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The United States of America will face Jamaica at the CityPark in St. Louis on Monday in the second leg of their 2024-25 CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal clash. The home side are pushing for a fourth consecutive appearance in the Nations League semifinals as they continue to adapt to life under new head coach Mauricio Pochettino.
The Stars and Stripes have done the first half of the job after picking up a 1-0 win over the Reggae Boyz in their first-leg clash at Independence Park on Thursday.
PSV Eindhoven's Ricardo Pepi got the USA off to a flyer as he latched on to a threaded pass from Christian Pulisic to score his first away goal since last March before Matt Turner made a brilliant penalty save minutes later to ensure the defending champions picked up a first-leg advantage.
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Jamaica will be gutted to have come away with nothing on Thursday and will head into the second-leg clash next week with the sole aim of defeating the United States on their home soil for the first time in over five years.
United States of America vs Jamaica Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Monday's game will mark the 35th meeting between the United States of America and Jamaica. The home nation have won 21 of their previous matchups while the visitors have won just three times, and their other 10 clashes have ended in draws.
- The hosts are undefeated in their last eight games in this fixture.
- The visitors are without a clean sheet in their last eight games in this fixture.
- The Americans are the second-highest-ranked North American nation in the FIFA rankings, sitting in 18th place, 43 places above their midweek opponents.
United States of America vs Jamaica Prediction
The USA have won two of their last three matches after winning just one of their previous seven. Head coach Pochettino called for improvement following their victory in Kingston last time out and will hope to see that on Monday.
Jamaica's latest result ended a four-game unbeaten streak and they will be looking to bounce back here. They are, however, winless in their last four trips to the States and could lose this one.
Prediction: USA 2-0 Jamaica
United States of America vs Jamaica Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: USA to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Each of the last six matches between the two teams has produced fewer than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of the visitors' last six matchups)
