Delightful dogfight as daring Pachuca duel with determined Atlas

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Fri 26.August
Match begins: 00:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Hidalgo (25922 seats)

The Liga MX overall standings tell a story about these sides to this date, with Pachuca in front of Atlas by 6 points. Here's our preview:

Insights:
  • Pachuca have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Liga MX
  • Atlas have yet to win a game away.

The hosts Pachuca saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Liga MX. This match was also played here at Estadio Hidalgo. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Atlas have had more rest.

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Pachuca form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga MX, Pachuca have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.

The Pachuca regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Leon and win 1-0. Manager Álves felt very clever after Luna scored the winning goal against Leon, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 63rd minute. Sánchez (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.5/10. Sánchez hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Pachuca lost 0-3 at home to America.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pachuca handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Some information for those who like to bet on "both teams to score yes/no: This club have finished 6 league games in a row with only one (or none) club finding the net.

There will be little rest for Pachuca after this match as they are travelling to Toluca for a Liga MX game in only three days.

Pachuca are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Hidalgo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.

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Atlas form and stats

0 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Atlas playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season.

Atlas played 1-1 against Puebla in their previous match. Defender Santamaría was the best team player with a rating of 7.82. Santamaría hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.

A 0-1 loss hosting Juárez before that.

We have checked recent matches where Atlas have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

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

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Atlas have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pachuca five wins, two draws and Atlas three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PachucaN. Ibáñez
N. Ibáñez
4 goals
AtlasJ. Quiñones Quiñones
J. Quiñones Quiñones
4 goals
AtlasJ. Herrera Morales
J. Herrera Morales
2 goals

Pachuca missing players

Atlas missing players

Pachuca Atlas
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 6 3 Played P 4 5 10
4 3 2 Won W 0 0 2
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
2 1 0 Lost L 3 3 5
8 6 3 Scored S 2 3 11
7 4 0 Conceded C 6 7 14
78% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 90%
67% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 70%
22% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 20% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 20%
22% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 40% 60%
56% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 10%
44% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 75% 60% 40%
 
7.1 7.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 5.2
3.6 3.2 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.8 3.6
2.4 2.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
17 18.3 19.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 11.8 12.6
4.6 4.7 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2 3.1
20% 21% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 35%
 
9.4 9.2 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 18.5 19.8 16.8
3.7 3.8 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 6.8 4.9
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Atlas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Atlas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Atlas have yet to win a game away.
  • Pachuca have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Liga MX
  • Pachuca have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at 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 Monterrey 10 6 3 1 20 10 4 3 1 0 9 3 6 3 2 1 11 7 10 21
2 Toluca 11 6 3 2 18 12 5 3 2 0 10 6 6 3 1 2 8 6 6 21
3 Tigres UANL 9 6 1 2 11 6 5 4 0 1 9 4 4 2 1 1 2 2 5 19
4 America 9 5 1 3 20 9 4 3 1 0 10 1 5 2 0 3 10 8 11 16
5 Santos Laguna 9 5 1 3 18 11 5 4 1 0 12 5 4 1 0 3 6 6 7 16
6 Pachuca 9 4 3 2 8 7 6 3 2 1 6 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 15
7 Atletico San Luis 11 3 5 3 10 10 6 2 1 3 6 7 5 1 4 0 4 3 0 14
8 Tijuana 10 4 2 4 13 14 4 2 1 1 7 5 6 2 1 3 6 9 -1 14
9 Puebla 10 2 7 1 15 13 4 1 3 0 4 3 6 1 4 1 11 10 2 13
10 Necaxa 10 4 1 5 11 15 5 2 0 3 5 9 5 2 1 2 6 6 -4 13
11 Juárez 10 2 5 3 8 8 5 0 4 1 4 5 5 2 1 2 4 3 0 11
12 Mazatlan 10 2 5 3 12 13 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 1 3 1 6 5 -1 11
13 Guadalajara 9 1 6 2 9 7 5 0 4 1 1 2 4 1 2 1 8 5 2 9
14 Atlas 10 2 3 5 11 14 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 0 2 3 3 7 -3 9
15 Leon 10 2 3 5 11 19 4 1 1 2 6 9 6 1 2 3 5 10 -8 9
16 Pumas UNAM 9 1 5 3 10 17 6 1 3 2 5 11 3 0 2 1 5 6 -7 8
17 Cruz Azul 10 2 2 6 12 25 5 1 1 3 7 9 5 1 1 3 5 16 -13 8
18 Queretaro 10 1 4 5 10 17 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 0 2 3 4 9 -7 7

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.