Liga MX preview: Can Tijuana edge out victory against Querétaro?

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 03:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Caliente (27333 seats)

Liga MX: Tipsway are looking at an engrossing and vital game featuring Tijuana and Querétaro at Estadio Caliente. This duo need points like a fish needs water!

Insights:
  • Tijuana have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Querétaro have the most conceded goals (35) in Liga MX

These teams have little in common geographically as Querétaro have to travel 2600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Tijuana form and stats

With 2 Liga MX wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Tijuana are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Tijuana hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Atletico San Luis, Atlas, Mazatlan, Pumas UNAM and Tijuana), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Two draws in a row at home now for Tijuana.

No payout for Tijuana in their previous match, an away game at Monterrey that ended in defeat 0-4. As you see from the result above, Tijuana suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Rodríguez had a busy but productive day in the Monterrey match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Godinez, defender, was given a rating of 7.01/10 in that game, top of the team. Godinez won 4 of 5 duels.

In the match before that, Tijuana hosted Toluca and drew the game 3-3.

The Tijuana fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 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. Tijuana has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.

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Querétaro form and stats

Querétaro have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Liga MX, after 0-2-7 (9 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 15 away games in a row.

The regulars enjoyed Querétaro's previous match versus Pumas UNAM, a 1-0 win played at home. That win felt nice as this team had gone three league games without victory. Goalkeeper Alcalá was absolutely vital in the Querétaro victory against Pumas UNAM, making six saves. Goalkeeper Alcalá got the top player rating of the team with 8.43/10. Alcalá topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Cruz Azul.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Querétaro playing away, we found 8 games. Results were 0 away wins, 3 draws and 5 home wins.

The attacking power of Querétaro when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. The Querétaro manager Larrea has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Querétaro - Tijuana 2-0 was the scoreline in these contenders' latest h2h game, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Tijuana wins - draws - Querétaro wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TijuanaL. Rodríguez
L. Rodríguez
6 goals
QuerétaroÁ. Sepúlveda Sánchez
Á. Sepúlveda Sánchez
5 goals
TijuanaL. López
L. López
4 goals

Tijuana missing players

Querétaro missing players

Tijuana Querétaro
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
6 4 2 Won W 0 0 3
11 7 2 Drew D 1 5 13
13 4 0 Lost L 3 10 14
32 18 4 Scored S 3 10 30
51 19 1 Conceded C 10 30 54
93% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
87% 87% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 87%
47% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 47%
23% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 30%
13% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 13%
57% 47% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 63%
20% 33% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 13%
30% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 27%
 
4.9 6.1 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.1 4.2
5.9 4.7 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.5 4.9
2.5 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.5
7 3 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
12.9 14.8 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 11.5 12.7
3.8 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.7 3.9
28% 26% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 25% 25%
 
13.7 11.5 9 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 14.3 14.2
5 4.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.3 4.4
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Querétaro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Querétaro have the most conceded goals (35) in Liga MX
  • Querétaro have the the worst goal difference (-14) away in Liga MX
  • Querétaro have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Liga MX
  • Querétaro have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Querétaro have yet to win a game away.
  • 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 América 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 Querétaro 17 1 6 10 18 35 8 1 4 3 10 13 9 0 2 7 8 22 -17 9

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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.