The first leg ended América-Philadelphia Union 2-0. All is set for the decider in this CONCACAF Champions League Semi-finals fixture!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Liga MX game only four days ago.
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.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
6-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Philadelphia Union so far this season. 3W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the CONCACAF Champions League for Philadelphia Union.
The Philadelphia fans got no joy from their last match, a Major League Soccer game also here at Subaru Park: A 0-1 defeat against New England. Kai Wagner was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.41 out of 10. The defender Wagner hit five key passes and won 8 of 12 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at DC United in the Major League Soccer.This is expected to be a close game, with Philadelphia Union perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Philadelphia Union as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Philadelphia has won eight of these, drawn two and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Philadelphia as they have a new game in only four days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Orlando City are visiting.
Philadelphia Union are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 games. Philadelphia have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
América form and stats
América's mission in CONCACAF Champions League last season failed in the semi-finals.Playing away, América have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 0 defeats in the Liga MX this season. Total CONCACAF Champions League statistics for América: 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
América go into this game after a win, the home game against Mazatlan that ended 2-0. Defender Miguel Layún was the best team player with a rating of 8.43. Layún hit six key passes and won 0 of 3 duels.
Before that, América travelled to Leon and returned home with a draw after the Liga MX game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by América in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for América, four draws and four defeats.
The schedule is very tough for América now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga MX game at Toluca is waiting in only three days.
The visiting América have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 4 games. América are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head meeting ended América - Philadelphia 2-0, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  K. Przybyłko 6 goals |  S. Santos Gomes 4 goals | C. Burke 4 goals |
Philadelphia Union missing players
América missing players
| Philadelphia Union | América | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 19 | 40 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 8% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 12.9 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 55 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 38 |
| 4 | New York City | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 34 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | DC United | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Atlanta United | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Inter Miami | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 29 |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 27 |
| 11 | New York RB | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 23 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -11 | 23 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 27 | -15 | 20 |
| 14 | Toronto | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 35 | -23 | 15 |
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | Leon | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Toluca | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Tigres UANL | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Atlas | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Santos Laguna | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Monterrey | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Cruz Azul | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Atletico San Luis | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Guadalajara | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Necaxa | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Mazatlan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 13 | Pachuca | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Puebla | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Queretaro | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 16 | Tijuana | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Pumas UNAM | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Juarez | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 5 |