Club América vs Mazatlán Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Club América

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Club América go into this game coming off the back of a 2-2 Liga MX (Clausura) drawn result against Puebla.

In that match, Club América managed 66% possession and 19 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Club América, goals were scored by Henry Martín (38') and Alejandro Zendejas (67'). Puebla had 8 shots on goal with 5 on target. Gastón Silva (60') and Emanuel Gularte (75') scored for Puebla.

It has been all too rare in recent times where Club América haven’t conceded. The reality is that Club América have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 8 goals on the way.

Mazatlán

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Santos Laguna in Liga MX (Clausura) competition, Mazatlán and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Mazatlán managed 53% possession and 16 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Mazatlán was Ariel Nahuelpán (62'). For their opponents, Santos Laguna got 23 shots at goal with 12 on target. Juan Brunetta (36') and Harold Preciado (79') scored for Santos Laguna.

The stats don’t lie, and Mazatlán have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 12 goals in all. Defensively, Mazatlán have been far from perfect. While that may be of interest, we’ll just have to find out if that trend shall be maintained in this upcoming game.

Ahead of this meeting, Mazatlán haven’t won away from home in the past 6 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league match featuring these sides was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 11 on 27/08/2022 which ended up with the score at Mazatlán 1-3 Club América.

In that match, Mazatlán managed 43% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

For their opponents, Club América got 17 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Diego Valdés (11' Own goal, 39'), Henry Martín (45') and Sebastián Cáceres (49') scored.

The referee was Erick Yair Miranda Galindo.

📰 Team News: Club América

The Club América boss Fernando Ortiz has zero fitness concerns at all ahead of this match owing to a completely healthy group ready to go.

📋 Team News: Mazatlán

In an otherwise full-strength group, there’s only the lone fitness issue for the Mazatlán manager Gabriel Caballero to contend with. Néstor Vidrio (Calf Injury) misses out for this game.

✨ Prediction

It looks to us that Club América should have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

However, Mazatlán could well find it tough getting on the scoresheet - but, we do see them converting at least once.

Our selection here is for a pretty comfortable 3-1 victory for Club América at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 01:44 25/01/2023