América vs Necaxa pre-match info: Guests face a hard task at Estadio Azteca

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Thu 24.Aug
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Azteca (87000 seats)

América contest Necaxa for acclaim and triumph.

Insights:
  • Necaxa have the fewest scored goals (1) in Liga MX

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for América and Necaxa.

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América form and stats

The story so far in the Liga MX for América at their home stadium (Estadio Azteca) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

The home club members saw a 1-1 draw versus Atlas last time out and are looking for a win here. The striker Quiñones edged out all the other players in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.83 out of 10. Quiñones served one assist and hit three key passes.

Ahead of that match, a home win against Nashville SC (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) in the Leagues Cup. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for América home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for América, as the Liga MX home game vs Leon is only three days away.

América have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Azteca with 5 goals in 3 league matches.

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Necaxa form and stats

The Liga MX season is young and Necaxa have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Necaxa aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. Montes was the last player to find the net.

Home advantage was not enough for Necaxa in their previous game as they lost hosting Tigres UANL, 0-3. Midfield player Garnica was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.23/10. Garnica hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.

The fixture before that was the Leagues Cup-duel against Charlotte, a home loss (1-4).

A quick return to home after this game, as Necaxa are hosting Queretaro in the Liga MX only four days away.

It's early days yet, but Necaxa has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

América have pulled off a streak of 7 consecutive matches without losing (5-2-0) when playing Necaxa.

Top Goalscorers

AméricaL. Suárez
L. Suárez
2 goals
AméricaP. Rodríguez Bravo
P. Rodríguez Bravo
1 goals
AméricaK. Álvarez Campos
K. Álvarez Campos
1 goals

América missing players

Necaxa missing players

América Necaxa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 3 1 Played P 1 2 4
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 5 3 Scored S 0 0 1
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
67% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
33% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 75%
 
6.3 6.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 5.2
3.3 3.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 6.5
1.3 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 3.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.3 15.3 22 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11 11
5 5 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2 3
33% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 8%
 
8.7 8.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 16 12.5 12.5
4 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 4.2
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Necaxa have the fewest scored goals (1) in Liga MX
  • Necaxa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Liga MX
América Last season Necaxa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   18 35
25 11   Won W   3 8
10 7   Drew D   4 9
7 3   Lost L   11 18
93 45   Scored S   14 35
49 24   Conceded C   26 52
95% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
86% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 71%
76% 76%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 51%
43% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 26%
19% 19%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
67% 67%   BTTS BTTS   56% 60%
29% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 17%
10% 14%   Failed to Score F T   39% 29%
 
5.8 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 3.9
3.9 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.9
1.9 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.7
2 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
16.7 17.5   Shots (avg) S (   12 12.6
6 5.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.5
37% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 29%
 
12.1 11.2   Shots against (avg) S A   15.6 15.2
3.8 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Guadalajara 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 10
2 Tigres UANL 4 2 2 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 8
3 Juarez 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 6 3 3 8
4 Monterrey 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 7
5 Atletico San Luis 4 2 1 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 7
6 Leon 4 2 0 2 7 4 3 2 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 6
7 Pumas UNAM 4 1 3 0 5 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 6
8 Atlas 4 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 5
9 Toluca 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 5
10 Santos Laguna 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 5 4 -1 5
11 América 3 1 1 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
12 Tijuana 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
13 Queretaro 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 4
14 Pachuca 4 0 3 1 3 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 6 -4 3
15 Mazatlan 4 0 2 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 2
16 Necaxa 4 0 2 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 -5 2
17 Puebla 4 0 1 3 4 9 2 0 0 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 -5 1
18 Cruz Azul 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 4 -5 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monterrey 17 13 1 3 35 14 9 7 0 2 21 7 8 6 1 1 14 7 21 40
2 América 17 9 7 1 36 21 9 4 4 1 17 11 8 5 3 0 19 10 15 34
3 Guadalajara 17 10 4 3 28 18 8 5 1 2 15 10 9 5 3 1 13 8 10 34
4 Toluca 17 9 5 3 34 19 8 5 3 0 18 7 9 4 2 3 16 12 15 32
5 Pachuca 17 10 1 6 32 24 8 4 1 3 16 11 9 6 0 3 16 13 8 31
6 Leon 17 8 6 3 23 13 9 5 2 2 14 6 8 3 4 1 9 7 10 30
7 Tigres UANL 17 7 4 6 20 17 9 3 2 4 11 10 8 4 2 2 9 7 3 25
8 Cruz Azul 17 7 3 7 21 22 8 5 0 3 10 9 9 2 3 4 11 13 -1 24
9 Atlas 17 4 9 4 27 22 9 2 4 3 13 13 8 2 5 1 14 9 5 21
10 Queretaro 17 4 8 5 16 21 9 2 5 2 10 12 8 2 3 3 6 9 -5 20
11 Puebla 17 6 2 9 26 32 8 4 0 4 14 14 9 2 2 5 12 18 -6 20
12 Atletico San Luis 17 5 4 8 16 21 8 4 3 1 10 5 9 1 1 7 6 16 -5 19
13 Santos Laguna 17 5 4 8 23 37 8 3 1 4 12 20 9 2 3 4 11 17 -14 19
14 Pumas UNAM 17 5 3 9 24 32 8 4 1 3 17 14 9 1 2 6 7 18 -8 18
15 Tijuana 17 3 7 7 19 29 9 2 6 1 10 8 8 1 1 6 9 21 -10 16
16 Juarez 17 3 6 8 17 25 8 2 3 3 9 8 9 1 3 5 8 17 -8 15
17 Necaxa 17 3 5 9 16 24 9 2 4 3 10 11 8 1 1 6 6 13 -8 14
18 Mazatlan 17 2 1 14 19 41 9 1 0 8 11 18 8 1 1 6 8 23 -22 7

Read more about Liga MX

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.