The Liga MX (Clausura) match at The Estadio Hidalgo on Sunday sees hosts Pachuca go up against opponents Mazatlán.
View all of the Pachuca v Mazatlán predictions, poll and stats below - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Pachuca
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Pachuca go into this fixture following on from a 1-1 CONCACAF Champions League stalemate versus Club América.
The only scorer from Pachuca was Andrés Micolta (40'). Alejandro Zendejas (12') was the scorer for Club América.
Guillermo Almada's Pachuca have found the net 14 times over their prior 6 outings. At the other end, the number of goals that have been scored against them in that time stands at 5.
Mazatlán
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Since tasting defeat last time out to FC Juárez in Liga MX (Clausura) competition, Mazatlán and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
In that game, Mazatlán had 41% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. FC Juárez got 20 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Avilés Hurtado (59') and Jesús Venegas (67') scored for FC Juárez.
Gilberto Adame's Mazatlán have found the back of the net 6 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those same clashes equals 13.
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Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 30/01/2021, there has been little between the sides with Pachuca winning 2 of those games, Mazatlán 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.
An aggregate of 17 goals were scored between them in this period, with 9 of them for Los Tuzos and 8 created by Mazatlán. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.
The last league encounter featuring the two was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 1 on 01/07/2023 which ended up with the score at Mazatlán 1-1 Pachuca.
That time, Mazatlán had 45% possession and 8 shots at goal with 5 on target. The scorer was Eduard Bello (62').
At the other end, Pachuca got 20 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Lucas Di Yorio (45') scored.
The referee was Jesús López.
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Team News: Pachuca
The Pachuca boss Guillermo Almada has a full complement, with no fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash thanks to a fully healthy squad to pick from.
We are thinking that Los Tuzos will probably use the 4-3-3 system for the game featuring Carlos Moreno, Sergio Barreto, Valentín Rodríguez, Jorge Berlanga, Luis Rodriguez, Alán Bautista, Erick Sánchez, Pedro Pedraza, Roberto de la Rosa, Alexei Domínguez and Sergio Aguayo.
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Team News: Mazatlán
With a completely healthy group available to select from, the Mazatlán manager Gilberto Adame has zero fitness worries at all coming into this clash.
From our viewpoint, Mazatlán seem likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup, choosing Hugo Gonzalez, Bryan Colula, Facundo Almada, L. Gustavo Sánchez, Salvador Rodríguez, J. Joaquín Esquivel, Sergio Flores, Gustavo Del Prete, Andrés Montaño, Josué Colmán and Luis Amarilla.
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Prediction
In this game, Mazatlán will be up against it to find the net against a Pachuca outfit who will more than likely create a lot of chances for themselves and convert these into goals.
We’re expecting a very comfortable 3-0 winning scoreline for Pachuca after 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
06:03 25/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Pachuca
Formed: 1901
Stadium: The Estadio Hidalgo (25,922)
Captain: Gustavo Cabral
Chairman: Armando Martínez
Manager: Guillermo Almada
Competitions: Liga MX (Clausura) position 6, Liga MX (Apertura) position 11, CONCACAF Champions League (Semi-finals)
⭐ Star Man: Érick Sánchez
Generally taking to the field in the Centre Midfield position, Érick Sánchez was born in Ciudad de México, Mexico. After having made a senior debut playing for Pachuca in the 2016 - 2017 season, the talented Midfielder has bagged 5 league goals in this Liga MX (Clausura) 2023 - 2024 campaign so far from a total of 14 appearances.