Leagues Cup betting and spectator preview: Pachuca and Houston Dynamo meet at Shell Energy Stadium to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Pachuca and Houston Dynamo should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Pachuca form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga MX, Pachuca have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
Pachuca drew their last game, also a home match. Pumas UNAM was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Midfield player Rodriguez got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Rodriguez hit eight key passes.
Heartbreak before that as Pachuca lost 0-4 at Leon's place.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Pachuca at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Santos Laguna in their previous outing. The Leagues Cup duel ended 2-2.
Before that, 1-1 away against Orlando City in the Leagues Cup.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior two meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Pachuca, zero draws and zero wins for Houston Dynamo. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bassi 8 goals |  C. Baird 3 goals |  Þ. Úlfarsson 3 goals |
Pachuca missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Pachuca | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Conceded | C | 22 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 92% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 17.8 | 19.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11 | ||
| 6.2 | 7.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 24% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| 11.5 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Juarez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Pumas UNAM | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Atletico San Luis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Atlas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Tijuana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Toluca | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Santos Laguna | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Leon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | America | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Queretaro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Necaxa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Mazatlán | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| 16 | Pachuca | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | Puebla | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Cruz Azul | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
