Game week two of the Liga MX season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Tigres UANL - Pachuca preview:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Tigres UANL form and stats
It's back home for Tigres UANL, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Necaxa away with the result 3-0. Eduardo Vargas and André-Pierre Gignac (2) found the net in that victory. Before that match, a CONCACAF Champions League win away at New York City.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tigres UANL handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and one defeat.
Last season, Tigres UANL's league statistics were 8 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Liga MX. Over these 18 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 14. Playing at home last season Tigres UANL managed 4-4-1 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 7 conceded.
Pachuca form and stats
Pachuca might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. América proved too strong as Pachuca slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Hidalgo. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Tijuana wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.
We have checked recent matches where Pachuca have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were zero victories, one draw and five defeats.
Let's have a look at how Pachuca performed last season in the Liga MX: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 17/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - five - one (Tigres UANL wins - draws - Pachuca wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Gignac 2 goals |  E. Vargas Rojas 1 goals |   C. Kazim-Richards 1 goals |
Tigres UANL missing players
Pachuca missing players
| Tigres UANL | Pachuca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Tigres UANL | Last season | Pachuca | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 43 | 28 | Scored | S | 23 | 43 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 24 | 38 | ||
| 87% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 73% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 82% | ||
| 43% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 54% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 10% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 18% | ||
| 53% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 54% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 27% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 21% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 356 | 209 | Total Shots | T S | 189 | 417 | ||
| 111 | 67 | Shots on Target | S O | 63 | 128 | ||
| 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Puebla | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Tigres UANL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Monterrey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Tijuana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Pumas UNAM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | América | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Atlético San Luis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Juárez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Guadalajara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | León | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Querétaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Pachuca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Atlas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Toluca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Santos Laguna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Mazatlán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 |