Liga MX preview: Can Pachuca edge out victory against Pumas UNAM?

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Mon 25.July
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Hidalgo (25922 seats)

This should be yet another engrossing encounter at Estadio Hidalgo in the Liga MX. Pachuca is in 2nd place and host Pumas UNAM in 8th place. Read all about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Pachuca have the the best goal difference (+2) at home in Liga MX

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.

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Pachuca form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Pachuca's two home games in the Liga MX so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estadio Hidalgo.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Mazatlán last time out and are looking for a win here. Hurtado (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.32/10. Hurtado served one assist and hit five key passes.

Before that match, a win away at Cruz Azul.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pachuca handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

The manager Álves will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Necaxa in only three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Pachuca's 2 home games: 3 goals, 1 conceded.

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Pumas UNAM form and stats

0-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Pumas UNAM in their Liga MX matches away.

Aldrete scored in Pumas UNAM's previous match, the home game against Necaxa that ended 1-0. That victory felt nice as this team had gone five league fixtures without winning. Freire was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.82. The defender Freire won 8 of 10 duels.

A 3-3 draw at Leon's stadium before that.

Pumas UNAM are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 8 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 22 matches.

A new game in only three days for Pumas, the Liga MX home match versus Mazatlán. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Pumas UNAM has managed 3 goals and let in 3 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pachuca two wins, five draws and Pumas UNAM 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
2 goals
PachucaG. Cabral Cáceres
G. Cabral Cáceres
1 goals
PachucaL. Chávez Magallón
L. Chávez Magallón
1 goals

Pachuca missing players

Pumas UNAM missing players

Pachuca Pumas UNAM
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 3 0 Scored S 0 3 5
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 33%
67% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
33% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.7 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 5.3
1.7 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 3
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
20 20.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 19 15.3
4.7 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 5.3
36% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 31%
 
8.7 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 8.7
3.3 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 3
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Pachuca have the the best goal difference (+2) at home in Liga MX
Pachuca Last season Pumas UNAM
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   21 40
19 11   Won W   6 14
10 7   Drew D   5 11
11 2   Lost L   10 15
60 32   Scored S   23 48
44 15   Conceded C   33 51
95% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 82%
80% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 70%
55% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 50%
25% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 30%
5% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 10%
57% 55%   BTTS BTTS   57% 48%
30% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   19% 35%
18% 15%   Failed to Score F T   33% 35%
 
5.4 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.6
4.3 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.9
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.2
6 3   Red cards R C   5 9
 
15.1 16.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 13.9
4.8 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.8
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 25%
 
12.4 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   15.8 13.4
3.6 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.3 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Puebla 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 3 7
2 Pachuca 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 7
3 Toluca 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 6
4 Monterrey 3 2 0 1 7 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 6
5 Tigres UANL 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
6 Juarez 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 5
7 Leon 3 1 2 0 6 5 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
8 Pumas UNAM 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 5
9 Atlas 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
10 Santos Laguna 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
11 America 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 4
12 Cruz Azul 3 1 0 2 6 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 5 5 -1 3
13 Atlético San Luis 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
14 Necaxa 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 -2 3
15 Guadalajara 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
16 Mazatlán 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
17 Queretaro 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 1
18 Tijuana 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
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 Pachuca 17 12 2 3 30 15 8 6 2 0 14 5 9 6 0 3 16 10 15 38
2 Tigres UANL 17 10 3 4 30 20 8 5 1 2 15 10 9 5 2 2 15 10 10 33
3 Atlas 17 7 6 4 21 15 8 3 3 2 8 7 9 4 3 2 13 8 6 27
4 America 17 7 5 5 24 17 8 3 2 3 12 9 9 4 3 2 12 8 7 26
5 Puebla 17 7 5 5 25 19 8 2 5 1 11 9 9 5 0 4 14 10 6 26
6 Guadalajara 17 7 5 5 25 21 9 4 2 3 14 12 8 3 3 2 11 9 4 26
7 Monterrey 17 7 5 5 21 17 9 5 3 1 12 6 8 2 2 4 9 11 4 26
8 Cruz Azul 17 7 4 6 20 17 9 4 0 5 9 10 8 3 4 1 11 7 3 25
9 Necaxa 17 7 2 8 21 21 9 3 0 6 8 13 8 4 2 2 13 8 0 23
10 Atlético San Luis 17 7 2 8 21 22 9 4 1 4 10 10 8 3 1 4 11 12 -1 23
11 Pumas UNAM 17 6 4 7 24 21 8 4 2 2 14 7 9 2 2 5 10 14 3 22
12 Mazatlán 17 6 3 8 20 24 8 4 2 2 10 7 9 2 1 6 10 17 -4 21
13 Leon 17 5 6 6 17 22 9 2 4 3 10 13 8 3 2 3 7 9 -5 21
14 Santos Laguna 17 5 5 7 25 25 8 3 3 2 16 13 9 2 2 5 9 12 0 20
15 Toluca 17 5 4 8 21 36 9 2 2 5 12 19 8 3 2 3 9 17 -15 19
16 Queretaro 17 3 8 6 18 21 9 3 1 5 10 12 8 0 7 1 8 9 -3 17
17 Tijuana 17 4 5 8 14 26 8 3 4 1 10 8 9 1 1 7 4 18 -12 17
18 Juarez 17 3 2 12 10 28 9 1 1 7 7 15 8 2 1 5 3 13 -18 11

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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.