Pachuca are placed 4th, while América are loitering 2 points behind in the table. Can they reduce the gap?
- Pachuca have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Liga MX
- América have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The visiting América played their last game only four days ago, a Liga MX match. That game was also an away game, at Pumas UNAM. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Pachuca form and stats
The story so far in the Liga MX for Pachuca at their home stadium (Estadio Hidalgo) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Pachuca are confident in defense, having played 222 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Pachuca last time playing, versus Tigres UANL. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Ibáñez (2) scoring for the victors. Sweet to taste a league victory after four games without. Attacking player Ibáñez bested all the other footballers in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.21 out of 10. Ibáñez scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Guadalajara that finished 0-0.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 Pachuca have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 3 and lost 5.
Gamblers who prefer looking for low-scoring games might like knowing that this team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Pachuca, as the Liga MX home game vs Leon is only four days away.
The Pachuca fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Defensively Pachuca have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
América form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga MX matches, América have produced an overall stat of 1-0-3 so far.
Two trips in a row for América, whose manager Ortiz could celebrate last time after the win against Pumas UNAM. Midfield player Zendejas was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.31/10. Zendejas scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Juárez.América 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, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
After this away game América return home for a Liga MX game against Cruz Azul. That game is only three sleeps after this.
América are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Pachuca have won or drawn the last 4 matches (2-2-0) facing América.The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Ibáñez 4 goals |   H. Martín Mex 4 goals | J. Rodríguez Portillo 2 goals |
Pachuca missing players
América missing players
| Pachuca | América | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 29% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 57% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 7.3 | 7.5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 3.3 | 2.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 4.1 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.6 | 20 | 23 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.8 | 15.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 22% | 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 9.3 | 8.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 14 | 12 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.8 | 4 |
- All of América's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- América have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- América haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Pachuca have not yet lost a game at home.
- Pachuca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Pachuca have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Liga MX
- Pachuca have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Liga MX
- Pachuca have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Toluca | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Tigres UANL | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Pachuca | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Necaxa | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Puebla | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Tijuana | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | América | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Mazatlan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Leon | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | Atlas | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Pumas UNAM | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Atletico San Luis | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Cruz Azul | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Juárez | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | Guadalajara | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 18 | Queretaro | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 3 |
