Week 6 brings us a match on Aug 1st where León will host América at Estadio León in a meeting of these two mismatched Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. 9th placed León is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Toluca. Daniel Alvarez struck first for Toluca in the 90th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, León couldn’t muster any offence and Toluca ran away with the shutout win. León is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while américa sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Tijuana. Lisandro López struck first for Tijuana in the 9th minute on a penalty, then Montecinos Naranjo added another in the 61st minute In the end, América couldn’t muster any offence and Tijuana ran away with the shutout win. América looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season América won the head to head battle with 1 win.
América hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Alex Zendejas and Jonathan Rodriguez, and they each have 1 goal. Lucas Di Yorio has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for León.