TOLUCA DE LERDO. Pachuca was in the end too good for Toluca with the goal of V. Guzman (12′), N. Ibanez (70′) and Y. Moreno (85′).

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 César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos with the support of Karen Janett Díaz Medina and Alberto Morín Méndez. The 4th official was Jesus Rafael Lopez Valle. The weather was smoke. The temperature was pleasant at 21.4 degrees Celsius or 70.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 18%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Toluca was in firm control of the ball 55% while Pachuca was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Pachuca was putting more pressure with 38 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Pachuca won the encounter.​

Toluca shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Pachuca shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Toluca received 1 yellow card (K. Castaneda). On the opposite side, Pachuca didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this contest, Toluca will stay with 13 points to hold in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Pachuca will have 22 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga MX, Toluca will play away with León on the 2nd of May with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of León (7 draws).

Pachuca will play away agasint Pumas UNAM on the 1st of May with a 12-10 head to head statistic in favor of Pachuca (20 draws).

Toluca – Formation

Toluca adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Marcos Ignacio Ambriz Espinoza decided to play with the following team: Gustavo Gutiérrez (5.8), Carlos Guzmán (6.1), Oscar Vanegas (6.4), Haret Ortega (6.5), Diego (6.8), Claudio Baeza (7.1), Jordan Sierra (6.6), Raúl López (6.6), Camilo Sanvezzo (5.8), Daniel Álvarez (6.2) and Alexis Canelo (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Valber Huerta (6.8), Ronaldo Dimas, Alan Rodríguez, Kevin Castañeda (6.6), Braian Samudio (6.8), Pablo González, Jorge Torres, Jorge Rodriguez (6.6), Ian González Nieto (6.6) and Isaias Violante.

Substitutions

Toluca made 5 changes: O. L. Vanegas Zuniga for V. Huerta (42′), D. Alvarez for K. Castaneda (42′), R. Lopez for B. Samudio (46′), A. Canelo for N. I. Gonzalez (72′) and J. Sierra for J. A. Rodriguez Hernandez (72′).

Best player: Claudio Baeza​

The player that probably impressed the most for Toluca was Claudio Baeza.

His rating is (7.1) with 63 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5.

Pachuca – Formation

Also Pachuca adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Jorge Guillermo Almada Álves played with: Óscar Ustari (7.8), Kevin Álvarez (7.6), Gustavo Cabral (7.3), Miguel Tapias (6.9), Daniel Aceves (7.2), Erick Sánchez (7.6), Luis Chávez (7.3), Avilés Hurtado (7.1), Víctor Guzmán (7.1), Romario Ibarra (7.3) and Nicolás Ibáñez (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Óscar Murillo, Bryan Gonzalez, Roberto de la Rosa (6.2), José Castillo, Miguel Herrera, Jesús Hernández, Carlos Moreno, Yairo Moreno (7.1), Jesús Trindade (6.5) and Fernando Navarro (8.2).

Substitutions

Pachuca made 4 changes: A. Hurtado for Y. Moreno (61′), V. Guzman for F. Navarro (64′), R. Ibarra for R. de la Rosa (78′) and E. Sanchez for J. Trindade (78′).

Best player: Fernando Navarro​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Pachuca was Fernando Navarro even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 14 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 64′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.​

• Atlético San Luis – Puebla – 2-1
• Toluca – Pachuca – 0-3
• Guadalajara – América – 0-0
• Cruz Azul – Pumas UNAM – 2-1