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

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Fri 27.November
Match begins: 03:06 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Hidalgo (25922 seats)

Pachuca will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Pumas UNAM.

Insights:
  • Pachuca has the most matches under the total-line (14) in Liga MX

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Pachuca form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga MX, Pachuca have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.

It's back home for Pachuca, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Santos Laguna away with the result 3-0. Óscar Murillo, Víctor Guzmán and Roberto de la Rosa found the net in that victory. Ahead of that match, Pachuca lost 0-1 at home to Necaxa.

Pachuca goalkeeper Óscar Ustari did an outstanding job against Santos Laguna with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory.

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

The manager P. Pezzolano Suárez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Pumas UNAM in only three days.

The Pachuca fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Pachuca have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Pumas UNAM form and stats

The visitors are W3-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX.

Two travels in a row for Pumas, whose manager A. Lillini could celebrate last time after the Liga MX win against Cruz Azul. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Guadalajara.

We have checked recent matches where Pumas have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were one victory, three draws and seven defeats.

After this away game Pumas UNAM return home for a Liga MX game against Pachuca. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Pumas are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Pumas have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Pachuca - Pumas UNAM 1-1 played earlier this season. Pachuca-Pumas UNAM H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Pachuca three wins, Pumas UNAM three wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Pumas UNAMJ. Dinenno De Cara
J. Dinenno De Cara
10 goals
PachucaV. Dávila Zavala
V. Dávila Zavala
5 goals
PachucaV. Guzmán Guzmán
V. Guzmán Guzmán
5 goals

Pachuca missing players

Pumas UNAM missing players

Pachuca Pumas UNAM
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 1 8 17
7 3 0 Won W 1 3 8
7 3 1 Drew D 0 4 8
4 3 2 Lost L 0 1 1
21 11 2 Scored S 2 10 29
14 10 4 Conceded C 1 9 17
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
56% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
22% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 53%
11% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 24%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
44% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 71%
39% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 24%
28% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.9 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.7
3 3 3 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
228 118 38 Total Shots T S 5 78 207
59 34 8 Shots on Target S O 3 17 52
36% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 59% 56%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Pachuca has the most matches under the total-line (14) in Liga MX
  • Pachuca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 León 17 12 4 1 27 14 8 7 1 0 15 7 9 5 3 1 12 7 13 40
2 Pumas UNAM 17 8 8 1 29 17 9 5 4 0 19 8 8 3 4 1 10 9 12 32
3 América 17 9 5 3 31 22 9 6 2 1 19 9 8 3 3 2 12 13 9 32
4 Cruz Azul 17 9 2 6 23 16 8 5 1 2 12 6 9 4 1 4 11 10 7 29
5 Monterrey 17 8 5 4 26 21 8 4 3 1 13 9 9 4 2 3 13 12 5 29
6 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 27 16 9 4 4 1 15 8 8 3 3 2 12 8 11 28
7 Guadalajara 17 7 5 5 20 17 9 4 3 2 11 9 8 3 2 3 9 8 3 26
8 Santos Laguna 17 7 4 6 24 20 8 5 2 1 14 5 9 2 2 5 10 15 4 25
9 Pachuca 17 6 7 4 18 14 9 3 3 3 11 10 8 3 4 1 7 4 4 25
10 Necaxa 17 7 3 7 16 20 9 4 1 4 10 12 8 3 2 3 6 8 -4 24
11 Toluca 17 6 3 8 23 28 8 5 1 2 14 9 9 1 2 6 9 19 -5 21
12 Puebla 17 6 2 9 22 25 8 2 2 4 12 13 9 4 0 5 10 12 -3 20
13 Juarez 17 4 7 6 16 19 9 3 4 2 6 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -3 19
14 Mazatlan 17 4 4 9 24 31 8 3 2 3 11 13 9 1 2 6 13 18 -7 16
15 Tijuana 17 4 3 10 12 27 9 4 2 3 9 9 8 0 1 7 3 18 -15 15
16 Atlas 17 3 5 9 13 20 8 2 1 5 5 8 9 1 4 4 8 12 -7 14
17 Queretaro 17 3 4 10 23 28 8 3 2 3 15 11 9 0 2 7 8 17 -5 13
18 Atletico San Luis 17 3 2 12 16 35 9 2 2 5 9 18 8 1 0 7 7 17 -19 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.