Home advantage could prove decisive in Pachuca - Guadalajara battle

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Guadalajara have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-15-8 (win-draw-loss) from 33 matches.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Pachuca form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Hidalgo as Pachuca have scored 17 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Liga MX are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Pachuca tasted defeat here at Estadio Hidalgo, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

Happy days for Pachuca in their previous game, a fixture away at León that ended with a 1-0 victory. The goalie Ustari was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.03 out of ten. Ustari topped it up with a clean sheet.

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 Pachuca have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 5.

Some goal stats: A review of the 10 most recent league games reveals that 8 of them had goals from both teams.

Pachuca have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Hidalgo with 17 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Pachuca have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Guadalajara form and stats

2-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Guadalajara in their Liga MX matches away.

Guadalajara delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Querétaro in their previous fixture. The draw against Querétaro came from a losing position. The Guadalajara manager Paunovic brought on Mayorga as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Guzmán was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.13. Guzmán served one assist and hit four key passes.

We have checked recent matches where Guadalajara have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 4 victories, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

After this away game Guadalajara return home for a Liga MX game against Tijuana. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Guadalajara are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. As opposed to that, Guadalajara have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Guadalajara - Pachuca 0-0 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pachuca four wins, four draws and Guadalajara two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. López Ramírez 7 goals

G. Cabral Cáceres 4 goals

A. Hurtado Herrera 4 goals

Pachuca missing players

Guadalajara missing players