Soccer betting preview: León welcomes Pachuca in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio León (31297 seats)

León will want to operate their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s opposition. The home side are currently 10 points behind Pachuca.

Insights:
  • León have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pachuca is in the best form (5-0-1) in Liga MX

León and Pachuca 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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León form and stats

León have played 8 Liga MX games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The León manager Larcamón and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Toluca. The León goalkeeper Cota was crucial in the match against Toluca last time out, making eight saves. Cota, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 9.12 out of 10 in that game. Cota topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that, an away loss at Pumas UNAM.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the León defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Pachuca form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX.

Impressive finishing from López and Cabral secured the home win 2-1 against Necaxa in their previous game. López got a match rating of 7.74 in that game, top player of the team. López scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 20 successful passes (of 21 total).

Before that, Pachuca secured a home win against Juarez with the score 4-1.

Observe that 12 of this side's 15 latest league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

Pachuca are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Pachuca have conceded 9 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

León and Pachuca have played each other already this season: Pachuca - León 1-0. Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): León won five games, two matches ended with a tie and Pachuca got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.

Top Goalscorers

LeónL. Di Yorio
L. Di Yorio
9 goals
PachucaJ. López Ramírez
J. López Ramírez
6 goals
LeónV. Dávila Zavala
V. Dávila Zavala
5 goals

León missing players

Pachuca missing players

León Pachuca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 9 2 Played P 5 12 27
7 5 1 Won W 1 5 17
5 2 0 Drew D 2 3 5
9 2 1 Lost L 2 4 5
28 18 3 Scored S 5 18 56
35 15 3 Conceded C 7 15 28
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 83% 89%
67% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 67% 78%
62% 78% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 58% 59%
38% 56% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 37%
29% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 26%
62% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 58% 59%
19% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 30%
29% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 22%
 
5 5.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.5 5.8
4.9 2.4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.8 4.1
2.4 1.9 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.3
8 4 2 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
11.8 14.3 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 17.4 15.6 17.1
4 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.4 5.9
33% 44% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 28% 35%
 
13.7 12 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.6 13 10.7
5 4.8 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 4.3 3.6
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • León have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • León have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • León haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Pachuca have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Pachuca is in the best form (5-0-1) in Liga MX

  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 17 12 2 3 38 17 8 6 2 0 20 6 9 6 0 3 18 11 21 38
2 Monterrey 17 10 5 2 29 13 8 5 3 0 14 5 9 5 2 2 15 8 16 35
3 Santos Laguna 17 10 3 4 38 21 9 8 1 0 24 7 8 2 2 4 14 14 17 33
4 Pachuca 17 9 5 3 28 15 9 6 2 1 17 6 8 3 3 2 11 9 13 32
5 Tigres UANL 17 9 3 5 24 14 8 5 1 2 12 6 9 4 2 3 12 8 10 30
6 Toluca 17 7 6 4 27 23 9 4 4 1 17 13 8 3 2 3 10 10 4 27
7 Cruz Azul 17 7 3 7 26 34 9 5 1 3 15 12 8 2 2 4 11 22 -8 24
8 Puebla 17 4 10 3 25 23 9 3 5 1 13 11 8 1 5 2 12 12 2 22
9 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 19 17 9 3 4 2 7 7 8 2 3 3 12 10 2 22
10 León 17 6 4 7 25 29 8 4 2 2 16 14 9 2 2 5 9 15 -4 22
11 Juarez 17 4 7 6 17 18 9 2 5 2 11 10 8 2 2 4 6 8 -1 19
12 Necaxa 17 5 4 8 19 26 8 3 1 4 11 15 9 2 3 4 8 11 -7 19
13 Atletico San Luis 17 4 6 7 15 23 9 2 2 5 7 12 8 2 4 2 8 11 -8 18
14 Mazatlan 17 3 8 6 17 24 8 2 3 3 9 12 9 1 5 3 8 12 -7 17
15 Tijuana 17 4 5 8 18 30 8 2 2 4 9 13 9 2 3 4 9 17 -12 17
16 Pumas UNAM 17 2 8 7 21 31 9 2 4 3 11 15 8 0 4 4 10 16 -10 14
17 Atlas 17 3 4 10 16 27 8 3 2 3 10 10 9 0 2 7 6 17 -11 13
18 Querétaro 17 1 6 10 18 35 8 1 4 3 10 13 9 0 2 7 8 22 -17 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.