Evenly matched teams: Atlas vs Toluca match preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jalisco (70000 seats)

Yet another entertaining game in the Liga MX. Atlas is in the 8th spot after completing four games. They welcome Toluca who are placed 9th after four fixtures.

Insights:
  • Atlas have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Liga MX

Atlas and Toluca should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Atlas form and stats

The story so far in the Liga MX for Atlas at their home stadium (Estadio Jalisco) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

Atlas drew their last game, 1-1 away at América (placed 11th). Caicedo has scored in three matches in a row. Skilful! The gifted forward Lozano edged out all the other players in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.4 out of 10. Lozano served one assist and hit two key passes.

A 2-2 scoreline against New England before that one, played at home in the Leagues Cup. This is expected to be a close game, with Atlas perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Atlas as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Atlas has won 4 of these, drawn 6 and lost 4.

The manager Mora will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Queretaro in only four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Atlas at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Toluca form and stats

Toluca are still undefeated on their travels in the Liga MX. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Pumas UNAM (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. The result could certainly have been more grim as the opposing team were superior in expected goals made (xG): 3.63 - .54. Araújo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.31. Araújo hit three key passes and won 11 of 15 duels.

The fixture before that was the Leagues Cup-battle against Minnesota United (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties), a home loss (2-3). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Toluca in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Toluca, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Toluca has managed {3 goals} and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Atlas-Toluca H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Atlas three wins, Toluca four wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TolucaT. Volpi
T. Volpi
2 goals
TolucaJ. Domínguez Chonteco
J. Domínguez Chonteco
2 goals
AtlasA. Rocha González
A. Rocha González
1 goals

Atlas missing players

Toluca missing players

Atlas Toluca
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 1 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 2 0 Scored S 1 3 5
2 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 5
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
5.2 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 4.2
2.8 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.5 5
2.8 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.2 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11 12.8
3 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.5 4.8
25% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 26%
 
10.2 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 22 16.5 13.8
2.8 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 5.2
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Atlas have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Liga MX
  • Atlas have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Liga MX
  • Atlas have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Liga MX
Atlas Last season Toluca
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
37 18   Played P   21 43
9 6   Won W   8 21
13 6   Drew D   5 12
15 6   Lost L   8 10
45 24   Scored S   31 79
50 23   Conceded C   31 61
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 93%
62% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 84%
43% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 67%
38% 39%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 47%
16% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   19% 26%
51% 56%   BTTS BTTS   71% 74%
22% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 19%
38% 33%   Failed to Score F T   19% 14%
 
4.5 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.9
4.3 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.4
6 1   Red cards R C   3 8
 
13.2 14.3   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 14
3.8 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 5.4
32% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 34%
 
15.3 14.6   Shots against (avg) S A   16.5 15.3
4.6 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.3 4.8

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

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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.