Monterrey manager Rojas looking for three points in Guadalajara showdown

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 08.January
Match begins: 03:10 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio BBVA Bancomer (53500 seats)

Monterrey are enjoying their 2nd, while Guadalajara are hanging back 13 points behind in the league table. Can they shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • Monterrey have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Liga MX
  • Guadalajara have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Liga MX

8 - 15 - 9 with 38-35. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Guadalajara when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Guadalajara play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their previous game. Let's look for an active match!

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Monterrey form and stats

Monterrey have performed here at Estadio BBVA Bancomer this season with 5 wins from 8 Liga MX matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.

The Monterrey followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio BBVA Bancomer: A 0-1 defeat against Pachuca. Heartbreak for Monterrey in their last match as Pachuca's Hurtado scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfielder Meza was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.81 (out of ten) in that game. Meza hit six key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 50 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Pachuca (2-5).

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 Monterrey's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 1.

It should be added that a look at the 12 most recent league matches shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The Monterrey fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. Monterrey are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio BBVA Bancomer in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.

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Guadalajara form and stats

The visitors are W2-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Copa por México home defeat versus Cruz Azul with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

Earlier, the Copa por México victory away at Atlas. Looking at the earlier recent performances of Guadalajara when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.

Guadalajara has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Guadalajara have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H match ended Guadalajara - Monterrey 1-0, earlier this season. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two squads are: three wins for Monterrey, three draws and four wins for Guadalajara. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

MonterreyG. Berterame
G. Berterame
6 goals
MonterreyJ. Gallardo Vasconcelos
J. Gallardo Vasconcelos
5 goals
MonterreyR. Funes Mori
R. Funes Mori
5 goals

Monterrey missing players

Guadalajara missing players

Monterrey Guadalajara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 9 18
11 6 4 Won W 0 2 5
6 3 0 Drew D 2 4 8
4 1 0 Lost L 1 3 5
34 17 12 Scored S 2 13 20
19 6 3 Conceded C 3 11 18
81% 70% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 78%
57% 50% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 89% 61%
43% 40% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 67% 44%
24% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 22%
24% 30% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
38% 30% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 78% 56%
52% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 39%
29% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 11% 28%
 
5.1 5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4 4.8
5 4.2 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.9 4.7
2.5 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 3 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
16.3 17.7 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 16.7 15.3 15.8
6.1 6.8 7.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.9 5.2
26% 25% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 30% 22%
 
11.6 10.3 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 13.3 12.2
4.1 4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 4.2
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Guadalajara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Guadalajara have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Liga MX
  • Guadalajara have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Monterrey have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Monterrey have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Liga MX
  • Monterrey have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Liga MX
  • Monterrey have the most clean sheets (11) 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 12 2 3 38 17 8 6 2 0 20 6 9 6 0 3 18 11 21 38
2 Monterrey 17 10 5 2 29 13 8 5 3 0 14 5 9 5 2 2 15 8 16 35
3 Santos Laguna 17 10 3 4 38 21 9 8 1 0 24 7 8 2 2 4 14 14 17 33
4 Pachuca 17 9 5 3 28 15 9 6 2 1 17 6 8 3 3 2 11 9 13 32
5 Tigres UANL 17 9 3 5 24 14 8 5 1 2 12 6 9 4 2 3 12 8 10 30
6 Toluca 17 7 6 4 27 23 9 4 4 1 17 13 8 3 2 3 10 10 4 27
7 Cruz Azul 17 7 3 7 26 34 9 5 1 3 15 12 8 2 2 4 11 22 -8 24
8 Puebla 17 4 10 3 25 23 9 3 5 1 13 11 8 1 5 2 12 12 2 22
9 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 19 17 9 3 4 2 7 7 8 2 3 3 12 10 2 22
10 Leon 17 6 4 7 25 29 8 4 2 2 16 14 9 2 2 5 9 15 -4 22
11 Juárez 17 4 7 6 17 18 9 2 5 2 11 10 8 2 2 4 6 8 -1 19
12 Necaxa 17 5 4 8 19 26 8 3 1 4 11 15 9 2 3 4 8 11 -7 19
13 Atletico San Luis 17 4 6 7 15 23 9 2 2 5 7 12 8 2 4 2 8 11 -8 18
14 Mazatlan 17 3 8 6 17 24 8 2 3 3 9 12 9 1 5 3 8 12 -7 17
15 Tijuana 17 4 5 8 18 30 8 2 2 4 9 13 9 2 3 4 9 17 -12 17
16 Pumas UNAM 17 2 8 7 21 31 9 2 4 3 11 15 8 0 4 4 10 16 -10 14
17 Atlas 17 3 4 10 16 27 8 3 2 3 10 10 9 0 2 7 6 17 -11 13
18 Queretaro 17 1 6 10 18 35 8 1 4 3 10 13 9 0 2 7 8 22 -17 9

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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.