A quick look at the Liga MX table shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but there's plenty more to learn about the fixture. Read our América - Guadalajara match preview!
- América have the the best goal difference (+21) in Liga MX
- Guadalajara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
América's stadium, Estadio Azteca, has a grass surface. Guadalajara have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Guadalajara when playing on grass; 10 wins, 16 draws and 7 losses from 33 matches. They have scored {40 goals} in these games and conceded 31.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
América form and stats
Home games in the Liga MX have been a walk in the park for América so far, with 20 points won from 8 matches; 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
A good away victory last time out for América, who won 1-0 against Guadalajara. Manager Ortiz felt very clever after Zendejas scored the winning goal against Guadalajara, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute. Malagón, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.43 out of 10 in that game. Malagón topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, América lost 1-2 at home to Atletico San Luis.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier América matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 7 games).
Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 28 latest league matches highlights that 22 of them had at least one goal from each team.
The América manager Ortiz has got the team scoring with 20 from 8 home games in the league. América have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Guadalajara form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga MX matches, Guadalajara have produced an overall stat of 2-3-3 so far.
Guadalajara's previous game was their home loss versus América (0-1). Vega got a match rating of 7.21 in that game, top player of the team. Vega hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.
Before that, Guadalajara secured a home win against Atlas with the score 1-0.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Guadalajara playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 3 home wins.
The travelling fans enjoy Guadalajara's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. Guadalajara have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
América have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (4-2-0) when facing Guadalajara.The teams involved played each other earlier on this season: Guadalajara - América 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Martín Mex 27 goals |  D. Valdés Contreras 12 goals |  J. Rodríguez Portillo 12 goals |
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| América | Guadalajara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 41 | 20 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 19 | 38 |
| 25 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 92 | 44 | 20 | Scored | S | 5 | 26 | 49 |
| 46 | 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 38 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 89% | 87% |
| 85% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 74% | 63% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 53% | 45% |
| 41% | 30% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | 18% |
| 20% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | 11% |
| 66% | 65% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 63% | 55% |
| 29% | 30% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 26% | 34% |
| 10% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 21% | 24% |
| 5.9 | 6.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.2 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 16.9 | 17.9 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 14.1 | 15.2 |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 37% | 36% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 28% | 26% |
| 12.1 | 11.2 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 15.9 | 14.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
- América have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- América have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Liga MX
- América have the most matches over the total-line (31) in Liga MX
- América have the most points from losing position (21) in Liga MX
- América have the most scored goals in the first half (44) in Liga MX
- América have the most scored goals in the second half (48) in Liga MX
- América have the the best goal difference (+21) in Liga MX
- Guadalajara 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 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 33 |
| 4 | Pachuca | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Toluca | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | Puebla | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Leon | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Juarez | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Necaxa | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Mazatlan | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Tijuana | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 17 |
| 16 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 14 |
| 17 | Atlas | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 | Queretaro | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 9 |
