Liga MX prediction and preview: Pachuca modest favorites to beat Querétaro

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Fri 07.August
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Hidalgo (25922 seats)

The Liga MX league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Pachuca and Querétaro are placed 14th and 13th respectively.

Querétaro could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga MX game only four sleeps ago.

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Pachuca form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Liga MX game of the season here at Estadio Hidalgo. Last season these fans witnessed 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses from Pachuca's 5 home games.

An away draw last time out for Pachuca, facing Tigres UANL in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to América (1-2).

The hometeam coach P. Pezzolano Suárez made a successful contribution in the game against Tigres UANL, bringing on Ismael Sosa who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Pachuca's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won three matches, drawn one and lost two.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Pachuca at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Querétaro form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Liga MX ended in defeat. Last season Querétaro had these away match statistics: Played 6; won 3, drew 1 and lost 2.

Querétaro played 1-1 against Mazatlán in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Pumas UNAM's place.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Querétaro playing away, we found seven games. Results were one away win, three draws and three home wins.

2 goals so far away for Querétaro, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Pachuca, three draws and four wins for Querétaro. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

PachucaC. Kazim-Richards
C. Kazim-Richards
1 goals
PachucaV. Sosa
V. Sosa
1 goals
QuerétaroÁ. Sepúlveda Sánchez
Á. Sepúlveda Sánchez
1 goals

Pachuca missing players

Querétaro missing players

Pachuca Querétaro
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
2 1 0 Scored S 0 2 3
3 2 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% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.5
3.5 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3
4.5 5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
23 10 0 Total Shots T S 0 8 19
8 3 0 Shots on Target S O 0 6 11
25% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 27%
Pachuca Last season Querétaro
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   16 30
11 7   Won W   7 13
6 2   Drew D   3 6
11 5   Lost L   6 11
43 20   Scored S   24 46
38 14   Conceded C   23 40
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
82% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 87%
54% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 60%
36% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 30%
18% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   19% 13%
54% 43%   BTTS BTTS   44% 50%
32% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 30%
21% 21%   Failed to Score F T   25% 23%
 
5.7 7.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.9
4.6 4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 4.2
1.9 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
4 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
417 228   Total Shots T S   202 399
128 65   Shots on Target S O   70 132
34% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 América 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 6
2 Pumas UNAM 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Puebla 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 4
4 Tigres UANL 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
5 Cruz Azul 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
6 Juárez 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 León 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Monterrey 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
9 Santos Laguna 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
10 Toluca 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
11 Tijuana 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 3
12 Atlético San Luis 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
13 Querétaro 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
14 Pachuca 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
15 Guadalajara 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
16 Mazatlán 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
17 Atlas 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
18 Necaxa 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
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 Cruz Azul 10 7 1 2 24 14 5 4 0 1 13 6 5 3 1 1 11 8 10 22
2 León 10 7 0 3 23 14 5 5 0 0 14 4 5 2 0 3 9 10 9 21
3 Santos Laguna 10 5 2 3 14 14 5 4 1 0 9 5 5 1 1 3 5 9 0 17
4 América 10 5 2 3 11 11 5 2 0 3 4 7 5 3 2 0 7 4 0 17
5 Guadalajara 10 4 4 2 13 11 5 2 2 1 8 5 5 2 2 1 5 6 2 16
6 Pumas UNAM 10 4 3 3 20 19 5 3 1 1 11 6 5 1 2 2 9 13 1 15
7 Tigres UANL 10 4 2 4 13 10 5 4 1 0 11 3 5 0 1 4 2 7 3 14
8 Juárez 10 4 2 4 20 18 5 2 1 2 11 11 5 2 1 2 9 7 2 14
9 Morelia 10 4 2 4 17 16 5 1 1 3 8 8 5 3 1 1 9 8 1 14
10 Puebla 10 4 2 4 7 7 5 1 2 2 4 4 5 3 0 2 3 3 0 14
11 Pachuca 10 4 2 4 11 12 5 3 2 0 5 1 5 1 0 4 6 11 -1 14
12 Querétaro 10 4 2 4 13 15 4 1 1 2 5 4 6 3 1 2 8 11 -2 14
13 Atlético San Luis 10 3 4 3 11 15 5 2 1 2 7 8 5 1 3 1 4 7 -4 13
14 Necaxa 10 3 2 5 17 16 5 1 2 2 8 8 5 2 0 3 9 8 1 11
15 Toluca 10 2 4 4 16 18 5 1 1 3 11 12 5 1 3 1 5 6 -2 10
16 Tijuana 10 2 3 5 10 16 6 2 2 2 6 6 4 0 1 3 4 10 -6 9
17 Atlas 10 3 0 7 10 17 5 1 0 4 4 9 5 2 0 3 6 8 -7 9
18 Monterrey 10 0 5 5 10 17 5 0 3 2 6 8 5 0 2 3 4 9 -7 5

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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.