Club Tijuana v U.N.A.M. - Pumas — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Liga MX · Saturday, 29 August 2026 · 04:00. Our rating makes this 55% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is over. The Liga MX average is 56%.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals55%45%Over
Over 3.5 goals37%63%no pick
Both teams to score61%39%Yes

The result model puts Club Tijuana at 39%, the draw at 24% and U.N.A.M. - Pumas at 37%, from expected goals of 1.57 and 1.51.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Liga MX has produced over 2.5 goals in 56% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Club Tijuana have 2 in 4 this season (2 of 3 at home), U.N.A.M. - Pumas 3 in 4 (2 of 2 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 56% and 60%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 4 and 4 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 14 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. That moves the two figures to 53% and 52%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 53%.

Head to head. These sides have met 5 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 60%. That nudges the number 10% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 54%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 59%, from expected goals of 1.57 for Club Tijuana and 1.51 for U.N.A.M. - Pumas. Folding in 30% of that view gives 55%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Club Tijuana450%25%50%
U.N.A.M. - Pumas475%25%50%

Head to head

28 Feb 26Club Tijuana 1–1 U.N.A.M. - PumasU2.5
2 Nov 25U.N.A.M. - Pumas 4–1 Club TijuanaO2.5
26 Feb 25Club Tijuana 4–2 U.N.A.M. - PumasO2.5
23 Sept 24U.N.A.M. - Pumas 1–0 Club TijuanaU2.5
10 Mar 24U.N.A.M. - Pumas 3–3 Club TijuanaO2.5
1 Jul 23Club Tijuana 2–3 U.N.A.M. - PumasO2.5

More: Club Tijuana season stats · U.N.A.M. - Pumas season stats · Liga MX table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.