Struggling Tijuana will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying América in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Tijuana have the fewest scored goals (12) in Liga MX
- América have the most scored goals (31) in Liga MX
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
1 - 1 - 2 with 4-4. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for América when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. América play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Tijuana form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga MX, Tijuana, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Liga MX, have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. Tijuana has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Caliente, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Tijuana travelled for their previous game, a trip to Monterrey that ended 1-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Tigres UANL.
The hometeam coach P. Guede Barriero made a successful contribution in the game against Monterrey, bringing on Mauro Manotas who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Tijuana have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost one.
Tijuana has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Tijuana have conceded 9 in these home matches.
América form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (31) in Liga MX, are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. América hope to make it five in this match.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. América goalkeeper Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magana is eager to challenge this, with his 225 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from Richard Sánchez and Pedro Aquino secured the home win 2-0 against Pachuca in their previous game. Prior to that result América won their away game at Atlas. The scoreline was 2-0.
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 twelve relevant matches. Results were five América wins, three draws and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Leon in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy América's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. As for defending, América rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; América - Tijuana 4-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Tijuana won two games, four matches ended with a draw and América has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  H. Martín Mex 11 goals |  F. Córdova Reyes 6 goals |  F. Viñas Barboza 6 goals |
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| Tijuana | América | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 44 |
| 35 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 29 |
| 84% | 75% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 72% | 67% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 44% | 42% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 52% |
| 24% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 33% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | 11% |
| 40% | 42% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 63% |
| 28% | 42% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 30% |
| 48% | 42% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10.2 | 10.8 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.8 | 13.4 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 29% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | 35% |
- América have the most scored goals (31) in Liga MX
- Tijuana have the fewest scored goals (12) in Liga MX
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leon | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 40 |
| 2 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | América | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Monterrey | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 28 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Pachuca | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Necaxa | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Toluca | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Puebla | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Juárez | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Mazatlan | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 16 |
| 15 | Tijuana | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 18 | -15 | 15 |
| 16 | Atlas | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | Querétaro | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 13 |
| 18 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -19 | 11 |