The first of two encounters in the CONCACAF Champions League Semi-finals, as the hometeam América will try to edge Philadelphia Union in their own ballpark.
Philadelphia Union could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Major League Soccer game only four sleeps ago. That game, against New England, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Philadelphia Union.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
América form and stats
América participated in CONCACAF Champions League the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Perfect Liga MX season at home so far for América 2 wins from 2 appearances. On the other hand, in the CONCACAF Champions League, América has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. In general it's been a long time since América tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
América's last game was hosting Puebla and winning 2-0. Óscar Jiménez, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.81 out of 10 in that game. Jiménez stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, América won a home game hosting Necaxa (2-1).América are traveling soon after this match as the Liga MX match at Atlas awaits in three days.
América has the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Total CONCACAF Champions League statistics for Philadelphia Union: 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Two away games in a row for Philadelphia Union, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus New England in the Major League Soccer. Paxten Aaronson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.14. Aaronson scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Toronto in the Major League Soccer.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Philadelphia have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. 12 goals have been conceded by Philadelphia in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Przybyłko 6 goals |  S. Santos Gomes 4 goals | C. Burke 4 goals |
América missing players
Philadelphia Union missing players
| América | Philadelphia Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.7 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Atlético San Luis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Mazatlan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | América | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Leon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 6 | Santos Laguna | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Monterrey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Atlas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Tigres UANL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Cruz Azul | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Pachuca | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Querétaro | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Juarez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 15 | Puebla | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Pumas UNAM | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 17 | Tijuana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New England | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 40 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 30 |
| 3 | New York City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | DC United | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Columbus Crew | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 9 | New York RB | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -11 | 16 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Toronto | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -15 | 15 |