León vs Necaxa betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Estadio León

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Tue 16.March
Match begins: 03:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio León (31297 seats)

León perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Necaxa can look both up and down from their 10th position.

Insights:
  • León have the the best goal difference (+13) in Liga MX
  • León have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Necaxa have scored away.

León and Necaxa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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León form and stats

León, who have the the best goal difference (+13) in Liga MX, have been outstanding at home so far in the Liga MX with 7 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. Game days at Estadio León have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for León as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

León drew their last game, 1-1 away at Monterrey. Prior to that, an away loss at America.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from León's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eleven games, won eight matches, drawn one and lost two.

León have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio León with 15 goals in 8 league matches. León are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio León in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Necaxa form and stats

3-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Necaxa in their Liga MX matches away. Necaxa seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

It might be tough going out on the road again for Necaxa, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Santos Laguna. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Pachuca.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Necaxa when being an outsider away as they are today, we find seven matches with the visitors losing five times, drawing one and winning one game.

A quick return to home after this game, as Necaxa are hosting Juarez in the Liga MX only four days away.

The attacking power of Necaxa when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Necaxa in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Necaxa - León 0-2. León-Necaxa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: León eight wins, Necaxa one win, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LeónÁ. Mena Delgado
Á. Mena Delgado
11 goals
LeónE. Gigliotti
E. Gigliotti
7 goals
LeónJ. Meneses Villarroel
J. Meneses Villarroel
6 goals

León missing players

Necaxa missing players

León Necaxa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 4 15 28
17 11 3 Won W 0 3 8
8 2 1 Drew D 3 4 7
8 3 2 Lost L 1 8 13
43 25 7 Scored S 3 12 26
32 14 6 Conceded C 6 21 38
91% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 68%
39% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 36%
15% 19% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 18%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
52% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 47% 46%
36% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 21%
21% 12% 17% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.6
5 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
11.8 12.2 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.6 10.8
3.8 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.9 3.2
34% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 28% 29%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • León have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • León have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Necaxa have scored away.
  • León have the most points (22) at home in Liga MX
  • León have the most points from losing position (20) in Liga MX
  • León have the the best goal difference (+13) in Liga MX
  • Necaxa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 León 17 12 4 1 27 14 8 7 1 0 15 7 9 5 3 1 12 7 13 40
2 Pumas UNAM 17 8 8 1 29 17 9 5 4 0 19 8 8 3 4 1 10 9 12 32
3 America 17 9 5 3 31 22 9 6 2 1 19 9 8 3 3 2 12 13 9 32
4 Cruz Azul 17 9 2 6 23 16 8 5 1 2 12 6 9 4 1 4 11 10 7 29
5 Monterrey 17 8 5 4 26 21 8 4 3 1 13 9 9 4 2 3 13 12 5 29
6 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 27 16 9 4 4 1 15 8 8 3 3 2 12 8 11 28
7 Guadalajara 17 7 5 5 20 17 9 4 3 2 11 9 8 3 2 3 9 8 3 26
8 Santos Laguna 17 7 4 6 24 20 8 5 2 1 14 5 9 2 2 5 10 15 4 25
9 Pachuca 17 6 7 4 18 14 9 3 3 3 11 10 8 3 4 1 7 4 4 25
10 Necaxa 17 7 3 7 16 20 9 4 1 4 10 12 8 3 2 3 6 8 -4 24
11 Toluca 17 6 3 8 23 28 8 5 1 2 14 9 9 1 2 6 9 19 -5 21
12 Puebla 17 6 2 9 22 25 8 2 2 4 12 13 9 4 0 5 10 12 -3 20
13 Juarez 17 4 7 6 16 19 9 3 4 2 6 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -3 19
14 Mazatlan 17 4 4 9 24 31 8 3 2 3 11 13 9 1 2 6 13 18 -7 16
15 Tijuana 17 4 3 10 12 27 9 4 2 3 9 9 8 0 1 7 3 18 -15 15
16 Atlas 17 3 5 9 13 20 8 2 1 5 5 8 9 1 4 4 8 12 -7 14
17 Queretaro 17 3 4 10 23 28 8 3 2 3 15 11 9 0 2 7 8 17 -5 13
18 Atletico San Luis 17 3 2 12 16 35 9 2 2 5 9 18 8 1 0 7 7 17 -19 11

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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.