TOLUCA DE LERDO. Toluca beat Querétaro 3-1 thanks to I. López who scored in the 2nd and 66th minute. Toluca was truly superior in terms of ball possession (74%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estadio Nemesio Díez stadium in Toluca de Lerdo on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Hernández Gómez assisted by Marco Antonio Bisguerra Mendiola and Jair De Jesús Sosa García. The 4th official was Salvador Pérez Villalobos. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 16.61 degrees Celsius or 61.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Toluca had a superior ball possession 74% while Querétaro was struggling with a 26% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Toluca was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Toluca won the match.
Toluca shot 24 times, 12 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Querétaro shot 11 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Toluca didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Querétaro received 3 yellow cards (Emanuel Gularte, Kevin Escamilla and Pablo Barrera).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Toluca will have 18 points like Guadalajara to sit in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Querétaro will stay with 12 points like León, Puebla and Pachuca to move up in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga MX, Toluca will play away against Mazatlán on the 11th of November with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Toluca (2 draws).
Querétaro will host Monterrey on the 11th of November with a 17-8 head to head stats in favor of Monterrey (5 draws).
Toluca – Formation
Toluca
58'
79'
Toluca adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Marcos Ignacio Ambriz Espinoza decided to play with the following team: Tiago Volpi , Brian García , Andrés Mosquera , Valber Huerta , Maximiliano Araújo , Marcel Ruiz , Claudio Baeza , Juan Domínguez , Iván López , Jesús Angulo and Robert Morales .
The home team had on the bench: Fernando Piñuelas, Tomás Belmonte , Carlos Orrantía , Pedro Raul , Mauricio Isaís, Fernando Navarro, Luis García, Adrián Mora, Juan Gamboa and Jesús Venegas.
Substitutions
Toluca made 5 changes: Brian García for Carlos Orrantía (79′), Claudio Baeza for Tomás Belmonte (78′), Iván López for Pedro Raul (78′), Robert Morales for Jesús Venegas (89′) and Juan Domínguez for Juan Gamboa (87′).
Best player: Iván López
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Toluca was Iván López.
His rating is with 2 goals, 30 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.
Querétaro – Formation
Querétaro
36'
Also Querétaro adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Mauro Nestor Gerk Larrea played with: Guillermo Allison , Óscar Manzanárez , Emanuel Gularte , Federico Lértora , Raúl Sandoval , Jordan Sierra , Marco García , Kevin Escamilla , Pablo Barrera , José Zúñiga and Camilo Sanvezzo .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Joaquín Montecinos , Paolo Yrízar, Mauro Laínez, Ettson Ayón, Nicolás Cordero , Alberto García , Alejandro Arana, Yahir Del Aguila, Marco Ulises Gonzalez Molina and Pablo Nicolás Ortíz.
Substitutions
Querétaro made 4 changes: Marco García for Nicolás Cordero (75′), Camilo Sanvezzo for Joaquín Montecinos (75′), Jordan Sierra for Marco Ulises González Molina (89′) and Kevin Escamilla for Alberto García (87′).
Best player: Guillermo Allison
The player that probably impressed the most for Querétaro was the goalkeeper: Guillermo Allison. His rating is 8.36. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.
- Necaxa – Puebla – 1-2
- Toluca – Querétaro – 3-1
- Cruz Azul – Pumas UNAM – 1-4
- Guadalajara – Atlas – 4-1
- Pachuca – Tigres UANL – 1-1
