Mazatlán vs Pumas UNAM: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 03:10 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mazatlán

Important fight in the "wrong" end of the Liga MX, with both Mazatlán and Pumas UNAM feeling more angst than joy. This match is a typical "six-pointer" with the home side positioned 14th and the away team in 16th position.

Insights:
  • Mazatlán is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Pumas UNAM have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Liga MX

This could be an interesting game with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Mazatlán form and stats

2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Mazatlán have to build on here at Estadio de Mazatlán in the Liga MX. With Mazatlán having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Schiker.

Mazatlán shared the glory with Querétaro in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The striker Benedetti edged out all the other players in that match and was awarded a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Benedetti scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Pachuca that was lost 2-3.

An interesting fact: 8 of the latest 10 league matches from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.

Mazatlán are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Mazatlán have conceded 12 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Mazatlán has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Pumas UNAM form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Pumas UNAM so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-4 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Guadalajara with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Dinenno, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.41. Dinenno scored one goal and hit two key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Necaxa wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 12 of this side's 13 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Pumas UNAM have scored 10 goals in 8 league games away.

Head 2 Head

Pumas UNAM have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (1-4-0) when playing Mazatlán.

This is what happened when the sides met previously this campaign; Pumas UNAM - Mazatlán 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Pumas UNAMJ. Dinenno De Cara
J. Dinenno De Cara
12 goals
Pumas UNAME. Salvio
E. Salvio
6 goals
Pumas UNAMDiogo
Diogo
6 goals

Mazatlán missing players

Pumas UNAM missing players

Mazatlán Pumas UNAM
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 3 12 25
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 4
9 3 2 Drew D 2 5 10
12 6 0 Lost L 1 7 11
25 14 3 Scored S 2 13 33
44 20 2 Conceded C 3 26 47
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 75% 88%
88% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 75% 84%
50% 55% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 75% 68%
29% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 58% 44%
17% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 24%
67% 82% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 76%
12% 9% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 25% 16%
25% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 20%
 
3.8 4.9 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.8 5.5
6.3 6 8.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.5 4.8
2.2 2.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3 2.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
11.2 12.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 16.6 16
3.3 4.2 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 4.2 4.8
31% 30% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 26% 28%
 
16.4 15.5 21.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 14.4 12.4
6.2 6.5 7.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 5.9 4.9
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Mazatlán have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mazatlán have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Liga MX
  • Mazatlán have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Mazatlán haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Mazatlán is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Pumas UNAM have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pumas UNAM have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Liga MX
  • 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 America 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 Leon 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 Mazatlán 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.