Football preview: León favourites when Toluca arrive

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Mon 02.May
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio León (31297 seats)

A very important game in Liga MX as both contenders are struggling for the top positions. With León in 3rd position and Toluca placed 6th, this has all the looks of an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • León have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Toluca have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Liga MX

Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an enthusiastic game!

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León form and stats

3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga MX numbers at home for León so far this season.

The home team returns to Estadio León after drawing with Santos Laguna on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The León goalkeeper Cota was crucial in the match against Santos Laguna last time out, making eleven saves.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting America (0-2).

León has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. León have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Toluca form and stats

3-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Toluca in their Liga MX matches away. Recent form does not give Toluca much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. León will be a tough nut to crack.

The manager Espinoza was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Estadio Nemesio Díez. Toluca suffered a 2-4 loss to Atlas. As you can tell from the result, the match against Atlas was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Fernández got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, top player of the team. Fernández served one assist, hit eight key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).

A 0-1 loss hosting Juarez before that.

As opposed to that, Toluca have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved encountered each other previously this season: Toluca - León 0-0. Last ten meetings involving these sides: León won five, Toluca were winners in one and we saw four draws. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

LeónÁ. Mena Delgado
Á. Mena Delgado
13 goals
LeónV. Dávila Zavala
V. Dávila Zavala
11 goals
TolucaL. Fernández López
L. Fernández López
6 goals

León missing players

Toluca missing players

León Toluca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 19 6 Played P 4 16 34
16 8 2 Won W 0 6 11
10 6 3 Drew D 2 3 9
13 5 1 Lost L 2 7 14
42 24 8 Scored S 2 14 40
40 18 9 Conceded C 8 26 56
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 94%
67% 74% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 82%
41% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 62%
8% 5% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 32%
3% 5% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
44% 53% 83% BTTS BTTS 25% 31% 59%
33% 26% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 15%
31% 32% 17% Failed to Score F T 75% 50% 32%
 
4.4 5.1 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.5 4.1
5 4.3 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.6 5.1
2.4 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.6
10 5 1 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
11.4 13.1 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11 12.2
3.5 4.2 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.6 3.8
31% 30% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 24% 31%
 
12.7 10.9 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 20.2 15.6 14.4
4.8 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.1 4.9
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • León have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Toluca have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Liga MX
  • Toluca have the most conceded goals in the first half (31) in Liga MX
  • Toluca have the most points from losing position (20) 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 America 17 10 5 2 21 10 9 7 2 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 8 8 11 35
2 Atlas 17 8 5 4 21 10 9 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 3 1 13 5 11 29
3 León 17 8 5 4 20 14 8 3 3 2 11 6 9 5 2 2 9 8 6 29
4 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 26 14 9 4 5 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 11 9 12 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 9 3 23 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 24
6 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 22 8 3 4 1 13 9 9 3 2 4 9 13 0 24
7 Puebla 17 6 6 5 16 16 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 24
8 Cruz Azul 17 5 8 4 21 17 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 23
9 Monterrey 17 5 7 5 19 16 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 1 5 3 9 12 3 22
10 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 4 3 0 22
11 Pumas UNAM 17 5 6 6 17 23 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -6 21
12 Atletico San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlan 17 5 5 7 18 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 20
14 Necaxa 17 6 2 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 20
15 Pachuca 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 8 2 1 5 9 14 -2 18
16 Juarez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Queretaro 17 3 6 8 11 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 3 12 -8 15
18 Tijuana 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 1 2 5 7 16 -11 15

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.