Liga MX: High-profile versus below par, at least based on the points won so far. América - Pumas UNAM. Home win or a surprise?
- América have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Liga MX
- Pumas UNAM have yet to win a game away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
América form and stats
The story so far in the Liga MX for América at their home stadium (Estadio Azteca) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
América travelled for their previous game, a trip to Pachuca that ended 1-1. Midfield player Sebastián Córdova got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Córdova hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, América drew at home versus Guadalajara.América are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew zero and lost one.
América have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Azteca with 8 goals in 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, América have only let in 1 goal at home.
Pumas UNAM form and stats
The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX. Pumas UNAM have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Pumas UNAM has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Tigres UANL for a Liga MX game that ended a draw (0-0). Goalkeeper Alfredo Talavera got the top player rating of the team with 7.85/10. Talavera stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Mazatlán that ended 2-2.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Pumas played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
The attacking power of Pumas UNAM when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Pumas struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two teams are: three wins for América, five draws and two wins for Pumas UNAM. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  Á. Fidalgo Fernández 3 goals | S. Reyes Chávez 3 goals |  J. Dinenno De Cara 3 goals |
América missing players
Pumas UNAM missing players
| América | Pumas UNAM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 40% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 30% |
| 55% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 60% |
| 4.9 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 16 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 13.6 | 13.7 |
| 5.5 | 6.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 23% | 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 12% | 14% |
- América have not yet lost a game at home.
- América have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- América have scored more than double the goals of Pumas UNAM.
- América have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Liga MX
- Pumas UNAM have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Pumas UNAM have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Pumas UNAM have yet to win a 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 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | Toluca | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Atlas | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Atletico San Luis | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Leon | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Cruz Azul | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Tigres UANL | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Santos Laguna | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Necaxa | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Puebla | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Mazatlán | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Juárez | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Pachuca | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 16 | Pumas UNAM | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 17 | Tijuana | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 7 |
| 18 | Queretaro | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 6 |