Liga MX preview and news: América - Atlético San Luis at Estadio Azteca

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 06.February
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Azteca (87000 seats)

1st spot in the Liga MX table for América at present, a great campaign. The home team supporters pray for more joy as 12th-placed Atlético San Luis visit Estadio Azteca.

Insights:
  • América have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Liga MX
  • Atlético San Luis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

América and Atlético San Luis should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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América form and stats

América have been outstanding at home so far in the Liga MX with 7 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for América, their manager Poggio and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The América crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Atlas here at Estadio Azteca. Fidalgo (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.31/10. Fidalgo hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 37 successful passes (of 44 total).

Before that, América played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Puebla.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from América's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won two matches, drawn two and lost two.

The América fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for guarding their own goal, América have only let in 2 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Atlético San Luis form and stats

Playing away, Atlético San Luis have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the Liga MX this season. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Atlético San Luis, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Toluca game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Atlético aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 583 league minutes without a goal. Andrada (own goal) was the last player to find the net.

Atlético San Luis's previous game was their home loss versus Juárez (0-1). Barovero was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.12. The agile goalkeeper Barovero saved a penalty.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Atlas's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Atlético San Luis when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing two and winning one game.

Atlético San Luis find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Atlético San Luis are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the squads played each other earlier this campaign; Atlético San Luis - América 0-1. Statistics for the preceeding six meetings featuring these two contenders are: five wins for América, zero draws and one win for Atlético San Luis. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético San LuisG. Berterame
G. Berterame
9 goals
AméricaÁ. Fidalgo Fernández
Á. Fidalgo Fernández
4 goals
AméricaS. Reyes Chávez
S. Reyes Chávez
4 goals

América missing players

Atlético San Luis missing players

América Atlético San Luis
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 5 Played P 5 11 21
10 7 2 Won W 1 3 4
7 2 2 Drew D 2 5 8
4 2 1 Lost L 2 3 9
23 14 5 Scored S 2 11 19
16 7 3 Conceded C 4 11 29
81% 82% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 73% 81%
67% 73% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 55% 62%
29% 27% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 45% 38%
10% 9% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 24%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
43% 27% 20% BTTS BTTS 20% 45% 43%
52% 64% 80% Clean Sheets C S 40% 27% 19%
24% 27% 40% Failed to Score F T 80% 55% 57%
 
4.2 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 3.4 3.9
3.6 3.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 6 5
1.7 1.3 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 2
6 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
13 14.5 15.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 10.7 10.9
4.6 5.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.8 3.3
24% 24% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 26% 27%
 
10 9.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 18.4 15.3 13.9
3.4 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.5 4.3
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • América have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Liga MX
  • América have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Liga MX
  • América have the most points (23) at home in Liga MX
  • América have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Liga MX
  • Atlético San Luis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 América 17 10 5 2 21 10 9 7 2 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 8 8 11 35
2 Atlas 17 8 5 4 21 10 9 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 3 1 13 5 11 29
3 Leon 17 8 5 4 20 14 8 3 3 2 11 6 9 5 2 2 9 8 6 29
4 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 26 14 9 4 5 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 11 9 12 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 9 3 23 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 24
6 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 22 8 3 4 1 13 9 9 3 2 4 9 13 0 24
7 Puebla 17 6 6 5 16 16 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 24
8 Cruz Azul 17 5 8 4 21 17 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 23
9 Monterrey 17 5 7 5 19 16 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 1 5 3 9 12 3 22
10 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 4 3 0 22
11 Pumas UNAM 17 5 6 6 17 23 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -6 21
12 Atlético San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlan 17 5 5 7 18 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 20
14 Necaxa 17 6 2 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 20
15 Pachuca 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 8 2 1 5 9 14 -2 18
16 Juárez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Querétaro 17 3 6 8 11 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 3 12 -8 15
18 Tijuana 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 1 2 5 7 16 -11 15

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Liga MX is the top division in the Mexican football league system. Each season the league has two tournaments, Apertura (opening) and Clausura (closing). This means that the Liga MX has two champions per season. The Liga MX is the fourth most attended football league in the world.