Toluca vs Mazatlán Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Toluca

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Toluca will be looking for an improved result here following the 1-0 Liga MX (Clausura) losing effort in their last game against Querétaro FC.

In that game, Toluca had 76% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Querétaro FC got 7 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Jonatan Torres (31') was the scorer for Querétaro FC.

Ignacio Ambriz's Toluca have scored 13 times over their last half-dozen outings. The corresponding number of goals that have been scored against them in those same games amounts to 5.

Mazatlán

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Mazatlán go into this game following on from a 3-1 Liga MX (Clausura) win as they beat Cruz Azul in their previous outing.

In that game, Mazatlán had 50% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Mazatlán, the scorers were Oswaldo Alanís (45'), Roberto Meraz (51') and Facundo Almada (57'). On the other side, Cruz Azul had 6 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Uriel Antuna (17') scored for Cruz Azul.

Over the course of their last six clashes, Mazatlán have helped themselves to the sum of 10 goals. Mazatlán have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. During that period, their defenders have seen 13 goals go against them. Previous results aside, time will tell if that trend will persist in this next game.

Heading into this contest, Mazatlán are without a win away from home in their last 9 matches in the league. Their travelling support will be needed here, for sure.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 15 on 17/09/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Mazatlán 1-1 Toluca.

In that game, Mazatlán managed 40% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Bryan Colula (23').

For their opponents, Toluca got 17 attempts at goal with 9 on target. Camilo Sanvezzo (55') was the scorer.

The referee was Daniel Quintero.

ℹ️ Team News: Toluca

The Toluca boss Ignacio Ambriz will be grateful to have no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match owing to a completely healthy squad available to select from.

It’s our opinion that Los Diablos Rojos look set to use a 4-4-2 system for this one with Tiago Volpi, Brian García, Andres Mosquera, Valber Huerta, Brayan Angulo, Jean Meneses, Claudio Baeza, Marcel Ruíz, Maximiliano Araújo, Edgar Iván López and Carlos González.

📋 Team News: Mazatlán

Due to a fully injury-free squad available for selection, the Mazatlán boss Rubén Romano does not have any fitness concerns at all coming into this clash.

We reckon that Mazatlán seem most likely to utilise a 5-4-1 system, settling for Nicolas Vikonis, Bryan Colula, Nestor Vidrio, Facundo Almada, Oswaldo Alanís, Francisco Venegas, Eduard Bello, Jefferson Intriago, Roberto Meraz, Nicolás Benedetti and Aké Loba.

🧠 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Mazatlán have the firepower to find the net against this Toluca lineup, however that probably won’t quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We are anticipating a close game with a 2-1 winning score for Toluca when the full-time whistle blows. It really should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 02:52 08/03/2023