Pumas UNAM favourites for feisty fight facing Tijuana

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 24.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico de Universitario (72000 seats)

Pumas UNAM are keen to add to their points total at home in this soon-to-be-played game against Tijuana.

Insights:
  • Pumas UNAM have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Liga MX
  • Tijuana have the most conceded goals (22) in Liga MX

It's no vacation for neither Pumas nor Tijuana as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

This arena has grass, which is not Tijuana's everyday surface at their own arena. When playing on grass Tijuana have performed like this: Played 39 matches earning 7 wins, 10 draws and 22 defeats with the goal numbers 45-78 (scored/conceded).

It's quite the trip for Tijuana when visiting Pumas as the cities are 2700 kilometers apart.

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Pumas UNAM form and stats

The overall Liga MX statistics playing at home this season for Pumas UNAM, who have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Liga MX, are 2-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Pumas enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Leon's place. The match ended 2-1 with Marco García and Juan Dinenno scoring. Manager A. Lillini felt very clever after Marco García scored the winning goal against Leon, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 75th minute. The striker Juan Dinenno bested all the other footballers in that match and received a match rating of 7.73 out of 10. Dinenno scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Juarez.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pumas handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, three draws and one defeat.

Pumas aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Olímpico de Universitario in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. As for guarding their own goal, Pumas have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Tijuana form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tijuana so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Tijuana's previous match, a Liga MX home game that ended 0-0 vs Guadalajara (placed 8th). Jonathan Orozco had red hot gloves after the game against Guadalajara, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. Jonathan Orozco (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.13. Orozco stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Tijuana travelled to Queretaro and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Tijuana 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 ten defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Liga MX trip to Atlas.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tijuana as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. The Tijuana manager S. Méndez Pardiñas has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

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

Pumas UNAM missing players

Tijuana missing players

Pumas UNAM Tijuana
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 3 6 14
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 1
5 3 1 Drew D 2 2 6
5 1 0 Lost L 1 4 7
9 4 1 Scored S 2 4 10
15 3 0 Conceded C 5 13 22
69% 50% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
62% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 79%
38% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 43%
15% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 7%
31% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 57%
46% 83% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
54% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 43%
 
4.1 4.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 2.7 4.6
3.6 4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.2 4
2.5 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 2.2
4 1 1 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
13.6 14.5 17 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 7.7 11.9
4.4 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.3 3.1
16% 15% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 29% 23%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • All of Tijuana's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Pumas UNAM have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Liga MX
  • Tijuana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Tijuana have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Tijuana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tijuana have the fewest points (2) away in Liga MX
  • Tijuana have the most conceded goals (13) away in Liga MX
  • Tijuana have the most conceded goals (22) in Liga MX
  • Tijuana have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Liga MX
  • Tijuana have the the worst goal difference (-9) away in Liga MX
  • Tijuana have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tijuana have yet to win a game away.
  • Tijuana haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Tijuana is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  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 14 9 4 1 19 8 7 6 1 0 12 2 7 3 3 1 7 6 11 31
2 Atlas 14 6 5 3 13 6 7 3 2 2 6 3 7 3 3 1 7 3 7 23
3 Tigres UANL 14 5 7 2 21 12 7 2 5 0 10 4 7 3 2 2 11 8 9 22
4 Toluca 14 6 4 4 20 19 7 3 3 1 13 9 7 3 1 3 7 10 1 22
5 Monterrey 14 5 5 4 18 14 7 4 2 1 10 3 7 1 3 3 8 11 4 20
6 Cruz Azul 13 4 7 2 15 10 6 2 3 1 9 5 7 2 4 1 6 5 5 19
7 Leon 13 5 4 4 15 14 7 2 3 2 8 6 6 3 1 2 7 8 1 19
8 Guadalajara 14 4 6 4 10 10 7 3 1 3 8 9 7 1 5 1 2 1 0 18
9 Puebla 14 4 6 4 13 15 7 2 3 2 8 8 7 2 3 2 5 7 -2 18
10 Atletico San Luis 13 4 5 4 16 16 6 1 2 3 5 8 7 3 3 1 11 8 0 17
11 Mazatlan 14 4 5 5 15 20 7 3 3 1 11 10 7 1 2 4 4 10 -5 17
12 Santos Laguna 13 3 7 3 15 12 7 2 4 1 7 5 6 1 3 2 8 7 3 16
13 Pachuca 13 4 3 6 15 16 6 2 2 2 8 5 7 2 1 4 7 11 -1 15
14 Queretaro 14 3 6 5 8 12 7 3 2 2 6 4 7 0 4 3 2 8 -4 15
15 Juarez 14 4 3 7 13 19 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 1 1 5 4 11 -6 15
16 Necaxa 14 4 2 8 13 18 7 3 0 4 8 9 7 1 2 4 5 9 -5 14
17 Pumas UNAM 13 3 5 5 9 15 6 2 3 1 4 3 7 1 2 4 5 12 -6 14
18 Tijuana 14 1 6 7 10 22 8 1 4 3 6 9 6 0 2 4 4 13 -12 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.