Football match preview: Guadalajara vs Monterrey

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Thu 14.April
Match begins: 01:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio AKRON (45000 seats)

There has been no shortage of loss and gain for these squads this season, occupying positions near the midpoint of the Liga MX table. Here's the Guadalajara - Monterrey latest:

Insights:
  • Guadalajara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monterrey have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Liga MX

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Guadalajara form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Guadalajara have to build on here at Estadio AKRON in the Liga MX. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Guadalajara.

Guadalajara drew their last game, 1-1 away at Toluca. Macías was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Toluca after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfield player Beltrán got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Beltrán served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Atlas that finished 1-1.

Guadalajara are traveling soon after this match as the Liga MX match at Cruz Azul awaits in three days.

The Guadalajara fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Guadalajara have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Monterrey form and stats

There's been little loot from Monterrey's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Liga MX. Monterrey only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 5 draws.

The supporters enjoyed Monterrey's previous fixture versus Santos Laguna, a 1-0 win played at home. Monterrey made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Campbell receiving a red card in the 75th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Monterrey won the match 1-0! Aguirre, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Aguirre hit three key passes and won 8 of 10 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Toluca that ended 2-2.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Liga MX trip to Pumas UNAM.

Monterrey have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest recorded result between these squads is the Monterrey - Guadalajara 0-0 played not long ago this season. Stats for the former ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: three wins for Guadalajara, three draws and four wins for Monterrey. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

MonterreyR. Funes Mori
R. Funes Mori
9 goals
GuadalajaraÁ. Zaldívar Caviedes
Á. Zaldívar Caviedes
6 goals
MonterreyM. Meza
M. Meza
6 goals

Guadalajara missing players

Monterrey missing players

Guadalajara Monterrey
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 14 3 Played P 4 16 32
8 5 0 Won W 1 3 11
13 4 1 Drew D 2 8 13
9 5 2 Lost L 1 5 8
32 17 4 Scored S 6 20 40
31 17 6 Conceded C 4 19 29
80% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 84%
63% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 69%
43% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 44% 38%
20% 21% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 22%
3% 7% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 6% 3%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 47%
40% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 34%
30% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 34%
 
4.4 5.1 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.8 5.1
4.2 4.4 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.1 3.8
2.4 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.4
7 3 1 Red cards R C 0 3 8
 
12.3 13.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 11.6 13.5
4.2 4.6 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.1 4.7
25% 26% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 27%
 
11.2 11.4 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.6 10.8
3.5 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.1 3.9
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Guadalajara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monterrey have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Monterrey have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Liga MX

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 America 17 10 5 2 21 10 9 7 2 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 8 8 11 35
2 Atlas 17 8 5 4 21 10 9 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 3 1 13 5 11 29
3 Leon 17 8 5 4 20 14 8 3 3 2 11 6 9 5 2 2 9 8 6 29
4 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 26 14 9 4 5 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 11 9 12 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 9 3 23 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 24
6 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 22 8 3 4 1 13 9 9 3 2 4 9 13 0 24
7 Puebla 17 6 6 5 16 16 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 24
8 Cruz Azul 17 5 8 4 21 17 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 23
9 Monterrey 17 5 7 5 19 16 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 1 5 3 9 12 3 22
10 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 4 3 0 22
11 Pumas UNAM 17 5 6 6 17 23 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -6 21
12 Atletico San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlan 17 5 5 7 18 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 20
14 Necaxa 17 6 2 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 20
15 Pachuca 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 8 2 1 5 9 14 -2 18
16 Juarez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Queretaro 17 3 6 8 11 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 3 12 -8 15
18 Tijuana 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 1 2 5 7 16 -11 15

Read more about Liga MX

Liga MX is the top division in the Mexican football league system. Each season the league has two tournaments, Apertura (opening) and Clausura (closing). This means that the Liga MX has two champions per season. The Liga MX is the fourth most attended football league in the world.