Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Tigres UANL welcomes Toluca

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Date: Thu 31.October
Match begins: 04:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Universitario (41615 seats)

The league table in Liga MX tells a story about these teams so far, with Tigres UANL leading Toluca by 11 points. Match preview to follow:

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.

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.

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Tigres UANL form and stats

Tigres UANL, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Liga MX, have played 8 Liga MX games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Tigres UANL's previous game was a Liga MX match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Toluca (placed 15th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Tigres UANL drew at home versus Cruz Azul.

Tigres UANL enjoyed their 1-0 win against Toluca and the result could have been even better, as they hit the posts 4 times.

The Tigres UANL fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Tigres UANL have conceded only 7 goals.

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Toluca form and stats

There's been little loot from Toluca's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Liga MX. Toluca only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.

Toluca play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Tigres UANL (placed 5th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Pachuca.

The attacking power of Toluca when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Toluca have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Tigres UANL - Toluca 1-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Tigres UANL, 2 draws and 4 wins for Toluca. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 8 games.

Top Goalscorers

Tigres UANLA. Gignac
A. Gignac
9 goals
Tigres UANLL. Zelarayán
L. Zelarayán
4 goals
Tigres UANLE. Vargas
E. Vargas
3 goals

Tigres UANL missing players

Toluca missing players

Tigres UANL Toluca
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 1 8 15
7 4 0 Won W 0 1 4
6 3 1 Drew D 1 3 4
2 1 1 Lost L 0 4 7
24 15 1 Scored S 1 5 13
13 7 2 Conceded C 1 10 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 80%
27% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 13%
27% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
7% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 40%
27% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 20%
13% 12% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 40%
 
4.9 4.6 8 Corners For (avg) C F 7 3.6 4.5
3.5 2.9 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3.5 4.2
1.3 0.9 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 2.1
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
Key stats 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Toluca have scored away.
  • Tigres UANL haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Toluca have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Toluca haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Tigres UANL
All CONCACAF Champions League Liga MX Copa MX
All Home Away Home vs low
14-09-19 LM Tijuana 1 - 1 Tigres UANL
25-09-19 LM Tigres UANL 0 - 1 Puebla
29-09-19 LM Monterrey 0 - 2 Tigres UANL
06-10-19 LM Tigres UANL 4 - 0 Santos Laguna
19-10-19 LM Veracruz 1 - 3 Tigres UANL
27-10-19 LM Tigres UANL 1 - 1 Cruz Azul
31-10-19 LM Tigres UANL 1 - 0 Toluca
03-11-19 LM Queretaro 00:00 Tigres UANL
10-11-19 LM Tigres UANL 02:00 Pachuca
25-11-19 LM Juárez 02:00 Tigres UANL
Toluca
All CONCACAF Champions League Liga MX Copa MX
All Home Away Away vs top
27-09-19 LM Toluca 3 - 1 Atlético San Luis
30-09-19 LM Veracruz 1 - 1 Toluca
03-10-19 CM Toluca 2 - 0 Veracruz
06-10-19 LM Toluca 1 - 1 Puebla
13-10-19 CM Veracruz 0 - 1 Toluca
27-10-19 LM Toluca 2 - 0 Pachuca
31-10-19 LM Tigres UANL 1 - 0 Toluca
03-11-19 LM Toluca 19:00 Guadalajara
10-11-19 LM León 04:00 Toluca
24-11-19 LM Toluca 19:00 Santos Laguna

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Santos Laguna 15 9 3 3 33 21 8 7 1 0 24 5 7 2 2 3 9 16 12 30
2 Necaxa 15 8 4 3 30 18 8 3 4 1 18 9 7 5 0 2 12 9 12 28
3 América 16 7 7 2 26 20 8 5 3 0 18 8 8 2 4 2 8 12 6 28
4 Queretaro 15 8 3 4 26 15 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 4 2 2 14 6 11 27
5 Tigres UANL 15 7 6 2 24 13 8 4 3 1 15 7 7 3 3 1 9 6 11 27
6 León 14 7 5 2 31 20 7 3 4 0 14 10 7 4 1 2 17 10 11 26
7 Tijuana 15 7 3 5 25 27 7 4 3 0 13 8 8 3 0 5 12 19 -2 24
8 Pumas UNAM 15 6 3 6 19 16 8 5 1 2 15 6 7 1 2 4 4 10 3 21
9 Atlas 16 6 3 7 18 22 8 3 1 4 9 9 8 3 2 3 9 13 -4 21
10 Morelia 14 6 2 6 20 19 7 3 1 3 8 7 7 3 1 3 12 12 1 20
11 Monterrey 15 6 2 7 20 22 7 4 1 2 11 9 8 2 1 5 9 13 -2 20
12 Pachuca 15 5 3 7 28 25 8 3 0 5 13 13 7 2 3 2 15 12 3 18
13 Cruz Azul 15 3 8 4 20 20 7 2 4 1 13 9 8 1 4 3 7 11 0 17
14 Atlético San Luis 15 5 2 8 19 25 8 1 2 5 7 13 7 4 0 3 12 12 -6 17
15 Toluca 15 4 4 7 13 17 7 3 1 3 8 7 8 1 3 4 5 10 -4 16
16 Guadalajara 15 4 4 7 19 24 7 3 1 3 10 8 8 1 3 4 9 16 -5 16
17 Juárez 14 4 2 8 11 18 7 3 1 3 8 7 7 1 1 5 3 11 -7 14
18 Puebla 15 3 4 8 14 27 7 2 1 4 7 14 8 1 3 4 7 13 -13 13
19 Veracruz 15 1 4 10 9 36 8 1 3 4 8 16 7 0 1 6 1 20 -27 7

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