A home win is expected from this match if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Monterrey fans are hopeful that the mismatch between 5th and Necaxa's 16th place in the table will be visible on the pitch.
- Monterrey have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Necaxa have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga MX
It's no vacation for neither Monterrey nor Necaxa 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
14 points is a decent return from 7 Liga MX games here at Estadio BBVA Bancomer for Monterrey. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Monterrey to get some points in this home game.
M. Meza was the last player to score a league goal for Monterrey and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Monterrey haven't scored in 231 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager J. Aguirre Onaindía led his Monterrey to a defeat in the Liga MX match away at Queretaro. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio BBVA Bancomer. César Montes was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.43 out of 10. The defender Montes won 10 of 13 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to León (0-1).The Monterrey fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Monterrey have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Necaxa form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Necaxa so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Necaxa has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Necaxa has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Toluca for a Liga MX game that ended a draw (1-1). The attacker Rodrigo Aguirre got a match rating of 7.23 in that game. Aguirre served one assist and hit one key pass.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Puebla.The attacking power of Necaxa when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Necaxa have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Monterrey victories, five draws and two Necaxa wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Zendejas Saavedra 5 goals |   R. Funes Mori 4 goals | D. Vergara Hernández 4 goals |
Monterrey missing players
Necaxa missing players
| Monterrey | Necaxa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 93% |
| 79% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 71% |
| 36% | 14% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 57% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 29% |
| 29% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 36% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 43% |
| 4.6 | 4 | 0.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 2.4 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.9 | 14.3 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 12.3 | 14.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 29% | 32% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 15% | 19% |
- Monterrey have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Necaxa have the fewest points from losing position (0) 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Atlas | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Tigres UANL | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Toluca | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Monterrey | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Cruz Azul | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | León | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Guadalajara | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Puebla | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Atletico San Luis | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Mazatlan | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Santos Laguna | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 13 | Pachuca | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Queretaro | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Juarez | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 15 |
| 16 | Necaxa | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Pumas UNAM | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Tijuana | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -12 | 9 |