Tijuana get ready to welcome Monterrey for something different than the ordinary league football: The Copa MX Apertura - Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
Monterrey could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga MX game only four sleeps ago.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Monterrey's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Monterrey have performed like this: Played five matches resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats with the goal stats 6-5 (scored/conceded).
Tijuana form and stats
Last season, Tijuana's Copa MX journey ended in the clausura - semi-finals.4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga MX numbers at home for Tijuana so far this season. 8W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa MX for Tijuana.
G. Vazquez was the last player to score a league goal for Tijuana and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Tijuana haven't scored in 281 minutes.
Tijuana faced defeat in their previous match, away at Necaxa (0-2). Heartbreak before that as Tijuana lost 0-2 at Santos Laguna's place.
Jonathan Orozco had a busy but productive day in the Necaxa match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Brayan Angulo for missing a penalty kick versus Necaxa in the 58th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
Tijuana are traveling soon after this match as the Liga MX match at Toluca awaits in four days.
The Tijuana fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Tijuana are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Caliente in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Monterrey form and stats
They also participated in Copa MX last season. This ended in the apertura - final.3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Monterrey playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season. When we have look at the Copa MX statistics, we find 8W-1D-1L. This is both home and away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Monterrey, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Monterrey won their last game, 3-1 versus Puebla played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Queretaro.
The schedule is very tough for Monterrey now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga MX game at Mazatlan is waiting in only three days.
Monterrey have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Monterrey have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Tijuana victories, three draws and three Monterrey wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Funes Mori 5 goals |  N. Sánchez 4 goals |  A. Loba 4 goals |
Tijuana missing players
Monterrey missing players
| Tijuana | Monterrey | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | ||
| 37 | 13 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 225 | 147 | Total Shots | T S | 152 | 353 | ||
| 75 | 53 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 112 | ||
| 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leon | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Pumas UNAM | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Tigres UANL | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | America | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Monterrey | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Pachuca | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Santos Laguna | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Toluca | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Necaxa | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 15 |
| 12 | Puebla | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | Juarez | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | Tijuana | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 15 | Atlas | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 16 | Mazatlan | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 17 | Queretaro | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -3 | 12 |
| 18 | Atletico San Luis | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 11 |