Monterrey have come here for an entertaining battle versus the hosting Toluca. Get ready for the match with this in-depth Liga MX preview!
- Toluca have the most clean sheets (3) in Liga MX
- Monterrey have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Liga MX
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Toluca form and stats
The story so far in the Liga MX for Toluca at their home stadium (Estadio Nemesio Díez) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The Toluca coach Espinoza and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Atlas (placed 11th). Volpi, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.82 out of 10 in that game. Volpi topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Pumas UNAM that finished 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Toluca perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Toluca as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Toluca has won 5 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Toluca as they have a new game in only four days, a Liga MX match thankfully also at home. Pachuca are visiting.
Early season league goal statistics from Toluca's 2 home games: {2 goals}, 4 conceded.
Monterrey form and stats
Four points from two away games for Monterrey, meaning one draw and one victory in the Liga MX so far.
Monterrey have lots to to set right after their shock loss (1-2) to Cruz Azul in their previous game, played at their own home ground. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points. Midfielder Romo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.1. Romo hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 62 successful passes (of 74 total).
A defeat, in the Leagues Cup away at Philadelphia Union, earlier. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Monterrey in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Monterrey, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Monterrey manager Ortiz as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Guadalajara.
{4 goals} so far away for Monterrey, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Monterrey have avoided defeat in the last 6 fixtures (4-2-0) against Toluca.Top Goalscorers
  T. Volpi 2 goals |  J. Domínguez Chonteco 2 goals |   J. Rojas López 2 goals |
Toluca missing players
Monterrey missing players
| Toluca | Monterrey | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 5.4 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 14.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | 13.5 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 13 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | 13.5 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.2 |
- Monterrey have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Liga MX
- Toluca have the most clean sheets (3) in Liga MX
| Toluca | Last season | Monterrey | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 43 | 22 | Played | P | 21 | 42 | ||
| 21 | 13 | Won | W | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 79 | 48 | Scored | S | 32 | 72 | ||
| 61 | 30 | Conceded | C | 21 | 35 | ||
| 93% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 69% | ||
| 67% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 47% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 21% | ||
| 26% | 32% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 17% | ||
| 74% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 52% | 45% | ||
| 19% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 45% | ||
| 14% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 21% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 16 | ||
| 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | ||
| 15.3 | 14.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 11 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guadalajara | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Juarez | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Atletico San Luis | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Pumas UNAM | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 5 | America | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Tigres UANL | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Santos Laguna | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Monterrey | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | León | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Querétaro | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Atlas | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Toluca | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Pachuca | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Mazatlan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Tijuana | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | Puebla | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Cruz Azul | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 2 |
