Delightful dogfight as daring Monterrey duel with determined León

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 07.August
Match begins: 00:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio BBVA Bancomer (53500 seats)

Monterrey and León are both high-flying in the Liga MX with their 2nd and 6th spots respectively. This could be a super match!

Insights:
  • Monterrey have the most scored goals (12) in Liga MX
  • León have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Liga MX

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Monterrey form and stats

Perfect Liga MX season at home so far for Monterrey 2 wins from 2 appearances. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio BBVA Bancomer.

The home team returns to Estadio BBVA Bancomer after drawing with Pumas UNAM (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The Monterrey goalkeeper Cárdenas was crucial in the match against Pumas UNAM last time out, making six saves. Aguirre, defender, was given a rating of 7.32/10 in that game, top of the team. Aguirre won 9 of 14 duels.

Ahead of that match, Monterrey won a home game hosting Puebla (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Monterrey handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

At Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Monterrey has the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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León form and stats

León are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Liga MX, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses). Visiting León has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

The regulars enjoyed León's previous game versus America (placed 15th), a 3-2 win played at home. That win felt nice as this side had gone four league matches without winning. A heroic performance from León in their game against America last time out. Things got complicated when Rodríguez was sent off in the 88th minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 3-2 victory! Attacker Dávila got a player rating of 7.61 in the game. "Man of the match" Dávila scored one goal and hit one key pass.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Toluca.

León are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

León are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Monterrey-León H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Monterrey three wins, León four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MonterreyR. Funes Mori
R. Funes Mori
4 goals
LeónL. Di Yorio
L. Di Yorio
4 goals
MonterreyJ. Medina Ramírez
J. Medina Ramírez
2 goals

Monterrey missing players

León missing players

Monterrey León
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 1 3 6
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
12 4 1 Scored S 1 3 9
7 2 0 Conceded C 1 2 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 83%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 67%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 67%
50% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 17%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
3.7 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4 4.5
5.7 7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.3 4.8
3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
16.5 20.5 22 Shots (avg) S ( 2 9.7 11
6 7.5 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 5 5
33% 27% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 20% 30%
 
12.7 8.5 4 Shots against (avg) S A 4 10 13
4 2.5 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 4.8
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • León have not yet lost a game away.
  • León have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Liga MX
  • Monterrey have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Monterrey have the most scored goals (12) in Liga MX
  • Monterrey have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Monterrey 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 Tigres UANL 6 5 0 1 9 4 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 15
2 Monterrey 6 4 1 1 12 7 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 2 1 1 8 5 5 13
3 Toluca 6 4 1 1 10 6 2 2 0 0 5 3 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 13
4 Tijuana 6 3 1 2 7 5 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 10
5 Puebla 6 2 3 1 8 6 3 1 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 6 5 2 9
6 León 6 2 3 1 9 8 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 9
7 Pachuca 6 2 3 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 9
8 Necaxa 6 3 0 3 6 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 0 9
9 Pumas UNAM 6 1 5 0 7 6 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 8
10 Cruz Azul 6 2 2 2 9 9 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 8
11 Santos Laguna 5 2 1 2 7 7 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 7
12 Juarez 6 1 3 2 4 4 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 6
13 Atletico San Luis 6 1 3 2 3 4 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 -1 6
14 Guadalajara 6 0 5 1 3 4 4 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 5
15 America 5 1 1 3 5 8 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 4 8 -3 4
16 Atlas 6 1 1 4 6 10 2 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 1 3 2 6 -4 4
17 Mazatlan 6 0 3 3 5 10 3 0 1 2 3 6 3 0 2 1 2 4 -5 3
18 Querétaro 6 0 2 4 5 12 3 0 1 2 3 7 3 0 1 2 2 5 -7 2

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.