Open game expected at Estadio BBVA Bancomer: Monterrey vs León preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 23.January
Match begins: 23:06 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio BBVA Bancomer (53500 seats)

A key match in Liga MX as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Monterrey in 5th position and León placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Monterrey is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • León has the most clean sheets (10) 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

Overall Liga MX stats at home this season for Monterrey are 4-3-1 (wins-draw-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Hugo Alfonso Gonzalez Duran not having conceded a league goal in 182 minutes.

The Monterrey supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host America in Liga MX and win 1-0. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Atlas.

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 Monterrey have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost one.

A decent goal production from Monterrey in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. On the other hand, Monterrey have conceded 9 goals.

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León form and stats

León's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed León, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Liga MX, collect 18 points from their 9 away matches in the Liga MX. 5 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

León played 0-0 against Pachuca in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Tigres UANL's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by León in our archives, and the results are: four wins for León, zero draws and three defeats.

León have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 12 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on León as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the León - Monterrey 1-0 played earlier this season. Monterrey-León H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Monterrey five wins, León three wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MonterreyR. Funes Mori
R. Funes Mori
9 goals
LeónÁ. Mena Delgado
Á. Mena Delgado
9 goals
LeónE. Gigliotti
E. Gigliotti
7 goals

Monterrey missing players

León missing players

Monterrey León
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 13 25
10 5 2 Won W 0 5 15
6 4 0 Drew D 1 5 7
4 1 1 Lost L 2 3 3
31 16 2 Scored S 1 15 35
23 11 2 Conceded C 5 13 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 88%
85% 80% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 76%
55% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 36%
30% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
75% 70% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 48%
15% 20% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 44%
10% 10% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 31% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.7
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
13.2 16.4 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12.2 12.2
4.2 5.1 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.7 4
37% 31% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 31% 35%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • León has the most clean sheets (10) in Liga MX
  • León has the most points (18) away in Liga MX
  • León has the most points from losing position (20) in Liga MX
  • León has the the best goal difference (+13) in Liga MX
  • León has the the best goal difference (+5) away in Liga MX
  • Monterrey has the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Liga MX
  • Monterrey haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Monterrey is in the best form (4-1-1)

  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 Mazatlán 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

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.