Pachuca favourites for feisty fight facing Toluca

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Tue 14.September
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Hidalgo (25922 seats)

Pachuca come from a 1-1 scoreline vs Cruz Azul last match, a fixture to remember. Next up is this sturdy Toluca team.

Insights:
  • Pachuca haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Toluca have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Liga MX

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Pachuca form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Pachuca's two home games in the Liga MX so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Estadio Hidalgo.

An away draw last time out for Pachuca, facing Cruz Azul in a game that ended 1-1. Midfield player Jorge Hernández got a match rating of 7.05 in that game, the max score being 10. Hernández had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Queretaro and winning 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pachuca handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, three draws and four defeats.

At Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca has the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Toluca form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Toluca playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season.

Toluca won their last game, 2-1 versus Pumas UNAM played at home. Midfield player Rubens Sambueza was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.31/10. Sambueza scored one goal, served one assist, hit eight key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Toluca travelled to Atlas and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Toluca are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and seven defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Toluca find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. Toluca have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: two wins for Pachuca, four draws and four wins for Toluca. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

TolucaR. Sambueza
R. Sambueza
4 goals
TolucaA. Canelo
A. Canelo
3 goals
PachucaV. Guzmán Guzmán
V. Guzmán Guzmán
2 goals

Pachuca missing players

Toluca missing players

Pachuca Toluca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 2 4 7
2 1 1 Won W 2 2 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
9 4 4 Scored S 5 5 12
7 1 0 Conceded C 1 5 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 86%
83% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 86%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 71%
33% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 57%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 57%
33% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 29%
17% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 29%
 
4 3.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.2 5.3
3.3 4.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6 5.3
2 2.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.7 16 18 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 13.5 14.1
5 6.5 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.2 5
30% 31% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 29% 34%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Pachuca haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Toluca have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Liga MX
  • Toluca have the most points from losing position (6) in Liga MX
  • Toluca have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 7 5 2 0 10 3 3 3 0 0 6 1 4 2 2 0 4 2 7 17
2 Leon 7 4 2 1 11 7 4 2 2 0 7 3 3 2 0 1 4 4 4 14
3 Toluca 7 4 2 1 12 9 3 2 1 0 7 4 4 2 1 1 5 5 3 14
4 Tigres UANL 7 3 3 1 12 7 3 1 2 0 5 2 4 2 1 1 7 5 5 12
5 Santos Laguna 7 2 5 0 9 4 4 1 3 0 4 2 3 1 2 0 5 2 5 11
6 Monterrey 7 2 5 0 10 6 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 0 3 0 4 4 4 11
7 Cruz Azul 7 2 4 1 9 6 4 1 2 1 6 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 10
8 Atlas 7 2 4 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 10
9 Atletico San Luis 6 2 3 1 8 7 3 0 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 7 4 1 9
10 Necaxa 7 3 0 4 9 9 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 9
11 Guadalajara 7 2 3 2 7 8 4 1 1 2 5 8 3 1 2 0 2 0 -1 9
12 Mazatlan 7 2 3 2 9 12 4 1 2 1 5 7 3 1 1 1 4 5 -3 9
13 Pachuca 6 2 1 3 9 7 2 1 0 1 4 1 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 7
14 Puebla 7 1 3 3 4 9 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 0 2 2 2 6 -5 6
15 Pumas UNAM 7 1 2 4 4 10 4 1 2 1 3 3 3 0 0 3 1 7 -6 5
16 Tijuana 7 0 3 4 6 12 4 0 2 2 4 7 3 0 1 2 2 5 -6 3
17 Queretaro 7 0 3 4 1 8 3 0 1 2 0 3 4 0 2 2 1 5 -7 3
18 Juarez 7 0 2 5 5 13 3 0 1 2 3 6 4 0 1 3 2 7 -8 2

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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.