Stadium: Morelos

Referee: Oliver Enrique Quiroz Díaz - 1st match of season

Monarcas Morelia

Last match the team repeated on home, as Atlante request the change of venue as his stadium was not fit as hurricane Dean effect. Morelia has to battle to recover from an early goal of Atlante, and was in the last ten minutes of the match that they where able to score the equalizer thanks to DF Mauricio Martín. Which grants the team a point. The team has right now played three matches on home and has been able to won just one, still is unbeaten as having take two draws in the rest of their matches home. In the positive side of the team is that in home they have showed strong defensive and also good luck, as in the match against Chivas Guadalajara is true they take the victory, but as Chivas Guadalajara missed importance chances more than defensive good things.

The team will have to wait until next weekend to play again a away match, where they have showed their worst performance as they lost 3-1 to Pachuca. They need to improve more in that are as they have a good goalkeeper but their defense on away isn't being good, still is just one match of four they have played that have been on away. The team has encounters mid teams and two strong teams (chivas and pachuca, taking one defeat and one victory) and tie against both middle table teams, now will encounter another of the strong teams and as in the previous two this isn't going to be a picnic for them, as against chivas where able to take the victory, but suffer during the whole match the constant arrivals of chivas offensive.

All three matches in home has gone under 2.5 goals and for this match this could happen as America in away make a goal and then go defending it, Morelia will be granted with the iniciative of the match. Is to remark that their forwards haven't make a single goal, and here FW Luis Angel Landin arrive as the great reinforcement for the team but haven't been able to score yet. So for this match their best feature is their defense and GK Moises Muñoz, which should be the one that grants them to have a chance in this match.

América

The effectivenes of coach Luis Fernando Tena continues as they are a solid team that rarely concedes defeat on home where they are contundent and on away are more defensive and hard to beat also. The coach doesn't mind to change their playing style on away to fit taking any points in that position. Last match the team on 4-1 on Azteca stadium that appears to have a personal romance with FW Rodrigo Lopez as his five goals have fallen in this scenario, and that could be added the goal he scored with Libertad against America in Libertadores Cup precisely in Azteca Stadium, so in three matches he had scored six goals, for an average of two goals per match.

In away the team trend is to look for the goal to take advantage and then laid back and counterattack taking care first of the adquire advantage, what lead that the team tie or loss some matches on away as they concede the spaces for that, but in more frequent they won or tie. It is important to highlight the performance of FW Federico Insua which make a great play last round in Azteca stadium leaving almost five players of Tecos in the pitch and then serving the goal pass to Rodrigo Lopez, his good performances are making that the absence of Cuauthemoc Blanco is passing unnotice. The understanding between the offensive players of América is sure to provide problems for Morelia GK Moises Muñoz.

America is the best offensive of the tournament with eleven goals, but has to be remark that 10 of those have been on home, and just had score one goal on away, one are they need to improve. In defense they are in the top five just one goal more allowed than Santos and Atlante. GK Guillermo Ochoa lead a defense that is tight on away and hard to concede, and less hard on home where they are more offensive, but his great reflexes provide security for the team.

Injured

MF Alvin Mendoza (long term)

MF Lucas Castromán

Match:

Morelia has perform better on home than away, but América plays effective on away before spectacular and offensive, a tense match with a good fight to posses the ball. América has in their favor that lately has dominated Morelia, and their good defense with GK Guillermo Ochoa and the effectivenes coach Tena has provide them. Morelia is seing as the victim for this match altought their unbeaten step in home speaks to their favor.

Prediction:

Odds points towards a very dispute match, where is difficult to determie who could take the victory and that is because America characteristics when playing on away, as they tend to be defensive despite the great potential as a team they hold. Morelia has been irregular and haven't showed really strong on home, that together with America great defense and good offensive, so I feel that América 0AH posses more value than home team, as even in that market the odds are equal as it can fall to either side.

Pick : America Ciudad de Mexico
Odds : 1.95
Stake : 8 / 10
Bookmaker : Fonbet
Date : 2007-08-30
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