Toluca will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Monterrey.
- Monterrey have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Liga MX
Monterrey could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a CONCACAF Champions League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Deportivo Pantoja. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Toluca form and stats
Toluca are steadily winning Liga MX games and points here at Estadio Nemesio Díez. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
The fans are hoping that Toluca will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Liga MX game against León. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 4-4 versus Puebla.
Luis García had a busy but productive day in the León match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.
The Toluca fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Toluca have conceded 9 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Monterrey form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga MX matches, Monterrey have produced an overall stat of 4-2-3 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Monterrey, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Deportivo Pantoja in the CONCACAF Champions League last time out. Before that, Monterrey secured a home win against Atletico San Luis with the score 2-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Deportivo Pantoja in just four days.
The visiting Monterrey have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Monterrey have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Monterrey - Toluca 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Toluca four wins, two draws and Monterrey four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Canelo 15 goals |   R. Funes Mori 15 goals | M. Estrada Martínez 9 goals |
Toluca missing players
Monterrey missing players
| Toluca | Monterrey | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 11 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 45 | 28 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 22 | 45 |
| 47 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 97% |
| 74% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 73% | 77% |
| 55% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 47% | 43% |
| 39% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 29% | 27% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 61% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | 67% |
| 29% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 13% | 20% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 27% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 10.6 | 11.6 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 11.5 | 13 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 39% | 45% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 41% | 37% |
- Monterrey have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Monterrey have the most scored goals in the first half (25) 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 | León | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 40 |
| 2 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | America | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Monterrey | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 28 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Pachuca | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Necaxa | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Toluca | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Puebla | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Juarez | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Mazatlan | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 16 |
| 15 | Tijuana | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 18 | -15 | 15 |
| 16 | Atlas | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | Queretaro | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 13 |
| 18 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -19 | 11 |