Liga MX preview: Can León edge out victory against Toluca?

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Wed 27.July
Match begins: 02:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio León (31297 seats)

Toluca have journeyed here for an interesting battle against the home side León. Read up on the game with this full Liga MX preview!

Insights:
  • Toluca have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Liga MX

Toluca could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga MX game only three sleeps ago.

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León form and stats

The first Liga MX game here at Estadio León resulted in a draw. Last season León's home game statistics were 2 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 9 games. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for León.

The León manager Paiva and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Guadalajara (placed 16th). The goalie Cota was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.13 out of ten. Cota saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Puebla the opponent.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how León have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the León at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Toluca form and stats

Toluca are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Liga MX, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Toluca go into this game after a win, the home game against Santos Laguna that ended 2-1. Midfield player Sierra was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.81/10. Sierra scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 53 successful passes (of 62 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting America's place.

Toluca are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Toluca manager Espinoza as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Juarez.

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

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): León five wins, five draws and Toluca zero victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LeónL. Di Yorio
L. Di Yorio
4 goals
TolucaL. Fernández López
L. Fernández López
3 goals
TolucaV. Huerta Jerez
V. Huerta Jerez
2 goals

León missing players

Toluca missing players

León Toluca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
6 3 0 Scored S 0 3 8
5 3 0 Conceded C 0 2 5
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 75%
25% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
25% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 75%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
4.5 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 4.2
5 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 10.5 7.5
2.2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.8 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.5 12
5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 5.5
30% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 75% 36%
 
12.2 19 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17.5 16.8
4 7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 4.5
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Toluca have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Liga MX
León Last season Toluca
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   17 35
16 8   Won W   6 11
11 7   Drew D   4 10
13 5   Lost L   7 14
46 28   Scored S   18 44
44 22   Conceded C   30 60
92% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
68% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 83%
42% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 63%
10% 10%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 34%
5% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 11%
45% 55%   BTTS BTTS   35% 60%
32% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 14%
30% 30%   Failed to Score F T   47% 31%
 
4.4 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 4.2
4.9 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.1
2.3 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.6
10 5   Red cards R C   2 5
 
11.8 13.6   Shots (avg) S (   11.1 12.2
3.6 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.8
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 33%
 
12.7 10.9   Shots against (avg) S A   16.1 14.7
4.8 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monterrey 4 3 0 1 10 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 2 0 1 7 4 4 9
2 Toluca 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 9
3 Puebla 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 6 4 3 8
4 Pachuca 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 7
5 Tigres UANL 3 2 0 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
6 León 4 1 3 0 6 5 1 0 1 0 3 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 6
7 Necaxa 4 2 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 6
8 Pumas UNAM 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 5
9 Juarez 4 1 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 5
10 Cruz Azul 4 1 1 2 8 9 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 5 5 -1 4
11 Santos Laguna 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 4
12 Atletico San Luis 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 4
13 Tijuana 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
14 Atlas 3 1 1 1 5 7 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 4
15 America 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 5 -2 4
16 Guadalajara 4 0 3 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 3
17 Mazatlan 4 0 2 2 4 7 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 2
18 Queretaro 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 -6 1
Last season 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 17 12 2 3 30 15 8 6 2 0 14 5 9 6 0 3 16 10 15 38
2 Tigres UANL 17 10 3 4 30 20 8 5 1 2 15 10 9 5 2 2 15 10 10 33
3 Atlas 17 7 6 4 21 15 8 3 3 2 8 7 9 4 3 2 13 8 6 27
4 America 17 7 5 5 24 17 8 3 2 3 12 9 9 4 3 2 12 8 7 26
5 Puebla 17 7 5 5 25 19 8 2 5 1 11 9 9 5 0 4 14 10 6 26
6 Guadalajara 17 7 5 5 25 21 9 4 2 3 14 12 8 3 3 2 11 9 4 26
7 Monterrey 17 7 5 5 21 17 9 5 3 1 12 6 8 2 2 4 9 11 4 26
8 Cruz Azul 17 7 4 6 20 17 9 4 0 5 9 10 8 3 4 1 11 7 3 25
9 Necaxa 17 7 2 8 21 21 9 3 0 6 8 13 8 4 2 2 13 8 0 23
10 Atletico San Luis 17 7 2 8 21 22 9 4 1 4 10 10 8 3 1 4 11 12 -1 23
11 Pumas UNAM 17 6 4 7 24 21 8 4 2 2 14 7 9 2 2 5 10 14 3 22
12 Mazatlan 17 6 3 8 20 24 8 4 2 2 10 7 9 2 1 6 10 17 -4 21
13 León 17 5 6 6 17 22 9 2 4 3 10 13 8 3 2 3 7 9 -5 21
14 Santos Laguna 17 5 5 7 25 25 8 3 3 2 16 13 9 2 2 5 9 12 0 20
15 Toluca 17 5 4 8 21 36 9 2 2 5 12 19 8 3 2 3 9 17 -15 19
16 Queretaro 17 3 8 6 18 21 9 3 1 5 10 12 8 0 7 1 8 9 -3 17
17 Tijuana 17 4 5 8 14 26 8 3 4 1 10 8 9 1 1 7 4 18 -12 17
18 Juarez 17 3 2 12 10 28 9 1 1 7 7 15 8 2 1 5 3 13 -18 11

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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.