Liga MX: Toluca - Cruz Azul news and all the data

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Mon 21.February
Match begins: 00:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nemesio Díez (31000 seats)

6th position in the Liga MX table for Toluca right now, a fine achievement. The home team ticketholders hope for more points as 8th-placed Cruz Azul visit Estadio Nemesio Díez.

Insights:
  • Toluca have the most points from losing position (17) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Liga MX

Cruz Azul could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a CONCACAF Champions League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Forge, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Cruz Azul.

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Toluca form and stats

Toluca have collected 13 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 3-4-1.

A strong away win for Toluca against Atletico San Luis the last match, as Sanvezzo were on target. Goalkeeper García got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.81 out of ten. García saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Mazatlan with a 2-1 scoreline.

The manager Espinoza will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Queretaro in only four days.

A decent goal production from Toluca in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Cruz Azul form and stats

2 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Cruz Azul playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Necaxa.

A quick return to home after this game, as Cruz Azul are hosting Forge in the CONCACAF Champions League only four days away.

Cruz Azul have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Cruz in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Cruz Azul - Toluca 4-0 was the result in these teams' previous head to head fixture, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Toluca victories, four draws and four Cruz Azul wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TolucaA. Canelo
A. Canelo
5 goals
Cruz AzulB. Angulo Tenorio
B. Angulo Tenorio
5 goals
TolucaÓ. Ortega Gatica
Ó. Ortega Gatica
4 goals

Toluca missing players

Cruz Azul missing players

Toluca Cruz Azul
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 3 11 23
9 4 1 Won W 1 3 8
6 4 0 Drew D 2 6 9
7 2 2 Lost L 0 2 6
29 17 4 Scored S 2 13 29
31 12 5 Conceded C 1 12 25
91% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 82% 91%
82% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 64% 74%
59% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 35%
36% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 17%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
59% 90% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 64% 57%
18% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 36% 35%
32% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 18% 17%
 
3.9 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.2 3.9
5.5 4.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 4.7
2.6 2.8 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.1 2.5
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
12.3 13.4 17.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 9 10.2
3.7 3.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.6 3.6
35% 47% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 45% 35%
 
15.1 14.5 14 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 13.5 12.5
5 5.2 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.9
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Cruz Azul have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cruz Azul have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Toluca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Toluca have the most points from losing position (17) in Liga MX

  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 10 5 2 21 10 9 7 2 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 8 8 11 35
2 Atlas 17 8 5 4 21 10 9 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 3 1 13 5 11 29
3 Leon 17 8 5 4 20 14 8 3 3 2 11 6 9 5 2 2 9 8 6 29
4 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 26 14 9 4 5 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 11 9 12 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 9 3 23 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 24
6 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 22 8 3 4 1 13 9 9 3 2 4 9 13 0 24
7 Puebla 17 6 6 5 16 16 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 24
8 Cruz Azul 17 5 8 4 21 17 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 23
9 Monterrey 17 5 7 5 19 16 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 1 5 3 9 12 3 22
10 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 4 3 0 22
11 Pumas UNAM 17 5 6 6 17 23 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -6 21
12 Atletico San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlan 17 5 5 7 18 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 20
14 Necaxa 17 6 2 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 20
15 Pachuca 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 8 2 1 5 9 14 -2 18
16 Juarez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Queretaro 17 3 6 8 11 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 3 12 -8 15
18 Tijuana 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 1 2 5 7 16 -11 15

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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.