Pachuca host Querétaro as odds-on favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Tue 15.February
Match begins: 03:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Hidalgo (25922 seats)

Important clash in the "wrong" end of the Liga MX, with both Pachuca and Querétaro going through more tension than delight. This game is a classic "six-pointer" with the home side placed 15th and the guests in 17th place.

Insights:
  • Querétaro have the fewest scored goals (11) in Liga MX

This has all the signs of an action-packed fixture with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. 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). When Pachuca hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Mazatlan, Necaxa, Tijuana, Pachuca and Juarez), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

A strong away win for Pachuca against Necaxa the last match, as Hurtado, Ibarra and Ibáñez were on target. Midfield player Hurtado got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Hurtado scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Leon.

Pachuca are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. Pachuca have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Pachuca has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Querétaro form and stats

There's been little loot from Querétaro's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the Liga MX. Querétaro only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.

Querétaro might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Puebla proved too strong as Querétaro slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio La Corregidora. Midfield player Sequeira was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.25/10. Sequeira hit three key passes.

Before that, Querétaro travelled to Guadalajara and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Goals are few and far between in Querétaro's away league games. Only 3 goals from 9 travels. 12 goals have been conceded by Querétaro in these games.

Head 2 Head

Querétaro - Pachuca 0-2 was the outcome when these two teams formerly did battle, earlier this season. Pachuca-Querétaro H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Pachuca four wins, Querétaro four wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PachucaN. Ibáñez
N. Ibáñez
5 goals
PachucaV. Guzmán Guzmán
V. Guzmán Guzmán
4 goals
QuerétaroJ. Dos Santos Duré
J. Dos Santos Duré
4 goals

Pachuca missing players

Querétaro missing players

Pachuca Querétaro
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 2 11 21
7 3 1 Won W 0 0 3
6 5 1 Drew D 1 6 8
8 2 0 Lost L 1 5 10
27 12 2 Scored S 1 4 13
25 8 1 Conceded C 2 13 25
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 73% 81%
81% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 62%
48% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 18% 24%
19% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
62% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 33%
24% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 33%
19% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 64% 52%
 
5.7 5.4 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 4.1
4.1 4.7 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.9 5.2
2 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.4
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
15.9 17.1 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.9 12.2
4.9 4.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.1 3.1
26% 25% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 12% 20%
 
13.2 13.3 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 15.4 14.8
4 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 4.3 4.7
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Pachuca have scored more than double the goals of Querétaro.
  • Querétaro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Querétaro have the fewest points (4) away in Liga MX
  • Querétaro have the fewest scored goals (11) in Liga MX
  • Querétaro have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Liga MX
  • Querétaro have yet to win a game away.
  • Querétaro is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 Mazatlan 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 Querétaro 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

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.