Toluca opposes Tijuana in Liga MX confrontation

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 07.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nemesio Díez (31000 seats)

A lot at stake in this fixture, with Toluca placed 2nd and Tijuana in 5th. Here's a full preview!

Insights:
  • Toluca have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Tijuana have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

It should be mentioned that Tijuana play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Tijuana on grass are 4 victories, 10 draws and 18 defeats from 32 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 24-53. You can compare this with overall results below.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

This should be an action-packed fixture with lots of fun and energy as both sides are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Toluca form and stats

Toluca have collected seven points from their first three Liga MX games here at Estadio Nemesio Díez, a promising start.

The spoils were shared in Toluca's previous game, also at home. Visiting Puebla (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Navarro (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Navarro served one assist, hit three key passes and had 47 successful passes (of 52 total).

1-1 away at Juarez before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Toluca handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

On the other hand, Toluca have conceded 4 goals.

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Tijuana form and stats

Tijuana are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Liga MX, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Impressive finishing from Guzmán secured the home win 2-0 against Mazatlan in their previous game. Midfielder Rodríguez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.02. Rodríguez hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Atlas.

Tijuana are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 5 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

Tijuana have the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 3 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Toluca four wins, one draw and Tijuana five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TolucaL. Fernández López
L. Fernández López
3 goals
TolucaV. Huerta Jerez
V. Huerta Jerez
2 goals
TijuanaL. Rodríguez
L. Rodríguez
2 goals

Toluca missing players

Tijuana missing players

Toluca Tijuana
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 1 3 6
4 2 0 Won W 0 1 3
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
11 6 1 Scored S 0 3 7
7 4 1 Conceded C 1 3 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 83%
43% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 17%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
71% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 33%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 33%
 
4.4 7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 2.3 4.2
6.7 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 7.7 5.5
2.1 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.8
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.6 17 16 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.7 8.2
5.6 8.3 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.3
28% 24% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 35%
 
15.4 15.7 15 Shots against (avg) S A 19 16 10.8
4 4.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.3 3.3
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • All of Toluca's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Tijuana have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Tijuana have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tijuana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Toluca have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Toluca have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Toluca haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tigres UANL 6 5 0 1 9 4 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 15
2 Toluca 7 4 2 1 11 7 3 2 1 0 6 4 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 14
3 Monterrey 6 4 1 1 12 7 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 2 1 1 8 5 5 13
4 Puebla 7 2 4 1 9 7 3 1 2 0 2 1 4 1 2 1 7 6 2 10
5 Tijuana 6 3 1 2 7 5 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 10
6 Leon 6 2 3 1 9 8 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 9
7 Pachuca 6 2 3 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 9
8 Necaxa 6 3 0 3 6 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 0 9
9 Pumas UNAM 6 1 5 0 7 6 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 8
10 Cruz Azul 6 2 2 2 9 9 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 8
11 Santos Laguna 5 2 1 2 7 7 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 7
12 Juarez 7 1 4 2 5 5 4 0 3 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 7
13 Atletico San Luis 7 1 4 2 4 5 3 0 1 2 1 3 4 1 3 0 3 2 -1 7
14 Guadalajara 6 0 5 1 3 4 4 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 5
15 America 5 1 1 3 5 8 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 4 8 -3 4
16 Atlas 6 1 1 4 6 10 2 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 1 3 2 6 -4 4
17 Mazatlan 6 0 3 3 5 10 3 0 1 2 3 6 3 0 2 1 2 4 -5 3
18 Queretaro 6 0 2 4 5 12 3 0 1 2 3 7 3 0 1 2 2 5 -7 2

Read more about Liga MX

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.