Home advantage could prove decisive in Pachuca - Tijuana battle

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The hosts Pachuca saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Liga MX. That game was an away game at Necaxa, so at least Pachuca are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

This pitch has grass, which is not Tijuana's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Tijuana have performed like this: Played 45 matches resulting in 11 wins, 9 draws and 25 defeats with the goal stats 48-85 (scored/conceded).

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Tijuana, who are travelling more than 2700 kilometers to play this game.

Pachuca form and stats

3-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga MX numbers at home for Pachuca so far this season. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in eleven attempts. With nine home Liga MX games in a row without a win, the Pachuca fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Atletico San Luis game long ago, can be stopped today.

Pachuca shared the glory with Necaxa in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at America.

The hometeam coach P. Pezzolano Suárez made a successful contribution in the game against Necaxa, bringing on Mauro Quiroga who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Pachuca have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won six times, drawn three and lost three.

Pachuca are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded.

Tijuana form and stats

Tijuana, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Liga MX, have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Liga MX, after 0-1-7 (8 played).

Tijuana failed to get anything from their last game, a Liga MX home match vs America that ended with defeat 0-2. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Monterrey.

Tijuana are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and eight defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Tijuana are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 8 away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Tijuana manager P. Guede Barriero has some worries about the defense as 18 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Tijuana - Pachuca 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Pachuca victories, zero draws and four Tijuana wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

V. Guzmán Guzmán 5 goals

F. Martínez Tenorio 4 goals

V. Sosa 3 goals

Pachuca missing players

Tijuana missing players