Delightful dogfight as daring América duels with determined Monterrey

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Date: Mon 30.December
Match begins: 02:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Azteca (87000 seats)

New season, new opportunities: Here's what you need to know before the América - Monterrey match!

It's no vacation for neither América nor Monterrey 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.

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América form and stats

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how América have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Last season, América's league statistics were 9 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Liga MX. Over these 17 matches they scored 28 goals and conceded 19. Playing at home last season América managed 6-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 6 conceded.

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Monterrey form and stats

Monterrey are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of six matches.

Let's have a look at how Monterrey performed last season in the Liga MX: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 10/12 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

América and Monterrey have met before this season: América - Monterrey 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 3 - 3 (América wins - draws - Monterrey wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MonterreyR. Funes Mori
R. Funes Mori
12 goals
AméricaH. Martín
H. Martín
8 goals
MonterreyN. Sánchez
N. Sánchez
7 goals

América missing players

Monterrey missing players

Total First Half Second Half
América Monterrey
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 12 24
11 7 3 Won W 0 4 12
7 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
6 2 0 Lost L 2 6 8
42 24 6 Scored S 1 16 39
31 13 1 Conceded C 3 16 30
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 92% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 83%
54% 58% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 46%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 25%
21% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 21%
62% 75% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 58% 58%
29% 25% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 25%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 17% 17%
 
5.9 6 6.2 Corners For (avg) C F 5.7 5.8 6.8
3.7 3.2 2.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.3 6.8 4.8
2.2 2 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.3
6 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 2 3
 
352 202 59 Total Shots T S 30 147 351
109 57 12 Shots on Target S O 4 48 112
39% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 33% 35%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • América have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • América have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • América haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Monterrey have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Monterrey haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Atlas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Atlético San Luis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cruz Azul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Guadalajara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Juárez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 León 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Monterrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Morelia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Necaxa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pachuca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Puebla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Pumas UNAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Querétaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Santos Laguna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Tigres UANL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Tijuana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Toluca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Atlas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Atlético San Luis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cruz Azul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Guadalajara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Juárez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 León 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Monterrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Morelia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Necaxa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pachuca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Puebla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Pumas UNAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Querétaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Santos Laguna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Tigres UANL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Tijuana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Toluca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.