It's only fixture two of the Liga MX for these contenders. And fresh bodies and minds here at Estadio BBVA Bancomer as Monterrey receive América. Don't miss this preview!
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.
Monterrey form and stats
The previous season, Monterrey's league results were 5 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses, producing 9th place in the Liga MX. Over these 17 matches they scored 19 goals and gave away 16. Playing at home in the last season Monterrey generated 4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 4 conceded.
Monterrey are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 3-4 away versus Santos Laguna. Did Monterrey get overconfident in their match against Santos Laguna? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 3-4 defeat. Heartbreak for Monterrey in their last match as Santos Laguna's Lozano scored the winning goal deep into overtime. The striker Mori outperformed all others in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.83 out of 10. Mori scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Tijuana in a game that was won 2-0.América form and stats
Let's have a look at how América performed last season in the Liga MX: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded 10 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 8/8 goals scored/conceded.
América aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 216 league minutes without a goal. Valdes was the last player to find the net.
There were no winners in América's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Atlas (placed 9th). Layún, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.52. Layún hit two key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Pachuca.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 11 relevant matches. Results were 7 América wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
After this away game América return home for a Liga MX game against Toluca. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Monterrey wins - draws - América wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  R. Funes Mori 2 goals |  R. Aguirre Soto 1 goals |
Monterrey missing players
América missing players
| Monterrey | América | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monterrey | Last season | América | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Drew | D | 8 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 47 | 24 | Scored | S | 21 | 51 | ||
| 37 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 82% | ||
| 71% | 63% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 72% | ||
| 39% | 32% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 18% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 8% | ||
| 45% | 32% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 34% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 48% | ||
| 37% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 22% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 27% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | ||
| 10.6 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Puebla | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Toluca | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Leon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Pumas UNAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Tijuana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | América | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Atlas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Guadalajara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Juárez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Pachuca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Queretaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Monterrey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Tigres UANL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Atlético San Luis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Mazatlan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
