Atlas vs Philadelphia Union - Concacaf Champions League Preview: TV Channel, live stream, team news & prediction
By Alex Windley
The Philadelphia Union leads Atlas 1-0 on aggregate as they head into the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions League quarter-final match-up.
Both teams will be looking to advance to the CCL semi-finals with a win.
Philadelphia has the slight upper head, leading 1-0 on aggregate. However, Atlas will be playing at home and will have plenty of momentum behind them.
Here's everything you need to know ahead of their second meeting.
Where to watch Atlas vs Philadelphia Union on TV/live stream
When is kick off? Wednesday, April 12th, 10:10PM EST
Where is the match being played? Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico
TV channel/live stream? Fox Sports 1
What time does TV coverage start? 10:00PM EST
Referee? Ivan Arcides Barton Cisneros
Atlas team news
Atlas will be heading into the game looking to use their home pitch advantage to get over the Union.
Head coach Benjamin Mora spoke to the media on Monday and talked about wanting to advance to the next round of the CCL despite their poor form in Liga MX, which sees them winless in their last three matches.
“We go game by game, I have already mentioned it on many occasions. We have to [place importance on Liga MX because we] are in the final stretch of the competition where we [can fight] for the playoffs,” Mora said.
“We will recover and we will see [how the squad feels before the CCL] and turn around the [1-0] result we had there. It is game by game, there are all finals.”
Atlas will hope they can lean on Colombian center forward Julian Quinones, who was the danger man for them last time out against the Union.
They will also be without left-back Idekel Dominguez, who is out until late April with a knee injury.
Philadelphia Union team news
The Union will have a tough matchup against Atlas in Guadalajara.
Not only is left-back Kai Wagner still doubtful for the match with a hamstring injury, but the Union has had a slow start to their MLS campaign, only winning two of their seven games played.
In Wagner’s place will probably be 21-year-old Nathan Harriel.
Philadelphia may also line up in a new-look formation. In their 1-0 loss to FC Cincinnati over the weekend, head coach Jim Curtin rolled out the Union in a 5-3-2 to try to get his squad going offensively.
Though it didn’t quite work out in that match, Curtin may revert back to it during their game vs. Atlas.
Atlas vs Philadelphia Union score prediction
It will be a tight match for both sides, but with the Union in poor form and playing away from home, Atlas is the favorite heading into the match.
They have a speedy frontline that can give Philadelphia trouble and the Union will be without one of their key players in left back Kai Wagner.
If Atlas can hold back a Union attack and then get two goals to overturn their aggregate deficit, then Philadelphia may struggle to get back into the match.
Atlas 2-0 Philadelphia Union