Preview: Pachuca the front runner when Tijuana comes to visit

This football field uses the playing surface grass, unlike Tijuana's home ground. The last 34 games by the away team on grass have produced 5 wins, 11 draws and 18 losses.

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

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Pachuca form and stats

Pachuca have performed here at Estadio Hidalgo this season with 5 wins from 8 Liga MX matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Pachuca are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The Pachuca coach Álves and his gang return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Puebla (placed 9th). Late drama in the game against Puebla as Pachuca were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Tapias popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. The hometeam coach Álves made a successful contribution in the game against Puebla, bringing on Tapias who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Ibáñez, a natural forward, was the champion player for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.82 (out of 10). Ibáñez scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

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

Pachuca are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Pachuca are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Hidalgo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.

Tijuana form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga MX matches, Tijuana have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far.

Tijuana might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Guadalajara proved too strong as Tijuana slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Caliente. Midfield player Contreras was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.15/10. Contreras hit two key passes.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Tijuana have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pachuca five wins, two draws and Tijuana three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

N. Ibáñez 8 goals

L. Rodríguez 3 goals

L. Chávez Magallón 2 goals

Pachuca missing players

Tijuana missing players