The Monterrey & León managers J. Aguirre Onaindía and M. Ambriz Espinoza are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Liga MX league table.
- Monterrey have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Liga MX
- León have the the best goal difference (+13) in Liga MX
It's no vacation for neither Monterrey nor León as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Monterrey form and stats
Overall Liga MX stats at home this season for Monterrey are 4-3-1 (wins-draw-losses).
The Monterrey supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Queretaro in Liga MX and win 2-1. In the preceding match a 6-1 victory visiting Juarez.
Monterrey are traveling soon after this match as the Liga MX match at Cruz Azul awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Monterrey in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Monterrey have conceded 9 in these home matches.
León form and stats
León, who have the the best goal difference (+13) in Liga MX, have an excellent away record in the Liga MX so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games. Three has not been a lucky number for León as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Pumas UNAM match.
León are travelling again after losing away to America in their previous match (1-2). A loss against Puebla was the result prior to that, in a home game.
León were so close to getting something from the game against America, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.
León have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. León are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Monterrey and León have met before this season: León - Monterrey 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Monterrey five wins, two draws and León three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Funes Mori 13 goals |   Á. Mena Delgado 11 goals | E. Gigliotti 7 goals |
Monterrey missing players
León missing players
| Monterrey | León | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 42 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 42 |
| 28 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 91% |
| 78% | 77% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 75% | 75% |
| 48% | 46% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 31% | 41% |
| 26% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 16% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 70% | 69% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | 50% |
| 19% | 23% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 38% | 38% |
| 15% | 8% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 31% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 13.4 | 15.2 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 11.8 | 12 |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 37% | 31% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | 34% |
- León have the most points (18) away 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
- León have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Liga MX
- Monterrey have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Liga MX
- Monterrey have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Liga MX
- Monterrey haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 |