A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Mendiola and Dynamic Herb Cebu know what's at stake in this second leg of the Copa Paulino Alcantara Quarter-finals clash.
Dynamic Herb Cebu could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a AFC Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Macarthur. 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.
Mendiola form and stats
Mendiola's struggle is real here at Rizal Memorial Stadium with only 6 points collected from 11 PFL games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-9.
The fans hope that Mendiola will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Copa Paulino Alcantara fixture against Dynamic Herb Cebu.
In the game before, a nice away victory at Stallion. A Copa Paulino Alcantara match. The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Dynamic Herb Cebu to win. Let's see if Mendiola are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 7 games found revealing 0 Mendiola wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mendiola here at Rizal Memorial Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 11 games). Mendiola have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Dynamic Herb Cebu form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the PFL.
The Dynamic Herb Cebu goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 263 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two away games in a row for Dynamic Herb Cebu, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-8 vs Macarthur in the AFC Cup.
A home victory as anticipated against Mendiola before that, in the Copa Paulino Alcantara.
Dynamic Herb Cebu have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 24 goals from 11 away matches. Dynamic have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Dynamic Herb Cebu have won every one of the 5 most recent fixtures versus this team. Something to take note of?This isn't the first time these sides get together this season, as the history books show this recent game: Dynamic Herb Cebu - Mendiola 2-0.
Mendiola missing players
Dynamic Herb Cebu missing players
| Mendiola | Dynamic Herb Cebu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Scored | S | 33 | 64 | ||
| 69 | 35 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5.3 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 62% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 82% | 59% | ||
| 8.8 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kaya | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 70 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 50 | 55 |
| 2 | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 29 | 51 |
| 3 | Stallion | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Ceres Philippines | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 5 | Azkals | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -13 | 21 |
| 6 | Mendiola | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 66 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 30 | -47 | 15 |
| 7 | Maharlika | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 33 | -46 | 7 |
