Liga MX preview: Can Tigres UANL edge out victory against Toluca?

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Thu 05.Oct
Match begins: 03:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León (41886 seats)

The host team, Tigres UANL, should be odds-on favourites in this fixture, but Toluca have exhibited both know-how and mettle. Learn more about the game!

Insights:
  • Tigres UANL have the the best goal difference (+11) in Liga MX
  • Toluca have the most clean sheets (5) in Liga MX

It's quite the trip for Toluca when visiting Tigres UANL as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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 Tigres and Toluca.

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Tigres UANL form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga MX, Tigres UANL, who have the the best goal difference (+11) in Liga MX, have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. Ever since the Puebla game Tigres UANL has been unbeatable here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León producing four straight wins.

Tigres UANL enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Mazatlan's place. The match ended 3-2 with Herrera, Lainez and Ibáñez scoring. Manager Badiola felt very clever after Herrera scored the winning goal against Mazatlan, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 64th minute. Midfielder Lainez was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.85 (out of ten) in that game. Lainez scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 24 total).

In the game before, a strong away victory at Los Angeles FC (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties). A Campeones Cup game. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Tigres UANL matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from 7 games).

The manager Badiola will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Pachuca in only three days.

Tigres are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. From these home matches, Tigres UANL have conceded only 3 goals.

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Toluca form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Toluca, who have the most clean sheets (5) in Liga MX, playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season.

Toluca delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Guadalajara (placed 7th) in their previous game. The draw against Guadalajara came from a losing position. The Toluca manager Espinoza brought on López as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. García was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.75. The defender García hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.

A draw for Toluca before that, at their own venue hosting America (1-1).

A new game in only four days for Toluca, the Liga MX home match versus Queretaro. Busy days.

It's not easy to score on Toluca as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these squads: Tigres UANL won five, Toluca triumphed in five and we saw zero draws. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals. Gignac likes to meet Toluca and have scored 8 goals in these encounters.

Top Goalscorers

TigresA. Gignac
A. Gignac
5 goals
TolucaJ. Domínguez Chonteco
J. Domínguez Chonteco
4 goals
Tigres UANLJ. Vigón Cham
J. Vigón Cham
3 goals

Tigres UANL missing players

Toluca missing players

Tigres UANL Toluca
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 3 Played P 2 4 10
6 4 3 Won W 0 1 3
2 1 0 Drew D 2 2 5
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
21 13 9 Scored S 1 4 14
10 3 0 Conceded C 1 3 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 75% 80%
90% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 70%
60% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 30%
30% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
30% 40% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
50% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
40% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 20%
 
4.8 4.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4 4.3
4 3.8 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.2 5.1
2.2 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
14.4 16.8 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 12.1
5.6 6 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 4.7
38% 43% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 27% 30%
 
12 11.6 13 Shots against (avg) S A 16 14.5 13.7
4.4 4 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5 4.8
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Tigres UANL have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Tigres UANL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Tigres UANL have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Toluca have scored away.
  • Tigres UANL have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the the best goal difference (+11) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Toluca have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Liga MX
  • Toluca have the most clean sheets (5) in Liga MX

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

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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.