The Liga MX league table tells the truth about these squads up until now, with América leading Pachuca by 17 points. Get your full match preview:
- América have the most clean sheets (19) in Liga MX
- Pachuca have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Liga MX
Both squads have had ample time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an active match!
América form and stats
Home games in the Liga MX have been a walk in the park for América so far, with 23 points won from 9 matches; 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. América has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Monterrey defeat 74 days ago.
The América regulars enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Puebla and win 3-2. Midfield player Valdés got a match rating of 8.21 in that game, the max score being 10. Valdés scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Before that, América played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Puebla.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 12 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for América as they are travelling to their away game against Pachuca in the Liga MX. That match is three days after this one.
América has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. As for guarding their own goal, América have only let in 2 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 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.
Pachuca go into this game after a win, the home game against Atletico San Luis that ended 3-2. Late drama in the previous game, when Ibáñez scored the winning goal six minutes into stoppage time to defeat Atletico San Luis. Attacker Ibáñez got a player rating of 8.43 in the game. "Man of the match" Ibáñez scored two goals and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Atletico San Luis that ended 2-2.Pachuca are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
A new game in only three days for Pachuca, the Liga MX home match versus América. Busy days.
Pachuca are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Pachuca have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. Pachuca has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these parties meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent match: América - Pachuca 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): América six wins, two draws and Pachuca two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  N. Ibáñez 15 goals | V. Guzmán Guzmán 9 goals |   H. Martín Mex 6 goals |
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| América | Pachuca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 19 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 50 | 29 | 10 | Scored | S | 6 | 27 | 54 |
| 33 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 26 | 40 |
| 82% | 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 71% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 89% | 78% |
| 39% | 42% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 67% | 56% |
| 18% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 33% | 28% |
| 8% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 47% | 37% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 61% | 58% |
| 50% | 58% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 22% | 31% |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 13.5 | 15.2 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.6 | 14.1 | 15 |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 29% | 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 34% | 32% |
| 9.7 | 9.1 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
- América have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- América have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Liga MX
- América have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Liga MX
- América have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Liga MX
- América have the most clean sheets (19) 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 have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Liga MX
- Pachuca haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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| # | 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 |
