With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Liga MX game of the season. León look forward to welcoming Tijuana in front of their home support.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
9 - 8 - 24 with 45-82. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Tijuana when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Tijuana play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Tijuana, who are travelling more than 2400 kilometers to play this game.
León form and stats
Last season, León's league statistics were 12 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, resulting in a 1st position in the Liga MX. Over these 17 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 14. Playing at home last season León managed 7-1-0 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 7 conceded.
León faced defeat in their previous match, away at Pachuca (0-4). Attacking player Jean Meneses bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.04 out of 10. Meneses . As you see from the result above, León suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Toluca (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) that ended 2-2.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from León's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 13 games, won ten matches, drawn one and lost two.
Tijuana form and stats
Let's have a look at how Tijuana performed last season in the Liga MX: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 3 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 12 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 1 and lost 7 with 3/18 goals scored/conceded.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Liga MX home defeat versus Tigres UANL with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Christian Rivera was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.21. Rivera hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 52 successful passes (of 57 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Cruz Azul.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Tijuana playing away, we found eight games. Results were one away win, zero draws and seven home wins.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for León, two draws and four wins for Tijuana. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Angulo León 1 goals |
León missing players
Tijuana missing players
| León | Tijuana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| León | Last season | Tijuana | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 41 | 21 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 11 | 17 | ||
| 62 | 36 | Scored | S | 11 | 31 | ||
| 43 | 19 | Conceded | C | 30 | 48 | ||
| 93% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 71% | ||
| 49% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 41% | ||
| 22% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 24% | ||
| 7% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 9% | ||
| 59% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 41% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 24% | ||
| 17% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 47% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12.3 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.4 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pachuca | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Santos Laguna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Toluca | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Atletico San Luis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Monterrey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Puebla | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | America | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Atlas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Pumas UNAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Queretaro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Cruz Azul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Mazatlan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Guadalajara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Tijuana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Juárez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Necaxa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | León | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |