On Sun Aug 28th, Toluca and Pachuca will play a match in Toluca de Lerdo in a meeting of these two closely matched Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Toluca recorded a 0-1 loss against Atlético San Luis. Jhon Murillo struck first for Atlético San Luis in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Javier Guemez, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Toluca couldn’t muster any offence and Atlético San Luis ran away with the shutout win. Toluca should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Pachuca, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against León. Luna Lopez scored the first goal for Pachuca in the 86th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed León couldn’t manage to score, and Pachuca took the shutout win. Pachuca is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Feb 19th, Toluca won by a score of 5 to 1 in front of almost 26000 spectators. Victor Dávila scored the first goal for Pachuca in the 29th minute, then Kevin Castañeda tied it up for Toluca in the 47th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 57th minute on a goal by Michael Estrada to cap off a wild match.
Nicolás Ibañez has been the most prolific scorer on Pachuca in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. Toluca is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Camilo Sanvezzo and Jean Meneses each having 2 goals in their last five.