📊 Form Guide

Universidad Nacional

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Universidad Nacional head into this match coming off the back of a 1-1 Liga MX (Clausura) draw versus Club Tijuana.

In that match, Universidad Nacional managed 70% possession and 15 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Universidad Nacional was Juninho (45'). On the other side, Tijuana got 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Ramiro Árciga (40') scored for Club Tijuana.

Universidad Nacional haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.

They have hit an aggregate of 10 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 9.

Their prior results show that Universidad Nacional:

• have not lost a league tie with Toluca in their previous 3 games.
• haven't won against Toluca in their last 5 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 5 league matches at home.

Toluca

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Toluca head into the meeting following a 2-0 Liga MX (Clausura) win with the defeat of CD Guadalajara in their most recent game.

In that game, Toluca managed 46% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Toluca, goals were scored by Jesús Gallardo (5') and Jorge Díaz (16'). Guadalajara got 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

A series of very capable performances from the Toluca defence has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 2 from their previous 6 fixtures in total. In that period, their forwards have scored 8. We will have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Toluca:

• haven't won against Universidad Nacional when they have played them away from home in the previous 7 league games. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• remain undefeated by Universidad Nacional in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 9 league matches away from home. What an impressive run of results.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels going back to 16/04/2023, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Universidad Nacional winning 1 of those games, Toluca 1 and 4 being drawn in regulation time.

15 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 7 from Pumas and 8 netted by Los Diablos Rojos. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The last league encounter featuring the two was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 5 on 17/08/2025 and the score finished Toluca 1-1 Universidad Nacional.

In that game, Toluca had 71% possession and 23 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer was Jesús Angulo (67').

On the other side, Universidad Nacional got 6 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Jorge Ruvalcaba (12') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Víctor Cáceres.

ℹ️ Team News: Universidad Nacional

It looks as if Pumas will possibly use the 4-4-2 formation for this one, handing starts to Keylor Navas, Rodrigo Lopez, Nathan Silva, Ángel Azuaje, Alvaro Angulo, Alan Medina, A. Carrasquilla, Pedro Vite, Jordan Carrillo, Robert Morales and Juninho.

📋 Team News: Toluca

It’s our belief that Los Diablos Rojos seem likely to play in a 4-3-3 formation using Luis García, Diego Barbosa, Federico Pereira, Bruno Méndez, Jesús Gallardo, Jorge Díaz Price, Franco Romero, Santiago Simón, Jesús Angulo, Paulinho and Marcel Ruíz.

💡 Prediction

We envisage that Universidad Nacional will likely be able to score against this Toluca team, however a single goal is unlikely to prevent defeat.

Our tip is for a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 victory for Toluca after the 90. We’ll have to see what happens.

Renata Leite, 03:05 04/03/2026