TOLUCA DE LERDO. Toluca overcomes Tijuana with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Domínguez (52′) and a goal from J. Meneses (63′).
The match was played at the Estadio Nemesio Díez stadium in Toluca de Lerdo on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Diego Montaño Robles who had the assistance of Mauricio Nieto Torres and Jesús Lorenzo Soto Dávila. The 4th official was . The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.4 degrees Celsius or 72.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 18%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Toluca was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Tijuana that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Tijuana was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 0 were on target. Even so, Toluca was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Toluca shot 15 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Tijuana shot 12 times, 0 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Toluca received 2 yellow cards (Alexis Vega and Tomás Belmonte). On the other side, Tijuana received 2 yellow cards (Nicolás Díaz and Kevin Castañeda).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Toluca has 21 points to sit in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Tijuana will stays with 4 points like Santos Laguna and Puebla to hold in the 12th place.
Next matches
Toluca – Formation
Toluca
79'
16'
52'
Toluca adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Renato Manuel Alves Paiva decided to play with the following team: Tiago Volpi , Carlos Orrantía , Federico Pereira , Juan Escobar , Brian García , Tomás Belmonte , Marcel Ruiz , Juan Domínguez , Alexis Vega , Jean Meneses and Iván López .
The home team had on the bench: Fernando Piñuelas, Jesús Angulo , Maximiliano Araújo , Mauricio Isaís, Antonio Figueroa, Luis García, Claudio Baeza , Adrián Mora, Isaias Violante and Víctor Manuel Arteaga Camarena .
Substitutions
Toluca made 4 changes: Jean Meneses for Maximiliano Araújo (65′), Marcel Ruiz for Claudio Baeza (65′), Iván López for Jesús Angulo (46′) and Alexis Vega for Isaías Violante Romero (79′).
Player of the match: Brian García
The most impressive player for Toluca was Brian García even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 43 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.
Tijuana – Formation
Tijuana
Also Tijuana adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Miguel Ernesto Herrera Aguirre played with: Antonio Rodríguez , Diego Barbosa , Kevin Balanta , Nicolás Díaz , Francisco Contreras , Fernando Madrigal , Christian Rivera , Domingo Blanco , Lucas Rodríguez , Eduardo Armenta and Carlos Gonzalez .
These were the players on the bench: Rafael Fernández , Joe Corona , Aké Arnaud Loba, Kevin Castañeda , José Zúñiga , Aarón Mejía, Jesús Gómez, Jesús Corona, Carlos Galicia and Jaime Alvarez.
Tijuana could not rely on the presence of Kevin Castañeda (injured).
Substitutions
Tijuana made 4 changes: Lucas Rodríguez for Kevin Castañeda (28′), Eduardo Armenta for José Zúñiga (61′), Fernando Madrigal for Joe Corona (61′) and Diego Barbosa for Rafael Fernández (76′).
Player of the match: Kevin Castañeda
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Tijuana was Kevin Castañeda.
His rating is with 32 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was sensational also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 28′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.
- Tigres UANL – Atlas – 1-1
- Guadalajara – Pumas UNAM – 3-1
- América – Cruz Azul – 1-0
- Toluca – Tijuana – 2-0
