Both contenders are revelling in a good season so far and games like today could be deciding. Get ready for Monterrey - Pachuca!
- Monterrey have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Liga MX
- Pachuca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Monterrey form and stats
Monterrey have performed here at Estadio BBVA Bancomer this season with 5 wins from 8 Liga MX matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.
In their previous game, the manager Rojas led his Monterrey to a defeat away at Pachuca. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio BBVA Bancomer. Until that fixture this club had gone eight consecutive league meetings without a defeat. A goal frenzy last time out for Monterrey, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Pachuca. Fun stuff to watch! The talented striker Romo bettered all the other players in that match and got a match rating of 7.85 out of 10. Romo scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Cruz Azul in a game that was won 3-0.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 Monterrey have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.
It should be taken into account that a glance at the 11 most recent league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Monterrey have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio BBVA Bancomer with 14 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Monterrey have conceded only 5 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Pachuca form and stats
3-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Pachuca in their Liga MX matches away.
Pachuca are travelling after their nice 5-2 home win in the match against Monterrey. As you can tell from the result, the match against Monterrey was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? It's hard not to mention Ibáñez's lethal finishing against Monterrey. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. The attacker Ibáñez got a match rating of 9.11 in that game. Ibáñez scored three goals and hit two key passes.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Tigres UANL.Pachuca are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Pachuca have scored 11 goals in 8 league games away. 9 goals have been conceded by Pachuca in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved faced each other previously this campaign: Pachuca - Monterrey 5-2. The ref had use for red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the culprit was Aguirre (Monterrey). As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Monterrey victories, three draws and three Pachuca wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been hostile, having seen 8 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Ibáñez 13 goals |   G. Berterame 6 goals |  J. Gallardo Vasconcelos 5 goals |
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| Monterrey | Pachuca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 34 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 35 |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 80% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 85% |
| 60% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 45% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 15% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 50% |
| 55% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 35% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 30% |
| 5 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 5.2 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 15.8 | 16.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 17.4 | 18.1 |
| 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 29% | 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 21% | 31% |
| 12 | 11 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.8 | 9.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
- Monterrey have not yet lost a game at home.
- Monterrey have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Monterrey have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Liga MX
- Monterrey have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Liga MX
- Monterrey have the most clean sheets (11) in Liga MX
- Pachuca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | Mazatlan | 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 | Queretaro | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 9 |
