Pumas UNAM vs Monterrey: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Thu 13.August
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico de Universitario (72000 seats)

The Liga MX league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Pumas UNAM and Monterrey are placed 4th and 7th respectively.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pumas and Monterrey.

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Pumas UNAM form and stats

Only two Liga MX home games for Pumas UNAM so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Juárez in the Liga MX last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that match, a win away at Atlas.

There will be little rest for Pumas after this match as they are travelling to Mazatlán for a Liga MX game in only three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Pumas UNAM's 2 home games: 4 goals, 3 conceded.

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Monterrey form and stats

Monterrey have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Liga MX were 0 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 5 fixtures.

Monterrey played 2-2 against Santos Laguna in their previous match. A 0-1 defeat away at León before that.

Goalkeeper Hugo Gonzalez made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Santos Laguna. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. The draw against Santos Laguna came from a losing position. The Monterrey manager A. Mohamed Matijevich brought on Daniel Parra as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

A quick return to home after this game, as Monterrey are hosting Necaxa in the Liga MX only three days away.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Monterrey has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Pumas wins - draws - Monterrey wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PumasJ. Dinenno De Cara
J. Dinenno De Cara
4 goals
MonterreyR. Funes Mori
R. Funes Mori
2 goals
Pumas UNAMC. González Espínola
C. González Espínola
1 goals

Pumas UNAM missing players

Monterrey missing players

Pumas UNAM Monterrey
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
6 4 0 Scored S 0 0 5
4 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
5.7 7.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 7.7
4.7 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3.3
1.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
47 32 0 Total Shots T S 0 12 59
9 6 0 Shots on Target S O 0 1 17
67% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 29%
Pumas UNAM Last season Monterrey
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   17 34
10 8   Won W   4 12
8 3   Drew D   4 9
10 3   Lost L   9 13
41 27   Scored S   20 49
39 13   Conceded C   25 47
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
89% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 82%
43% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 47%
21% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 29%
14% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 15%
54% 57%   BTTS BTTS   59% 62%
21% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 18%
25% 7%   Failed to Score F T   24% 21%
 
5.8 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   6 7.1
3.5 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 4.6
2.4 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.4
3 1   Red cards R C   3 5
 
420 233   Total Shots T S   219 507
120 73   Shots on Target S O   64 150
34% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 América 3 2 1 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 7
2 Puebla 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 7
3 Cruz Azul 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
4 Pumas UNAM 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
5 Tigres UANL 3 1 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 5
6 Juárez 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 5
7 Monterrey 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
8 Santos Laguna 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 4
9 Pachuca 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
10 León 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 -1 4
11 Mazatlán 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 4
12 Tijuana 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 4
13 Toluca 3 1 0 2 5 7 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -2 3
14 Atlético San Luis 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 2
15 Querétaro 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
16 Atlas 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 1
17 Guadalajara 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
18 Necaxa 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cruz Azul 10 7 1 2 24 14 5 4 0 1 13 6 5 3 1 1 11 8 10 22
2 León 10 7 0 3 23 14 5 5 0 0 14 4 5 2 0 3 9 10 9 21
3 Santos Laguna 10 5 2 3 14 14 5 4 1 0 9 5 5 1 1 3 5 9 0 17
4 América 10 5 2 3 11 11 5 2 0 3 4 7 5 3 2 0 7 4 0 17
5 Guadalajara 10 4 4 2 13 11 5 2 2 1 8 5 5 2 2 1 5 6 2 16
6 Pumas UNAM 10 4 3 3 20 19 5 3 1 1 11 6 5 1 2 2 9 13 1 15
7 Tigres UANL 10 4 2 4 13 10 5 4 1 0 11 3 5 0 1 4 2 7 3 14
8 Juárez 10 4 2 4 20 18 5 2 1 2 11 11 5 2 1 2 9 7 2 14
9 Morelia 10 4 2 4 17 16 5 1 1 3 8 8 5 3 1 1 9 8 1 14
10 Puebla 10 4 2 4 7 7 5 1 2 2 4 4 5 3 0 2 3 3 0 14
11 Pachuca 10 4 2 4 11 12 5 3 2 0 5 1 5 1 0 4 6 11 -1 14
12 Querétaro 10 4 2 4 13 15 4 1 1 2 5 4 6 3 1 2 8 11 -2 14
13 Atlético San Luis 10 3 4 3 11 15 5 2 1 2 7 8 5 1 3 1 4 7 -4 13
14 Necaxa 10 3 2 5 17 16 5 1 2 2 8 8 5 2 0 3 9 8 1 11
15 Toluca 10 2 4 4 16 18 5 1 1 3 11 12 5 1 3 1 5 6 -2 10
16 Tijuana 10 2 3 5 10 16 6 2 2 2 6 6 4 0 1 3 4 10 -6 9
17 Atlas 10 3 0 7 10 17 5 1 0 4 4 9 5 2 0 3 6 8 -7 9
18 Monterrey 10 0 5 5 10 17 5 0 3 2 6 8 5 0 2 3 4 9 -7 5

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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.