Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when América welcomes Guadalajara

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 29.November
Match begins: 03:06 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Azteca (87000 seats)

América have performed better than Guadalajara so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • América has the most scored goals (31) in Liga MX
  • América have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Guadalajara have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither América nor Guadalajara as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

11-13-14 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Guadalajara when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 38 matches are 47-53 (scored/conceded).

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América form and stats

20 points is a decent return from 9 Liga MX games here at Estadio Azteca for América. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. América has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Azteca, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

In their previous game, the manager M. Herrera Aguirre led his América to a defeat in the Liga MX match away at Guadalajara. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Azteca. Preceding that game was the away draw at Juarez that finished 1-1.

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 nine games, won four matches, drawn three and lost two.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), América's attacking play is working. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Guadalajara form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Guadalajara playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season. Guadalajara has drawn their two previous away games.

The Guadalajara goalkeeper Raul Manolo Gudino Vega is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 234 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

The supporters enjoyed Guadalajara's previous game versus América, a Liga MX 1-0 win played at home. Before that, Guadalajara secured a home win against Necaxa with the score 1-0.

Goalkeeper Raúl Gudiño was absolutely vital in the Guadalajara victory against América, making seven saves. Cristian Calderón came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against América last time out, making the manager V. Vucetich Rojas feel like a tactical genius.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Guadalajara when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing zero and winning zero games.

Guadalajara find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. 8 goals have been conceded by Guadalajara in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Guadalajara - América 1-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five América victories, three draws and two Guadalajara wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AméricaH. Martín Mex
H. Martín Mex
7 goals
AméricaF. Viñas Barboza
F. Viñas Barboza
6 goals
AméricaF. Córdova Reyes
F. Córdova Reyes
5 goals

América missing players

Guadalajara missing players

América Guadalajara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 8 19
9 6 1 Won W 1 3 9
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 5
4 1 0 Lost L 0 3 5
31 19 4 Scored S 5 9 22
23 9 2 Conceded C 3 8 17
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 84%
78% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 58%
61% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 37%
50% 67% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 21%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
72% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 38% 42%
22% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 32%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13.6 15.3 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 13.4 12.9
5.1 5.9 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.4
34% 36% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 31% 34%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • América has the most scored goals (31) in Liga MX
  • América have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • América have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • América have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Guadalajara have scored away.
  • América have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • América haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • 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 León 17 12 4 1 27 14 8 7 1 0 15 7 9 5 3 1 12 7 13 40
2 Pumas UNAM 17 8 8 1 29 17 9 5 4 0 19 8 8 3 4 1 10 9 12 32
3 América 17 9 5 3 31 22 9 6 2 1 19 9 8 3 3 2 12 13 9 32
4 Cruz Azul 17 9 2 6 23 16 8 5 1 2 12 6 9 4 1 4 11 10 7 29
5 Monterrey 17 8 5 4 26 21 8 4 3 1 13 9 9 4 2 3 13 12 5 29
6 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 27 16 9 4 4 1 15 8 8 3 3 2 12 8 11 28
7 Guadalajara 17 7 5 5 20 17 9 4 3 2 11 9 8 3 2 3 9 8 3 26
8 Santos Laguna 17 7 4 6 24 20 8 5 2 1 14 5 9 2 2 5 10 15 4 25
9 Pachuca 17 6 7 4 18 14 9 3 3 3 11 10 8 3 4 1 7 4 4 25
10 Necaxa 17 7 3 7 16 20 9 4 1 4 10 12 8 3 2 3 6 8 -4 24
11 Toluca 17 6 3 8 23 28 8 5 1 2 14 9 9 1 2 6 9 19 -5 21
12 Puebla 17 6 2 9 22 25 8 2 2 4 12 13 9 4 0 5 10 12 -3 20
13 Juarez 17 4 7 6 16 19 9 3 4 2 6 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -3 19
14 Mazatlan 17 4 4 9 24 31 8 3 2 3 11 13 9 1 2 6 13 18 -7 16
15 Tijuana 17 4 3 10 12 27 9 4 2 3 9 9 8 0 1 7 3 18 -15 15
16 Atlas 17 3 5 9 13 20 8 2 1 5 5 8 9 1 4 4 8 12 -7 14
17 Queretaro 17 3 4 10 23 28 8 3 2 3 15 11 9 0 2 7 8 17 -5 13
18 Atletico San Luis 17 3 2 12 16 35 9 2 2 5 9 18 8 1 0 7 7 17 -19 11

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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.