Home advantage could prove decisive in Tijuana - Mazatlán battle

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 25.September
Match begins: 02:06 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Caliente (27333 seats)

Tijuana believe to sell many tickets for this game even though the season has been hard up to now with 6 points and a 18th position in the Liga MX table. Visiting Mazatlán own 11th place with 10 pts.

Insights:
  • Tijuana have the most conceded goals (17) in Liga MX
  • Mazatlán is in the worst form (0-3-3)

Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an energetic match!

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Tijuana form and stats

The story so far in the Liga MX for Tijuana, who have the most conceded goals (17) in Liga MX, at their home stadium (Estadio Caliente) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Tijuana faced defeat in their previous match, away at Atletico San Luis (1-4). Midfield player Lucas Rodríguez got a match rating of 7.2 in that game, the max score being 10. Rodríguez scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Before that, Tijuana had a home game versus Santos Laguna which ended with a victory 2-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Tijuana have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 21 games) they have won 13 times, drawn three and lost five.

Tijuana are traveling soon after this match as the Liga MX match at Necaxa awaits in four days.

The Tijuana fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Tijuana have conceded 8 from these games.

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Mazatlán form and stats

The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX.

Mazatlán played 2-2 against Pumas UNAM in their previous match. As mentioned above, Mazatlán drew the match against Pumas UNAM. Manager B. San José Gil brought on Daniel Amador to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Carlos Vargas, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.6. Vargas won 6 of 6 duels.

Prior to that match, the Mazatlán manager B. San José Gil faced defeat when travelling to America and losing 0-2.

Mazatlán are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and six defeats. From a total of seven matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Mazatlán are hosting Juarez in the Liga MX only four days away.

Mazatlán have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. As for defending, Mazatlán rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Tijuana-Mazatlán H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Tijuana zero wins, Mazatlán two wins, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MazatlánC. Da Silva Sanvezzo
C. Da Silva Sanvezzo
4 goals
TijuanaL. Rodríguez
L. Rodríguez
3 goals
TijuanaB. Angulo León
B. Angulo León
2 goals

Tijuana missing players

Mazatlán missing players

Tijuana Mazatlán
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 5 2 Played P 0 4 9
1 1 1 Won W 0 1 2
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
5 2 1 Lost L 0 2 3
9 6 3 Scored S 0 4 11
17 8 3 Conceded C 0 7 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
56% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 67%
22% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 33%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
78% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 56%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 11%
22% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
5.2 7 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.2 2.3
3.9 4 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 5.4
2.2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.1 17.2 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5.8 7.4
3.7 4.2 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.2
27% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 55%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • All of Mazatlán's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Tijuana's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Mazatlán have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Mazatlán haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mazatlán is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Tijuana have created more than twice as many corners as Mazatlán.
  • Tijuana have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Tijuana have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tijuana have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Liga MX
  • Tijuana have the most conceded goals (17) in Liga MX
  • Tijuana have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Liga MX
  • Tijuana have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Tijuana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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

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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.