Tijuana have some catching up to do from their 15th place, and the task starts vs León. Read more!
- Tijuana have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- León have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This football pitch has artifical turf, which is not León's familiar surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf León have performed like this: Played five matches with the outcome 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat with the goal production 5-4 (scored/conceded).
It's quite the trip for León when visiting Tijuana as the cities are 2400 kilometers apart.
This could be an engaging game with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's go!
Tijuana form and stats
Tijuana's results here at Estadio Caliente in the Liga MX have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Tijuana are returning here after visiting Mazatlan and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Canelo (2) scored the goal(s). At last, a league win after five games without. Midfield player Canelo got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, the max score being 10. Canelo scored two goals and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match, Tijuana lost 1-2 at home to Queretaro.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Tijuana have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 6 and lost 3.
Goals keep appearing in this club's league matches, with 5 in a row having three or more goals (over 2.5).
Tijuana are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Tijuana defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
León form and stats
There's been little loot from León's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Liga MX. León only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
León have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Campbell was the goal scorer.
Home advantage was not enough for León in their previous game as they lost hosting Guadalajara, 0-2. That defeat ended this team's string of league fixtures in a row without losing; ten games in total! Dávila, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.3. Dávila hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times.
A loss, in the CONCACAF Champions League away at Violette AC, earlier. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by León in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for León, 3 draws and 9 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the León manager Larcamón as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Tigres UANL.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as León have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
León - Tijuana 2-2 was the story when this pair of sides last met, earlier this season. Tijuana-León H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Tijuana two wins, León five wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  L. Di Yorio 11 goals |  V. Dávila Zavala 9 goals |  L. Rodríguez 6 goals |
Tijuana missing players
León missing players
| Tijuana | León | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 33 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 35 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 9 | 18 | 45 |
| 54 | 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 43 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 88% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 59% | 67% |
| 50% | 31% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 53% | 52% |
| 22% | 12% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | 30% |
| 12% | 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 18% | 21% |
| 59% | 50% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | 52% |
| 19% | 31% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 35% | 30% |
| 28% | 25% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 30% |
| 5 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 5.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 13.2 | 15.4 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 11.5 | 13.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 29% | 26% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 29% |
| 13.7 | 11.6 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 14.1 | 12.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
- León have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tijuana have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | America | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 33 |
| 4 | Pachuca | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Toluca | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | Puebla | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | León | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Juarez | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Necaxa | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Mazatlan | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Tijuana | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 17 |
| 16 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 14 |
| 17 | Atlas | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 | Queretaro | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 9 |
