Can Toluca defeat Tijuana in Estadio Nemesio Díez clash?

This football field has grass, which is not Tijuana's usual surface at their own field. When playing on grass Tijuana have performed like this: Played 39 matches yielding 6 wins, 10 draws and 23 defeats with the goal numbers 40-79 (scored/conceded).

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Tijuana, who are travelling more than 2700 kilometers to play this game.

Tijuana could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga MX game only four sleeps ago.

Toluca form and stats

The overall Liga MX results playing at home this season for Toluca are 3-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Toluca, facing Queretaro in a game that ended 1-1. Midfield player Baeza got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, the max score being 10. Baeza hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 75 successful passes (of 85 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Cruz Azul with the scoreline 1-4.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Toluca as they are travelling to their away game against Necaxa in the Liga MX. That match is three days after this one.

Toluca have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Nemesio Díez with 13 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Toluca have conceded 9 goals. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Tijuana form and stats

There's been little loot from Tijuana's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Liga MX. Tijuana only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Pardiñas, the Tijuana manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Tijuana go into this game after a win, the home game against Atlas that ended 2-0. Midfield player Ruíz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.32/10. Ruíz scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Mazatlán wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tijuana as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Tijuana - Toluca 0-2 was the result in these participants' previous h2h game, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Toluca victories, one draw and four Tijuana wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Canelo 5 goals

M. Manotas Páez 5 goals

Ó. Ortega Gatica 4 goals

Toluca missing players

Tijuana missing players