Tijuana get ready to welcome Toluca for something different than the ordinary league football: The Copa MX Apertura - Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Tijuana and Toluca.
Tijuana's stadium, Estadio Caliente, has a artifical turf surface. Toluca have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Toluca when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses from five matches. They have scored 4 goals in these games and conceded 8.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Toluca, who are travelling more than 2700 kilometers to play this game.
Tijuana form and stats
Last season, Tijuana's Copa MX journey ended in the clausura - semi-finals.When playing at home in the Liga MX, Tijuana have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games. 6W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa MX for Tijuana. Tijuana are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estadio Caliente, having lost their two previous games here.
Tijuana are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 193 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by B. Angulo).
The Tijuana fans got no joy from their last match, a Liga MX game also here at Estadio Caliente: A 0-1 defeat against Puebla. Preceding that match was the home Liga MX game against Guadalajara that was lost 0-1.
The manager G. Quinteros Desábato will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cruz Azul in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Tijuana here at Estadio Caliente in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). Tijuana are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Caliente in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Toluca form and stats
Toluca was sent out of Copa MX in the apertura last season.1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Toluca in their Liga MX matches away. Total Copa MX statistics for Toluca: 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The supporters enjoyed Toluca's previous game versus Monterrey, a Liga MX 2-0 win played at home. A 0-2 defeat away at Puebla before that.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Toluca manager J. Rodríguez Valenzuela as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Querétaro.
Toluca have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Toluca have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Tijuana won four, Toluca won five and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Da Silva Sanvezzo 6 goals |  E. Gigliotti 6 goals | L. Fernández López 5 goals |
Tijuana missing players
Toluca missing players
| Tijuana | Toluca | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 12 | 40 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Conceded | C | 18 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 268 | 171 | Total Shots | T S | 94 | 261 | ||
| 86 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 84 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | America | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | León | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Juarez | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | Pumas UNAM | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Querétaro | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Atlético San Luis | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Pachuca | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Puebla | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Toluca | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Guadalajara | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Necaxa | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Morelia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Tigres UANL | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 16 | Tijuana | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Atlas | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Monterrey | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 3 |