América warm up for Pachuca with belief in winning all three points. Will they? Open our in-depth preview!
- América have the most points (23) at home in Liga MX
- Pachuca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These are busy days for the hometeam, as they had a game only four days ago in the Liga MX. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Mazatlan.
América form and stats
This stadium, Estadio Azteca, has been a fortress for América in the Liga MX so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-2-0. With América having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Poggio.
América faced defeat in their previous match, away at Mazatlan (1-2). Otero, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated performer for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 8.04 (out of 10). Otero scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Santos Laguna and winning 3-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does América handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, one draw and three defeats.
América are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. As for guarding their own goal, América have only let in 2 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Pachuca form and stats
There's been little loot from Pachuca's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Liga MX. Pachuca only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
There were no winners in Pachuca's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Queretaro. Chávez got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, top player of the team. Chávez scored one goal and had 41 successful passes (of 48 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Necaxa at their stadium, the result 3-1.Pachuca are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and five defeats. From a total of eight matches.
After this away game Pachuca return home for a Liga MX game against Mazatlan. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Pachuca have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Pachuca struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games. Pachuca has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
These competitors have battled previously this season: Pachuca - América 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (América wins - draws - Pachuca wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  N. Ibáñez 6 goals |  S. Reyes Chávez 5 goals | R. Martínez Tobinson 4 goals |
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| América | Pachuca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 29 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 29 |
| 23 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 27 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 82% |
| 38% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 50% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 50% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 64% |
| 46% | 58% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 21% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 18% |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12.9 | 14.3 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 14.8 | 15.8 |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 28% | 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 28% | 27% |
| 10.2 | 9.5 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 13.2 | 13.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 4 |
- América have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Liga MX
- América have the most points (23) at home in Liga MX
- América have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Liga MX
- Pachuca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Pachuca haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | Atlas | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | Leon | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Toluca | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | Puebla | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Monterrey | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 22 |
| 10 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | -4 | 20 |
| 13 | Mazatlan | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 14 | Necaxa | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | Pachuca | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 16 | Juarez | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 17 | Queretaro | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 18 | Tijuana | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 15 |
