The América & Pumas UNAM managers M. Herrera Aguirre and A. Lillini are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Liga MX league table.
América and Pumas UNAM should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
América form and stats
América, who have the most scored goals (22) in Liga MX, have performed here at Estadio Azteca this season with 4 wins from 6 Liga MX matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
América's previous game was a Liga MX match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Guadalajara (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Toluca.
América goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa did an outstanding job against Guadalajara with eight saves, so vital to securing the victory.
The América manager M. Herrera Aguirre has got the team scoring with 13 from 6 home games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded.
Pumas UNAM form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Pumas UNAM playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season.
Pumas played 1-1 against Necaxa in their previous match. Prior to that match, the Pumas UNAM manager A. Lillini faced defeat when travelling to León and losing 0-2.
Pumas have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 5 goals have been scored. Pumas have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
América-Pumas UNAM H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: América three wins, Pumas UNAM two wins, five draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).América missing players
Pumas UNAM missing players
| América | Pumas UNAM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| 91% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| 73% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 55% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 82% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 151 | 82 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 44 | 138 |
| 57 | 31 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 9 | 39 |
| 39% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 56% | 54% |
- América has the most scored goals (22) in Liga MX
- América has the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Liga MX
- América have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- América have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Pumas UNAM have scored away.
- América have scored in all their matches so far.
- América 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 | Cruz Azul | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | León | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Pumas UNAM | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | América | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Pachuca | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | Monterrey | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Puebla | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Toluca | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 11 | Juarez | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Atlas | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Queretaro | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 12 |
| 14 | Santos Laguna | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Mazatlán | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 10 |
| 16 | Tijuana | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Necaxa | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 9 |
| 18 | Atlético San Luis | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 8 |