Match Report
The table read 4th (Pachuca, 31 pts) against 8th (Juárez, 23 pts), 8 points apart. Pachuca ranked just 34th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Per game in the league, Pachuca were scoring 1.47 and conceding 1.12, Juárez 1.59 and 1.65, against a competition average of 1.46 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 2 Pachuca wins, 3 for Juárez, 4 draws, at 2.78 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 22% of the wins in this matchup. In 78% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
The match was played at Estadio Hidalgo (capacity 30,000). Pachuca led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Pachuca: Salomón Rondón (32'), Christian Rivera (88')
Key stats
Possession: Pachuca 43% · Juárez 57% · Total shots: 19-12 · On target: 6-3 · Corners: 7-4