Club America vs Monterrey Predictions

• Club America have scored an average of 2.11 goals at home during the current campaign.
• Monterrey have scored an average of 1.44 goals on the road this season.
• Both teams have scored in each of the last four renewals of this fixture.
• Both teams have scored in 78% of Club America’s home matches this term.

Hosts different side at Azteca

Losing the first leg wasn’t part of the plan, but Monday’s hosts probably won’t be too downbeat ahead of the return leg. After all, they only lost by a single goal, while they produced moments of promise, moments that will leave them feeling confident ahead of a game on their own patch.

It’s fair to say that Club America are a better team at home. During the current campaign they’ve only lost one out of nine at Estadio Azteca, where they’ve scored no less than 19 goals. Defensively, as they’ve kept only two clean sheets, Club America aren’t overly strong, as we saw in the first leg, but their attacking credentials cannot be questioned. Only one team in the entire division has notched more home goals than the hosts of this fixture.

Monterrey useful on their travels

It’s been a busy few weeks for Monterrey, who came within a minute or so of taking the mighty Liverpool to extra-time at the FIFA Club World Cup, though that should only have sharpened their appetite. Following their disappointment in Qatar, Monday’s visited turned their focus back to domestic matters and delivered a dominant performance to win the first leg of this tie.

Monterrey will know that facing Club America on the road isn’t easy, but their recent away from should leave them feeling confident. The visitors are unbeaten in their last four away matches in Liga MX, three of which they’ve won. During that time, they’ve scored an impressive nine goals.

Goals from both forecast

Given the overall efforts of both in Liga MX this term, coupled with their efforts against each other last time out, ‘Both Teams to Score’ gets the nod. Club America have scored in 100% of their home games this term but have kept just two clean sheets. The visitors have only failed to score in two of their nine travelling matches and have scored nine in their last four. Both teams have notched in 78% of Club America’s home games and in 56% of Monterrey’s travelling games. Interestingly, both teams have scored in each of the four renewals of this fixture since January 2019.

‘Correct Score’ punters can try a 2-1 win for the hosts, who’ve won each of their last two home games against Monterrey. They struggle to keep clean sheets, but with home advantage can reverse the first-leg result. Two of Monterrey’s last three defeats on the road have ended 2-1.