Evenly matched teams: Pachuca vs Monterrey match preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Mon 13.March
Match begins: 01:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Hidalgo (25922 seats)

A total of 17 rounds of matches are played and both Pachuca and Monterrey are flying high in the table. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Pachuca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Monterrey have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Liga MX

These are active days for the host team, as they had a match only three days ago in the CONCACAF Champions League. That game was an away game at Motagua, so at least Pachuca are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Pachuca form and stats

Pachuca have performed here at Estadio Hidalgo this season with 6 wins from 9 Liga MX matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

The Pachuca boss Álves and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Motagua in the CONCACAF Champions League. Chávez (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.32/10. Chávez hit three key passes.

Before that match, a Liga MX win away at America.

An interesting fact: 9 of the most recent 12 league matches from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Motagua are coming to town in four days.

A decent goal production from Pachuca in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league 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 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Monterrey form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Monterrey, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Liga MX, have produced an overall stat of 5-2-2 so far.

Monterrey go into this game after a win, the home game against Juarez that ended 3-0. Romo got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, top player of the team. Romo hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 52 successful passes (of 59 total).

A 1-1 draw at León's stadium before that.

The travelling fans enjoy Monterrey's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. Monterrey are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Pachuca have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Monterrey.

The last H2H match ended Monterrey - Pachuca 0-1, played this season. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 8 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

MonterreyR. Funes Mori
R. Funes Mori
13 goals
PachucaJ. López Ramírez
J. López Ramírez
9 goals
MonterreyA. González González
A. González González
9 goals

Pachuca missing players

Monterrey missing players

Pachuca Monterrey
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 6 Played P 2 15 31
20 12 4 Won W 0 8 19
6 3 0 Drew D 1 4 7
7 2 2 Lost L 1 3 5
65 40 10 Scored S 4 25 54
35 16 7 Conceded C 5 17 27
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 87%
79% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 68%
58% 59% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 48%
33% 35% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 23%
24% 24% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 19%
58% 65% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 53% 45%
30% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 45%
21% 12% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 23%
 
5.5 6.6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.2 5
4.5 3.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 5.7 4.8
2.1 1.8 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.5 2.4
5 3 2 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
16.9 18.1 18 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 15.5 16.7
5.7 6.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.6 6.3
35% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 30% 28%
 
11.5 9.4 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13.1 11.3
4 3.5 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.5 4
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Monterrey have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Liga MX
  • Monterrey is in the best form (5-1-0) in Liga MX
  • Pachuca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pachuca have scored at least twice as many goals 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 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 León 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

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.