Only the second game in the Liga MX for these teams and it's all to play for here at Estadio León as León welcomes Monterrey. Check out this preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
León form and stats
León manager M. Ambriz Espinoza and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Guadalajara (placed 15th) in the Liga MX. Ahead of that match, León won a home game hosting Pumas UNAM (3-1).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how León have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost one.
Last season, León's league statistics were 9 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Liga MX. Over these 18 matches they scored 38 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season León managed 4-5-0 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 11 conceded.
Monterrey form and stats
Rogelio Funes Mori (2) and Carlos Rodriguez scored in Monterrey's previous match, the home game against Toluca that ended 3-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Guadalajara that ended 1-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Monterrey playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were four Monterrey wins, two draws and three defeats.
Let's have a look at how Monterrey performed last season in the Liga MX: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 23 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 13/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): León won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Monterrey has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  R. Funes Mori 2 goals |  C. Rodríguez Gómez 1 goals |
León missing players
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| León | Monterrey | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| León | Last season | Monterrey | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 65 | 34 | Scored | S | 20 | 49 | ||
| 42 | 17 | Conceded | C | 25 | 47 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 82% | ||
| 77% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 47% | ||
| 53% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 23% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 15% | ||
| 80% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 62% | ||
| 13% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 18% | ||
| 10% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 21% | ||
| 4.9 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 366 | 199 | Total Shots | T S | 219 | 507 | ||
| 147 | 84 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 150 | ||
| 44% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | América | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Puebla | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Tigres UANL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Juarez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Monterrey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Pumas UNAM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Toluca | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Tijuana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | León | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Atletico San Luis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Querétaro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Pachuca | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Guadalajara | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Mazatlán | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Atlas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | León | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | América | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Pumas UNAM | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Tigres UANL | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Juarez | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Morelia | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Puebla | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Pachuca | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Querétaro | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 13 | Atletico San Luis | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Necaxa | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | Toluca | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 | Tijuana | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
| 17 | Atlas | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 9 |
| 18 | Monterrey | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 5 |