Soccer betting preview: Juárez welcomes Pumas UNAM in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez (21000 seats)

The path has mostly gone uphill for Juárez so far, and the same description fits Pumas UNAM. The bottom dwellers would do anything for some important points here.

Insights:
  • Juárez have the fewest scored goals (14) in Liga MX
  • Pumas UNAM have yet to win a game away.

These teams have little in common geographically as Pumas UNAM have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both sides have had sufficient rest since their previous competitive action. Let's agree to expect an animated fixture!

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Juárez form and stats

Juárez's struggle is real here at Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez with only 8 points collected from 8 Liga MX games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-5-2.

Juárez lost their last game at Santos Laguna (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Defender Velázquez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.72/10. Velázquez won 8 of 13 duels.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Pachuca.

This is expected to be a close game, with Juárez perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Juárez as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Juárez has won 6 of these, drawn 7 and lost 4.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 16 league matches, 12 have produced zero, one or two goals.

9 goals have been conceded. Juárez has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Pumas UNAM form and stats

There's been little loot from Pumas UNAM's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Liga MX. Pumas UNAM only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 4 draws.

Pumas UNAM lost away at Puebla (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Cruz Azul.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Pumas UNAM playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 Pumas UNAM wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Observe that 8 of this team's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Pumas have scored 9 goals in 7 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Pumas UNAM have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Pumas UNAM have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (2-4-0) when facing Juárez.

Top Goalscorers

Pumas UNAMJ. Dinenno De Cara
J. Dinenno De Cara
6 goals
JuárezG. Fernández Leites
G. Fernández Leites
5 goals
Pumas UNAME. Salvio
E. Salvio
5 goals

Juárez missing players

Pumas UNAM missing players

Juárez Pumas UNAM
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 1 7 16
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
7 5 2 Drew D 1 4 8
6 2 0 Lost L 0 3 6
14 8 2 Scored S 0 9 20
17 9 2 Conceded C 0 13 28
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 71% 88%
62% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 81%
25% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 71% 56%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 57% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 25%
50% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 71% 75%
19% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 29% 19%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 29% 19%
 
5.2 6.1 8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.4 5.1
4.3 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.1 4.4
2.6 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.3
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.9 10.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 20 17 15.9
2.9 3.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 5.1
30% 29% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 24%
 
11.9 10.6 6 Shots against (avg) S A 8 12.9 12.1
3.9 4 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 5 4.9
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Juárez have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Juárez have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Liga MX
  • Juárez have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga MX
  • Juárez have the fewest scored goals (14) in Liga MX
  • Juárez have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Liga MX
  • Juárez have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Liga MX
  • Juárez haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Pumas UNAM have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pumas UNAM have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 América 16 11 2 3 36 16 8 6 2 0 20 6 8 5 0 3 16 10 20 35
2 Monterrey 16 10 4 2 29 13 7 5 2 0 14 5 9 5 2 2 15 8 16 34
3 Pachuca 16 9 4 3 28 15 9 6 2 1 17 6 7 3 2 2 11 9 13 31
4 Santos Laguna 16 9 3 4 35 21 8 7 1 0 21 7 8 2 2 4 14 14 14 30
5 Tigres UANL 16 8 3 5 21 14 8 5 1 2 12 6 8 3 2 3 9 8 7 27
6 Toluca 16 6 6 4 23 22 8 3 4 1 13 12 8 3 2 3 10 10 1 24
7 Puebla 16 4 10 2 24 21 8 3 5 0 12 9 8 1 5 2 12 12 3 22
8 Guadalajara 16 5 7 4 18 15 9 3 4 2 7 7 7 2 3 2 11 8 3 22
9 Leon 16 6 3 7 23 27 7 4 1 2 14 12 9 2 2 5 9 15 -4 21
10 Cruz Azul 16 6 3 7 24 33 8 4 1 3 13 11 8 2 2 4 11 22 -9 21
11 Necaxa 16 5 4 7 19 25 8 3 1 4 11 15 8 2 3 3 8 10 -6 19
12 Atlético San Luis 16 4 6 6 15 20 8 2 2 4 7 9 8 2 4 2 8 11 -5 18
13 Mazatlan 16 3 8 5 17 21 8 2 3 3 9 12 8 1 5 2 8 9 -4 17
14 Juárez 16 3 7 6 14 17 8 1 5 2 8 9 8 2 2 4 6 8 -3 16
15 Tijuana 16 4 4 8 16 28 8 2 2 4 9 13 8 2 2 4 7 15 -12 16
16 Pumas UNAM 16 2 8 6 20 28 9 2 4 3 11 15 7 0 4 3 9 13 -8 14
17 Atlas 16 2 4 10 15 27 7 2 2 3 9 10 9 0 2 7 6 17 -12 10
18 Queretaro 16 1 6 9 17 31 8 1 4 3 10 13 8 0 2 6 7 18 -14 9

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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.