Football preview: Home supporters have big expectations when Tigres UANL greet Toluca

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Thu 08.September
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León (41886 seats)

Exciting top table cliff-hanger in Liga MX as Toluca have travelled the 559 miles necessary to confront Tigres UANL at their Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León.

Insights:
  • Tigres UANL have the most clean sheets (7) in Liga MX
  • Toluca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Toluca, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Tigres UANL form and stats

13 points is a decent return from 6 Liga MX games here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León for Tigres UANL. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Tigres faced defeat in their previous match, away at América (1-2). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points through four league games. Tigres UANL's goalkeeper Guzmán was extremely busy against América, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.

In the match before that, Tigres UANL hosted Necaxa and drew the game 0-0.

Trench warfare? Looking at this club's last 11 league games, 9 have produced two goals or less.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Leon are coming to town in three days.

Tigres have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León with 9 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Tigres UANL have conceded only 4 goals.

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Toluca form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga MX travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Toluca played 0-0 against Guadalajara in their previous match. Volpi was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.44. The agile goalkeeper Volpi topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-4 loss hosting Pachuca before that.

After this away game Toluca return home for a Liga MX game against Pumas UNAM. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Toluca find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the former ten meetings between these two contenders are: five wins for Tigres, zero draws and five wins for Toluca. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

TolucaL. Fernández López
L. Fernández López
4 goals
TolucaJ. Meneses Villarroel
J. Meneses Villarroel
4 goals

Tigres UANL missing players

Toluca missing players

Tigres UANL Toluca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 1 6 13
6 4 1 Won W 0 3 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
13 9 2 Scored S 0 8 19
9 4 0 Conceded C 1 6 16
83% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
58% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 69%
25% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 46%
8% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 38%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 23%
33% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 69%
58% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 15%
25% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 23%
 
5.9 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 5.5
3 2.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.8 6
2.7 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 2.2
6 3 1 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
16 20.3 17 Shots (avg) S ( 6 11.2 13.3
4.8 5.7 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4.8 5.7
23% 26% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 26%
 
10.5 10.2 22 Shots against (avg) S A 21 14.3 15.2
3.5 3.3 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.2 4.8
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Tigres UANL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tigres UANL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Tigres UANL have the most clean sheets (7) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Toluca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Toluca have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Toluca haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 12 8 1 3 26 11 5 4 1 0 12 2 7 4 0 3 14 9 15 25
2 Monterrey 13 7 4 2 23 11 5 3 2 0 9 3 8 4 2 2 14 8 12 25
3 Pachuca 12 7 3 2 17 9 8 5 2 1 11 5 4 2 1 1 6 4 8 24
4 Santos Laguna 12 7 1 4 24 14 6 5 1 0 16 6 6 2 0 4 8 8 10 22
5 Toluca 13 6 4 3 19 16 7 3 3 1 11 10 6 3 1 2 8 6 3 22
6 Tigres UANL 12 6 3 3 13 9 6 4 1 1 9 4 6 2 2 2 4 5 4 21
7 Necaxa 12 5 2 5 14 17 6 3 0 3 8 11 6 2 2 2 6 6 -3 17
8 Guadalajara 12 3 7 2 13 8 7 2 4 1 5 3 5 1 3 1 8 5 5 16
9 Puebla 12 2 9 1 18 16 5 1 4 0 6 5 7 1 5 1 12 11 2 15
10 Atlético San Luis 13 3 6 4 11 14 7 2 2 3 6 7 6 1 4 1 5 7 -3 15
11 Tijuana 13 4 3 6 13 19 6 2 1 3 7 10 7 2 2 3 6 9 -6 15
12 Juarez 12 2 7 3 12 12 6 0 5 1 6 7 6 2 2 2 6 5 0 13
13 Mazatlán 12 2 6 4 13 16 6 1 2 3 7 11 6 1 4 1 6 5 -3 12
14 Leon 12 3 3 6 17 24 5 2 1 2 10 11 7 1 2 4 7 13 -7 12
15 Cruz Azul 12 3 3 6 16 28 6 2 1 3 9 10 6 1 2 3 7 18 -12 12
16 Atlas 13 2 4 7 14 21 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 0 2 5 6 14 -7 10
17 Pumas UNAM 12 1 7 4 12 21 7 1 4 2 6 12 5 0 3 2 6 9 -9 10
18 Querétaro 13 1 5 7 12 21 7 1 3 3 7 10 6 0 2 4 5 11 -9 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.