Atlas vs León betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga MX match on January 18th, 2025

Atlas and León going to face each other on January 18th, 2025, Saturday, in a match counting for the Liga MX in Mexico, check the Atlas vs León betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Stadium and City where Atlas vs León will occur

The game takes place in the great Estadio Jalisco stadium, in the city of Guadalajara, with a capacity for 55110 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Introduction to the Atlas vs León betting tip 2024/2025

Atlas come from a draw in the last match. The game against Cruz Azul, valid for the Liga MX, ended with a 1-1. The team coached by G. Pineda Reyes entered the field in the last match with a 5-3-2 formation.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this contest after a previous event's victory (2024). In a dispute valid for Club Friendlies 3, León faced the Tlaxcala team, and the score ended in favor with a 2-0.

They're last Liga MX game of 2024/2025 season which took place on 24-10-2024 game ended in a staggering 0-0 draw.

The last time these teams battled against each other in Liga MX, Atlas ranked 9th place while León was in 13th place. Atlas took to the field with a 4-2-3-1 tactic, while León deployed in a 4-4-2 formation.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Atlas

With the home advantage in their favor, the team will strive to accumulate the maximum number of points at the start of the championship. Led by coach Gonzalo Pineda Reyes, the team will approach the match with a single-minded focus on securing victory. The team's attacking tactics may result in an unusual number of corner kicks, making this market one to keep an eye on.

Current leaderboard

Atlas comes to this round 1 of this local league Clausura tournament holding the 11 position in the table, with 1 points collected. Previously, in the Apertura phase, the team finished the qualification round occupying the 10 place.

This will be the second game this season in which the Atlas team will play at home. There was a 2-2 draw against Cruz Azul in the first one.

Atlas has had an average possession rate of 46.41% in this competition, indicating a more reactive style of play. In the Atlas vs León 2024/2025 match, the team should aim to keep the ball and assert control over the game.

León

Despite playing away from home in this encounter, León will strive to secure a tie in the match and prevent a substantial point deficit early in the competition. With this objective in mind, it is expected that Manuel Berizzo's team will adopt a more defensive approach, which may lead to a low number of goals conceded or a high number of cards being shown during the game.

Current leaderboard

León comes to this round 1 of this local league Clausura tournament holding the 12 position in the table, with 0 points collected. Previously, in the Apertura phase, the team finished the qualification round occupying the 11 place.

León play away from home for the second time this season. They lost against Monterrey in their first, by 2-1.

With an average of only 4.47 shots on goal per game, León needs to focus on improving their attacking strategy and creating more opportunities to score goals.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this game, namely:

As we are at the beginning of the competition, there is still little data to be studied, that allows suggestions for good bets. However, it is important to note that, usually, in the first games of a tournament, the matches have goals in the first half. The teams are still getting familiar, and there is no interest in maintaining any specific result due to the leaderboard.

Corners market betting suggestions

Although the sample is still small, and therefore less accurate, due to the tournament being in the initial rounds, it is already possible to have an average of corners won by these teams. Adding the number of corner shots of these two teams, we reach an average of 5.15 per game.

Cards market betting suggestions

It is also challenging to get a precise average about the number of cards that the teams receive during the matches; however, so far, Atlas has received 33 yellow cards and 1 red in 17 matches contested. At the same time, León was cautioned with yellow cards in 37 opportunities and red 4 times in 17 games.

Score market betting suggestions

The number of goals scored and conceded by both teams at the beginning of the championship round can be a good betting parameter. In the last round of the competition, Atlas didn't score any goal and conceded in 23 opportunities, whilst León scored 21 times and conceded 23 goals.

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