Football betting preview: América the probable winner when Pachuca arrive

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 05.March
Match begins: 01:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Azteca (87000 seats)

What a game, with América at 1st and Pachuca placed 4th. Here's all you need to know!

Insights:
  • América have the the best goal difference (+21) in Liga MX
  • Pachuca have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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América form and stats

6-2-0 is the performance here at Estadio Azteca so far in the Liga MX, giving América a total of 20 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results! América has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).

An away draw last time out for América, facing Atlas in a game that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for América in the Atlas match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Sánchez (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.91/10. Sánchez served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 57 successful passes (of 68 total).

Before that, América had a home game versus Tijuana which ended with a victory 2-1.

Some goal stats: A review of the 17 latest league matches shows that 15 of them had at least one goal from each team.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (20 in 8 games), América's attacking play is working. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. América have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Pachuca form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga MX travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Pachuca play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Tijuana. Midfielder Chávez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.34. Chávez hit nine key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 1-2 loss hosting Toluca before that.

Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's latest 11 league games.

Pachuca are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Pachuca have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Pachuca - América 0-3 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): América four wins, three draws and Pachuca three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

AméricaH. Martín Mex
H. Martín Mex
23 goals
AméricaD. Valdés Contreras
D. Valdés Contreras
9 goals
AméricaJ. Rodríguez Portillo
J. Rodríguez Portillo
8 goals

América missing players

Pachuca missing players

América Pachuca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 6 15 32
18 10 2 Won W 3 7 19
8 5 2 Drew D 1 3 6
4 0 0 Lost L 2 5 7
72 38 7 Scored S 11 22 62
33 12 5 Conceded C 7 19 35
93% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 87% 91%
87% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 78%
80% 73% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 56%
43% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 34%
23% 27% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 27% 25%
67% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 59%
30% 40% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 28%
10% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 22%
 
5.9 6.5 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.4 5.6
3.7 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.1 4.4
1.8 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
17.1 18.6 22.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 15.9 17
6 6.3 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 5.1 5.7
40% 40% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 29% 34%
 
11.5 10.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 13.1 11.2
3.7 3.1 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.5 3.9
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • América have not yet lost a game at home.
  • América have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • América have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Liga MX
  • América have the most matches over the total-line (24) in Liga MX
  • América have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in Liga MX
  • América have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in Liga MX
  • América have the the best goal difference (+21) in Liga MX
  • Pachuca have won significantly less corners away then at 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

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.