Guadalajara vs América match preview: Even contest expected at Estadio AKRON

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 03:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio AKRON (45000 seats)

Both these sides are in pretty good shape, América holding a 13 point lead on Guadalajara in the tables. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Guadalajara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • América have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This arena has artifical turf, which is not América's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf América have performed like this: Played five matches earning 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 6-2 (scored/conceded).

This could be an exciting game with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Guadalajara form and stats

3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga MX numbers at home for Guadalajara so far this season.

A nice win for Guadalajara last time playing, versus Santos Laguna. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Macías scoring for the victors. Mier, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Mier hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.

Before that, Guadalajara played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Atlético San Luis.

This is expected to be a close game, with Guadalajara perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Guadalajara as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Guadalajara has won five of these, drawn four and lost six.

Guadalajara has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. On the other hand, Guadalajara have conceded 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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América form and stats

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

There might be some fixture complaints from América as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against Monterrey. Valdés got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, top player of the team. Valdés served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 47 successful passes (of 49 total).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Querétaro.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with América playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were eight América wins, one draw and two defeats.

It's early days yet, but América has scored 8 and conceded 8 goals from their travels in the league so far (8 games).

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head meeting ended América - Guadalajara 0-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Guadalajara victories, three draws and five América wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GuadalajaraÁ. Zaldívar Caviedes
Á. Zaldívar Caviedes
6 goals
AméricaÁ. Fidalgo Fernández
Á. Fidalgo Fernández
5 goals
AméricaS. Reyes Chávez
S. Reyes Chávez
5 goals

Guadalajara missing players

América missing players

Guadalajara América
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 6 14 28
8 5 2 Won W 1 4 11
10 3 0 Drew D 3 6 9
9 5 3 Lost L 2 4 8
30 17 4 Scored S 4 14 32
29 17 7 Conceded C 5 15 29
81% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 79% 82%
63% 77% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 71%
48% 54% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 39%
22% 23% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 18%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
48% 54% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 54%
41% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 43%
30% 15% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 21% 21%
 
4.3 4.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.1 4.8
4.3 4.6 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 3.9 3.6
2.3 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 1.8
4 3 2 Red cards R C 2 5 8
 
12.5 13.8 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 11.4 12.9
4.6 4.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.5 4.2
24% 27% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 29% 27%
 
10.8 11.7 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 10.9 10.3
3.4 3.5 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.9 3.9
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • América have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Guadalajara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Guadalajara haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 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 Atlético San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlán 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 Juárez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Querétaro 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

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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.