This game stars two squads living in the lower section of the Liga MX, Tijuana having 15th spot and Pumas UNAM sitting at 16th. A nice chance for one of the squads to upgrade their situation.
- All of Tijuana's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Pumas UNAM have yet to win a game away.
Tijuana's stadium, Estadio Caliente, has a artifical turf surface. Pumas UNAM have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Pumas UNAM when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses from eight matches. They have scored {6 goals} in these games and conceded 21.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Tijuana and Pumas UNAM should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Tijuana form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Liga MX this season. Tijuana have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Estadio Caliente. With seven home Liga MX games in a row without a win, the Tijuana fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
Tijuana drew their last game, also a home match. Tigres UANL was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Canelo (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.13/10. Canelo scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Juarez.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 4, drawn 5 and lost 3.
Tijuana has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Tijuana have conceded 13 from these games.
Pumas UNAM form and stats
There's been little loot from Pumas UNAM's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the Liga MX. Pumas UNAM only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Pumas UNAM are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Diogo, Dinenno (2) and del Prete scored in Pumas UNAM's previous match, the home game against Leon that ended 4-1. Dinenno, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.13. Dinenno scored two goals and hit one key pass.
A 0-3 defeat away at Santos Laguna before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Pumas UNAM playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 3 Pumas UNAM wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this team's 10 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.
Pumas have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 10 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
Pumas UNAM - Tijuana 1-1 was the score in these teams' last head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these squads: Tijuana won four, Pumas UNAM triumphed in four and we saw two draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Dinenno De Cara 9 goals |  E. Salvio 6 goals |  Diogo 5 goals |
Tijuana missing players
Pumas UNAM missing players
| Tijuana | Pumas UNAM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 27 |
| 35 | 15 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 36 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 90% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 85% |
| 45% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 78% | 65% |
| 20% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 40% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 25% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 15% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 15% |
| 35% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 20% |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 5.8 | 4.9 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.2 | 14 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.5 | 18.2 | 16.4 |
| 3.5 | 4.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 29% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 29% |
| 13.9 | 11.7 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 13.9 | 11.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 6.2 | 5.1 |
- All of Tijuana's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Pumas UNAM have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Pumas UNAM have yet to win a game away.
- Tijuana haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | Leon | 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 |
