Only the second game in the Liga MX for these teams and it's all to play for here at Estadio BBVA Bancomer as Monterrey welcomes Pumas UNAM. Check out this preview!
Pumas UNAM could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Florida Cup game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Everton, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Pumas UNAM.
Monterrey form and stats
Last season, Monterrey's league statistics were 8 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Liga MX. Over these 17 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 21. Playing at home last season Monterrey managed 4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 9 conceded. The first Liga MX game here at Estadio BBVA Bancomer resulted in a draw. Last season Monterrey's home game statistics were 5 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 9 games.
Monterrey drew their last game, also a home match. Puebla (placed 8th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Midfield player Maximiliano Meza got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, the max score being 10. Meza scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Santos Laguna that ended 1-1.Early season league goal statistics from Monterrey's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Pumas UNAM form and stats
Let's have a look at how Pumas UNAM performed last season in the Liga MX: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 8 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 29 and conceded 17 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 1 with 10/9 goals scored/conceded.
The attacking players of Pumas have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 368 minutes.
There might be some fixture complaints from Pumas as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Florida Cup match against Everton (0-1).
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Atlas in the Liga MX.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Monterrey wins - draws - Pumas UNAM wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Meza 1 goals |
Monterrey missing players
Pumas UNAM missing players
| Monterrey | Pumas UNAM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Monterrey | Last season | Pumas UNAM | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Drew | D | 7 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 52 | 26 | Scored | S | 15 | 45 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Conceded | C | 22 | 36 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 85% | ||
| 76% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 46% | 37% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 35% | ||
| 19% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 18% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 68% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | ||
| 19% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 38% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 38% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13.5 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Santos Laguna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Toluca | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Mazatlan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Atletico San Luis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Tigres UANL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Monterrey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Puebla | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | America | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Atlas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Pumas UNAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Queretaro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Guadalajara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Tijuana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Juarez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Necaxa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Leon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 41 |
| 2 | America | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 38 |
| 3 | Puebla | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Monterrey | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Leon | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Atlas | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Pachuca | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Toluca | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 12 | Queretaro | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Mazatlan | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | Tijuana | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 16 | Juarez | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 15 |
| 17 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 12 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 11 |