With their 13 point advantage in the league table, Monterrey fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Veracruz.
It's no vacation for neither Monterrey nor Veracruz 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 4-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).
Happy days for Monterrey in their previous game, a Liga MX match away at Pachuca (placed 13th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Before that match, a Copa MX win away at Universidad Guadalajara.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Monterrey home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Monterrey, as the Copa MX home game vs Cafetaleros de Tapachula is only three days away.
The Monterrey fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Veracruz form and stats
Veracruz, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in Liga MX, have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Liga MX, after 0-1-6 (7 played).
The supporters enjoyed Veracruz's previous game versus Puebla (placed 18th), a Liga MX 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Veracruz manager E. López faced defeat when travelling to Tijuana and losing 0-2.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Veracruz played away with similar odds. This revealed 14 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 13 times.
The schedule is very tough for Veracruz now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Copa MX game at Zacatepec FC is waiting in only three days.
Goals are few and far between in Veracruz's away league games. Only 1 goal from 7 travels. Veracruz are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 1 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Monterrey victories, 1 draw and 3 Veracruz wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Sánchez 5 goals |  R. Funes Mori 5 goals |   B. Carrasco 3 goals |
Monterrey missing players
Veracruz missing players
| Monterrey | Veracruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 20 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 22 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 80% |
| 40% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 47% |
| 27% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 27% | 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 53% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 40% |
| 20% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 86% | 53% |
| 6.5 | 7.4 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 4.7 | 2.9 | 1.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- All of Monterrey's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Monterrey have created more than twice as many corners as Veracruz.
- Monterrey have scored more than double the goals of Veracruz.
- Monterrey have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Monterrey haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Veracruz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Veracruz have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Veracruz have yet to win a game away.
- Veracruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Santos Laguna | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 30 |
| 2 | Necaxa | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | America | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Querétaro | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| 6 | Leon | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 26 |
| 7 | Tijuana | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Morelia | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 23 |
| 9 | Pumas UNAM | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 10 | Atlas | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 21 |
| 11 | Cruz Azul | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 12 | Monterrey | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 13 | Pachuca | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 18 |
| 14 | Atletico San Luis | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Toluca | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 16 | Guadalajara | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | Juarez | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -12 | 14 |
| 18 | Puebla | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 13 |
| 19 | Veracruz | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 20 | -27 | 7 |