early in minute '7 the team had taken the advantage in the score. But before the end of the match a penalty kick of Veracruz gave the equalizer, '6 minutes later MF Javier Restrepo scored the winning goal for Veracruz, Atlas was unable to play against 12 players.

Coach Ruben Omar Romano has an interesting and competitive team, but haven't been able to find his best performance, Continues with the offensive ideology of the team, but it hasn't been reflected on the score and now in home against the best team in México right now, the task doesn't seems easy and seems more as a final examn for them. Because of this the coach order close doors trainments which are expected to be to plan variants and possbile changes on the team lineup.

Suspended:

DF Luis Robles

Injured:

DF Hugo Ayala

Pachuca

The current champion continues with his "perfect" step on the tournament, after trashing Tecos UAG 1-4, went to home and defeat 3-1 Morelia. But it has to be taken into consideration that first match score reflect the happenings on the pitch, but the second score doesn't really reflect that, as the match was more tight and it wasn't until minute '60 that Pachuca was able to take the lead again, 2-1. Was going to end with just one goal cushion, but in last minute MF Damien Alvarez scored the third goal.

In midweek the team went on to dispute the semifinal of Superliga tournament against Houston Dynamo of MLS. The match end in a draw, that sends the match into extratime and after that tramit went to penalty kicks, where Pachuca showed their quality and eliminates Houston Dynamo from the competition and take a place in the final against LA Galaxy. For the preview is important to note the playing of extratimes and the tireness this can represent on the players, and in this match is to be seen their physical work, which has been one of the best and could go unnotice on the pitch the team played during midweek. Also arrives DF Julio Manzur to cover the absence of DF Aquivaldo Mosquera.

Pachuca is a team that has great understanding on the pitch, good communication, where the team work is over the individual displays. Has a very extensive offensive power, uses all the substitutions posibles to generate a competitive environment. They are playing by memory and in their current level it doesn't seems near which team will stop them.

Match:

Both teams posses an offensive scheme, which supporta a very attractive match, where goals could fall in big quantitites. Pachuca is a solid team which has time playing together, meanwhile Atlas renew in more of half, and lost their jewel Andres Guardado, but despite this it will be an interesting match. Defenses are going to be key in the develpoment of the match.

Prediction:

Pachuca showed last season that playing on midweek isn't a problem for them, as they dispute CONCACAF Champions Cup, claim the title and later on claim the local tournament title. So they are used to have a high activity, backed by a great physic. Altas on the other side is looking for their functiion and that takes time, and it doesn't look as he has fidn the answerst o encounter this match with good chances, as they have been unable to win in the season. So I sense that Pachuca posses the value here, are patience and know how to work a match, so Pachuca -0.25AH.

Pick : Pachuca CF
Odds : 2.09
Stake : 9 / 10
Bookmaker : 10bet
Date : 2007-08-19
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