Atletico Morelia

vs

CD Tepatitlan de Morelos

Preview

Morelia

• Atletico Morelia are second in the division, with 16 points from their eight matches played to date, and Mario Ortiz’s men are making waves with their intense, vertical football.
• Ortiz introduced an energetic style with plenty of high-intensity pressing when taking over as manager in October 2025, and Morelia have responded with some impressive performances, especially at home, where they have won three of their four matches and conceded just two goals.
• Atletico are scoring enough to beat most teams in the league, however, with forward Mauro Nambo their biggest threat with three goals in six matches.

Tepatitlan

• Morelia’s opponents on Sunday have had a similarly impressive start to the campaign, with Tepatitlan de Morelos having 18 points from 9 matches in 2025/2026 to lead the table.
• Top scorer Amaury Escoto has three goals in four league matches, while Bryan Mendoza has added to his impressive debut season with three in his last five.

Head-to-Head

• Tepatitlan have won two of the last three meetings between these teams, but Morelia have won the other.
• However, Tepatitlan have never won away at Morelia in their last two visits.
• Morelia’s high-intensity, high-tempo style of play will test Tepatitlan, who are more of a compact and counter-attacking team.

Key Players

• Mauro Nambo - three goals in six matches for Morelia.
• Amaury Escoto - three goals in four league matches for Tepatitlan.
• Bryan Mendoza - three goals in his last five appearances.

Betting Insights

• Tepatitlan have only won one of their four away games in Liga de Expansion 2025/2026 and have scored just 0.25 goals-per-game on the road and conceded just 0.25 goals per away match.
• The Under 2.5 goals bet looks a solid option at 1.9, while Both teams to score - no is also good value at 2.07.

Prediction

• However, with the visitors in great form, this should be a close and hard-fought match, and a home win at 1.97 looks the best bet.
• Expect a tight, low-scoring game given Tepatitlan’s away goals record and Morelia’s home form.