Liga MX match preview and facts: Pumas UNAM meet Juárez

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 08.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico de Universitario (72000 seats)

Here's all you need to know, and a little bit more, about the Pumas UNAM - Juárez fixture!

Insights:
  • Pumas UNAM haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

These teams have little in common geographically as Juárez have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Pumas UNAM form and stats

Pumas UNAM have collected 10 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 2-4-3. Pumas UNAM has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager del Río and the players.

Pumas UNAM are returning here after visiting America in a Copa por México match and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.

A 0-0 scoreline against Necaxa before that, played at home in the Copa por México. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pumas handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Some goal stats: A review of the 10 latest league games highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

The Pumas UNAM fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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Juárez form and stats

Juárez have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga MX, after 2-2-4 (8 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Juárez's last three away games as they have all been lost.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Juárez, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Toluca. Hitting the posts three times in the Toluca game proved expensive as Juárez lost 0-3. Midfielder Dueñas was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.64. Dueñas hit the woodwork two (!) times, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 46 successful passes (of 49 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Pumas UNAM.

We have checked recent matches where Juárez have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 10 defeats.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Juárez - Pumas UNAM 3-1 was the scoreline in these sides' latest head-to-head fixture, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Pumas UNAM wins - draws - Juárez wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Pumas UNAMJ. Dinenno De Cara
J. Dinenno De Cara
6 goals
JuárezG. Fernández Leites
G. Fernández Leites
6 goals
Pumas UNAME. Salvio
E. Salvio
5 goals

Pumas UNAM missing players

Juárez missing players

Pumas UNAM Juárez
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
2 2 1 Won W 2 2 4
8 4 0 Drew D 0 2 7
7 3 1 Lost L 0 5 7
21 11 2 Scored S 3 6 17
31 15 2 Conceded C 0 11 21
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
82% 89% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 67%
59% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 33%
41% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 17%
24% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
76% 78% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 50%
18% 11% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 17%
18% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 56% 39%
 
5.2 5.7 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 4.9
4.2 3.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.7 4.2
2.6 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
16.4 15.1 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.7 11.1
4.9 5.6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.6 3.1
25% 22% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 26% 30%
 
11.8 11.4 12 Shots against (avg) S A 4.5 12.9 12.4
4.8 4.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0.5 4 3.8
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Pumas UNAM haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 17 12 2 3 38 17 8 6 2 0 20 6 9 6 0 3 18 11 21 38
2 Monterrey 17 10 5 2 29 13 8 5 3 0 14 5 9 5 2 2 15 8 16 35
3 Santos Laguna 17 10 3 4 38 21 9 8 1 0 24 7 8 2 2 4 14 14 17 33
4 Pachuca 17 9 5 3 28 15 9 6 2 1 17 6 8 3 3 2 11 9 13 32
5 Tigres UANL 17 9 3 5 24 14 8 5 1 2 12 6 9 4 2 3 12 8 10 30
6 Toluca 17 7 6 4 27 23 9 4 4 1 17 13 8 3 2 3 10 10 4 27
7 Cruz Azul 17 7 3 7 26 34 9 5 1 3 15 12 8 2 2 4 11 22 -8 24
8 Puebla 17 4 10 3 25 23 9 3 5 1 13 11 8 1 5 2 12 12 2 22
9 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 19 17 9 3 4 2 7 7 8 2 3 3 12 10 2 22
10 Leon 17 6 4 7 25 29 8 4 2 2 16 14 9 2 2 5 9 15 -4 22
11 Juárez 17 4 7 6 17 18 9 2 5 2 11 10 8 2 2 4 6 8 -1 19
12 Necaxa 17 5 4 8 19 26 8 3 1 4 11 15 9 2 3 4 8 11 -7 19
13 Atletico San Luis 17 4 6 7 15 23 9 2 2 5 7 12 8 2 4 2 8 11 -8 18
14 Mazatlan 17 3 8 6 17 24 8 2 3 3 9 12 9 1 5 3 8 12 -7 17
15 Tijuana 17 4 5 8 18 30 8 2 2 4 9 13 9 2 3 4 9 17 -12 17
16 Pumas UNAM 17 2 8 7 21 31 9 2 4 3 11 15 8 0 4 4 10 16 -10 14
17 Atlas 17 3 4 10 16 27 8 3 2 3 10 10 9 0 2 7 6 17 -11 13
18 Queretaro 17 1 6 10 18 35 8 1 4 3 10 13 9 0 2 7 8 22 -17 9

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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.