Mazatlán vs Toluca: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mazatlán

Estadio de Mazatlán: Blow the trumpet for a football party when Mazatlán invite Toluca. Read all about the match here at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Mazatlán have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Toluca have the most points from losing position (9) in Liga MX

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Mazatlán form and stats

Mazatlán have played 7 Liga MX games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Mazatlán faced defeat in their previous match, away at Cruz Azul (0-2). Defender Vargas got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.15/10. Vargas hit one key pass and won 2 of 2 duels.

Before that, Mazatlán had a home game versus Atlas which ended with a victory 1-0.

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 13 league games, 10 have contained zero, one or two goals.

The Mazatlán fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.

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Toluca form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Toluca playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season. Toluca seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Toluca delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Pumas UNAM (placed 15th) in their previous match. Goalkeeper Volpi made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Pumas UNAM. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Fernández got a match rating of 7.93 in that game, top player of the team. Fernández served one assist and hit five key passes.

Prior to that match, the Toluca manager Espinoza faced defeat when travelling to Tigres UANL and losing 1-3.

Take note! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 8 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures.

Toluca have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Toluca have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Data for the former four meetings between these two contenders are: one win for Mazatlán, one draw and two wins for Toluca. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: zero games. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

TolucaJ. Meneses Villarroel
J. Meneses Villarroel
7 goals
TolucaL. Fernández López
L. Fernández López
4 goals
MazatlánE. Bello Gil
E. Bello Gil
3 goals

Mazatlán missing players

Toluca missing players

Mazatlán Toluca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
3 2 0 Won W 2 3 6
6 2 0 Drew D 0 1 5
5 3 2 Lost L 1 3 4
14 8 1 Scored S 4 9 22
18 11 4 Conceded C 2 9 21
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
79% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 57% 73%
29% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 53%
14% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 43% 47%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 20%
57% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 73%
21% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 13%
29% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 20%
 
3.8 4.7 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.1 5.2
7.1 6.7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 7.6 6.1
2.5 2.6 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.3
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
9.1 9.7 5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 10.9 13.3
2.9 3.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.7 5.7
34% 35% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 27% 26%
 
16.1 14.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 15.4 16
5.4 5.9 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.9 5.3
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Mazatlán have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mazatlán have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Mazatlán haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Toluca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Toluca have the most points from losing position (9) in Liga MX
  • Toluca have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Toluca haven’t played a single 0-0 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 América 14 10 1 3 31 12 6 5 1 0 15 2 8 5 0 3 16 10 19 31
2 Monterrey 15 9 4 2 27 13 6 4 2 0 12 5 9 5 2 2 15 8 14 31
3 Pachuca 14 8 4 2 25 12 9 6 2 1 17 6 5 2 2 1 8 6 13 28
4 Santos Laguna 14 8 2 4 30 18 7 6 1 0 19 7 7 2 1 4 11 11 12 26
5 Tigres UANL 14 7 3 4 16 11 8 5 1 2 12 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 24
6 Toluca 15 6 5 4 22 21 8 3 4 1 13 12 7 3 1 3 9 9 1 23
7 Guadalajara 14 5 7 2 16 9 8 3 4 1 6 3 6 2 3 1 10 6 7 22
8 Atletico San Luis 15 4 6 5 14 18 7 2 2 3 6 7 8 2 4 2 8 11 -4 18
9 León 14 5 3 6 19 24 6 3 1 2 11 11 8 2 2 4 8 13 -5 18
10 Necaxa 14 5 2 7 16 22 7 3 0 4 9 13 7 2 2 3 7 9 -6 17
11 Puebla 14 2 10 2 20 19 6 1 5 0 8 7 8 1 5 2 12 12 1 16
12 Mazatlán 14 3 6 5 14 18 7 2 2 3 8 11 7 1 4 2 6 7 -4 15
13 Cruz Azul 14 4 3 7 20 31 7 3 1 3 11 10 7 1 2 4 9 21 -11 15
14 Tijuana 15 4 3 8 15 27 7 2 1 4 8 12 8 2 2 4 7 15 -12 15
15 Pumas UNAM 14 2 8 4 18 24 8 2 4 2 10 13 6 0 4 2 8 11 -6 14
16 Juarez 14 2 7 5 12 14 7 0 5 2 6 8 7 2 2 3 6 6 -2 13
17 Atlas 15 2 4 9 15 25 7 2 2 3 9 10 8 0 2 6 6 15 -10 10
18 Queretaro 15 1 6 8 16 28 8 1 4 3 10 13 7 0 2 5 6 15 -12 9

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.