Home advantage could prove decisive in Atlas - Toluca battle

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jalisco (70000 seats)

Atlas receive Toluca for another appealing Liga MX fixture here at Estadio Jalisco.

Insights:
  • Atlas have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Liga MX
  • Toluca have the most scored goals (10) in Liga MX

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 Atlas and Toluca.

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Atlas form and stats

Only two Liga MX home games for Atlas so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Atlas shared the glory with Santos Laguna in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Julián Quiñones (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Quiñones scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, dribled passed the opponent 5 of 7 times and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to America (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Atlas handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, zero draws and four defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Atlas at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Toluca form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the Liga MX away games so far for Toluca with six points collected from three matches.

Toluca played 2-2 against Mazatlan in their previous match. Kevin Castañeda got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, top player of the team. Castañeda hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 40 successful passes (of 43 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Cruz Azul's place.

Toluca are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and seven defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Toluca's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. Toluca have conceded 5 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Atlas wins - draws - Toluca wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TolucaR. Sambueza
R. Sambueza
3 goals
AtlasJ. Furch
J. Furch
2 goals
TolucaR. López Gómez
R. López Gómez
2 goals

Atlas missing players

Toluca missing players

Atlas Toluca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 3 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 2 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
4 2 0 Scored S 0 5 10
2 1 1 Conceded C 0 5 8
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
40% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 80%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 80%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 60%
60% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 20%
40% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 20%
 
5 3.5 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 6
3.4 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.3 5.4
1 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.7 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14 13.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13.3 13
4.6 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.3 5.8
17% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 34%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • All of Toluca's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Atlas have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Liga MX
  • Atlas have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Toluca have scored more than double the goals of Atlas.
  • Toluca have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Liga MX
  • Toluca have the most scored goals (10) in Liga MX
  • Toluca haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Atlas Last season Toluca
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   20 38
11 7   Won W   2 13
9 2   Drew D   5 8
16 9   Lost L   13 17
32 15   Scored S   21 55
36 18   Conceded C   39 60
89% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 92%
47% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 76%
25% 22%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 61%
17% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 42%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 24%
39% 33%   BTTS BTTS   75% 66%
36% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 24%
36% 33%   Failed to Score F T   20% 18%
 
5.1 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.4
4.7 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.9
2.1 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
7 3   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13.8 14.8   Shots (avg) S (   10 10.7
3.8 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.5
24% 22%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 41%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 America 5 4 1 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 2 1 0 3 1 5 13
2 Leon 5 4 0 1 9 5 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 2 0 1 4 4 4 12
3 Toluca 5 3 1 1 10 8 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 2 0 1 5 5 2 10
4 Monterrey 5 2 3 0 8 4 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 4 9
5 Cruz Azul 5 2 2 1 8 5 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 8
6 Tigres UANL 5 2 2 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 8
7 Atlas 5 2 2 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 8
8 Mazatlan 5 2 2 1 7 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 4 5 0 8
9 Santos Laguna 5 1 4 0 6 3 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 7
10 Atletico San Luis 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 7
11 Necaxa 5 2 0 3 7 7 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 6
12 Guadalajara 5 1 2 2 5 7 3 0 1 2 3 7 2 1 1 0 2 0 -2 5
13 Pachuca 4 1 0 3 6 6 2 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 3
14 Puebla 5 0 3 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 2 4 -4 3
15 Queretaro 5 0 3 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 4 -4 3
16 Tijuana 5 0 2 3 4 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -4 2
17 Juarez 5 0 2 3 5 10 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 -5 2
18 Pumas UNAM 5 0 2 3 1 8 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 -7 2

Read more about Liga MX

Liga MX is the top division in the Mexican football league system. Each season the league has two tournaments, Apertura (opening) and Clausura (closing). This means that the Liga MX has two champions per season. The Liga MX is the fourth most attended football league in the world.