Soccer game guide: Home crowds with high hopes before Pachuca - Mazatlán

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Hidalgo (25922 seats)

Pachuca are itching to improve their points total at home in this soon-to-be-played game versus Mazatlán.

Insights:
  • Mazatlán have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

The hosts Pachuca saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Liga MX. That game was an away game at America, so at least Pachuca are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Pachuca form and stats

The total Liga MX statistics playing at home this season for Pachuca are 2-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Pachuca in their previous game, a fixture away at America that ended with a 3-1 victory. Guzmán, an attacker, was the declared top player for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.45 (out of 10). Guzmán scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Queretaro.

Pachuca are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, Pachuca have conceded only 7 goals. Pachuca has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Mazatlán form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mazatlán so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Mazatlán are travelling again after losing away to Queretaro in their previous match (0-2). Vidrio was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.43. The defender Vidrio hit one key pass and won 6 of 6 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs America.

The attacking power of Mazatlán when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Mazatlán rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Mazatlán - Pachuca 2-1 was the story when these contenders previously did battle, also in this season. Last three meetings with these squads: Pachuca won one, Mazatlán were winners in two and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

PachucaN. Ibáñez
N. Ibáñez
7 goals
PachucaV. Guzmán Guzmán
V. Guzmán Guzmán
5 goals
PachucaL. Chávez Magallón
L. Chávez Magallón
3 goals

Pachuca missing players

Mazatlán missing players

Pachuca Mazatlán
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 11 23
8 3 1 Won W 0 1 7
7 6 2 Drew D 1 2 5
8 2 0 Lost L 2 8 11
32 14 4 Scored S 1 8 26
28 10 3 Conceded C 4 21 36
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 96%
83% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 83%
52% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 57%
26% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 22%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 4%
65% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 27% 48%
22% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 17%
17% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 64% 39%
 
5.7 5.6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.5 2.2
4.4 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.1 5.3
1.9 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.9 2.5
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
15.6 16.7 16 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.1 8.5
4.9 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.1 2.5
28% 26% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 35% 46%
 
13.4 13.1 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 16 14.6
4 3.5 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 5.9 4.9
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Mazatlán have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Mazatlán have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Pachuca have created more than twice as many corners as Mazatlán.

  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 10 5 2 21 10 9 7 2 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 8 8 11 35
2 Atlas 17 8 5 4 21 10 9 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 3 1 13 5 11 29
3 Leon 17 8 5 4 20 14 8 3 3 2 11 6 9 5 2 2 9 8 6 29
4 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 26 14 9 4 5 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 11 9 12 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 9 3 23 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 24
6 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 22 8 3 4 1 13 9 9 3 2 4 9 13 0 24
7 Puebla 17 6 6 5 16 16 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 24
8 Cruz Azul 17 5 8 4 21 17 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 23
9 Monterrey 17 5 7 5 19 16 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 1 5 3 9 12 3 22
10 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 4 3 0 22
11 Pumas UNAM 17 5 6 6 17 23 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -6 21
12 Atletico San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlán 17 5 5 7 18 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 20
14 Necaxa 17 6 2 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 20
15 Pachuca 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 8 2 1 5 9 14 -2 18
16 Juarez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Queretaro 17 3 6 8 11 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 3 12 -8 15
18 Tijuana 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 1 2 5 7 16 -11 15

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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.