Soccer betting preview: Morelia welcomes Guadalajara in what could be a tight duel

Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Date: Sun 14.April
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Liga MX, Morelia holding 16th place and Guadalajara lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

This pitch has grass, which is not Guadalajara's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Guadalajara have performed like this: Played nine matches resulting in 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 14-9 (scored/conceded).

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Morelia form and stats

Morelia's struggle is real here at Estadio Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón with only 5 points collected from 7 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-2-4.

Morelia drew their last game, 1-1 away at Puebla. Ahead of that match, Morelia lost 2-3 at home to León.

This is expected to be a close game, with Morelia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Morelia as a small favourite), we find six games. Morelia has won 0 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.

A decent goal production from Morelia in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Morelia with 14 goals conceded in these matches.

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Guadalajara form and stats

Guadalajara have only collected 5 points from their away games after 1-2-3 (6 played). With the Guadalajara losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Guadalajara seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Liga MX home defeat versus Lobos BUAP with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Pumas UNAM's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Guadalajara in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Guadalajara, 9 draws and 7 defeats.

Guadalajara are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Guadalajara have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Guadalajara - Morelia 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Morelia won 3, Guadalajara won 5 and 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

S. Ferreira
7 goals / 1 assists
M. Sansores
6 goals / 3 assists
A. Pulido
6 goals / 1 assists

Morelia missing players

Guadalajara missing players

Morelia Guadalajara
Total Home Statistic Away Total
30 15 Played 15 30
37 20 Scored 21 33
49 25 Conceded 19 36
93% 93% Over 0.5 93% 93%
87% 93% Over 1.5 67% 63%
57% 53% Over 2.5 47% 40%
37% 40% Over 3.5 33% 20%
13% 20% Over 4.5 13% 7%
63% 67% Both teams to score 60% 47%
17% 20% Clean Sheet 33% 33%
27% 20% Failed To Score 13% 27%
Key stats this season:
  • Guadalajara is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 León 13 10 2 1 30 9 7 5 1 1 14 4 6 5 1 0 16 5 21 32
2 Tigres UANL 13 9 2 2 24 11 6 5 0 1 14 5 7 4 2 1 10 6 13 29
3 Monterrey 13 6 5 2 26 17 7 3 4 0 17 7 6 3 1 2 9 10 9 23
4 América 13 7 1 5 23 16 7 5 0 2 13 6 6 2 1 3 10 10 7 22
5 Cruz Azul 13 6 4 3 19 12 6 4 0 2 11 5 7 2 4 1 8 7 7 22
6 Tijuana 13 7 1 5 16 16 6 5 0 1 12 6 7 2 1 4 4 10 0 22
7 Necaxa 13 6 3 4 25 19 6 2 3 1 9 7 7 4 0 3 16 12 6 21
8 Pachuca 13 6 3 4 19 20 6 6 0 0 16 3 7 0 3 4 3 17 -1 21
9 Puebla 13 5 5 3 14 12 7 2 4 1 7 8 6 3 1 2 7 4 2 20
10 Toluca 13 5 2 6 19 19 6 4 1 1 13 4 7 1 1 5 6 15 0 17
11 Lobos BUAP 13 5 2 6 14 22 7 3 1 3 10 11 6 2 1 3 4 11 -8 17
12 Santos Laguna 13 4 4 5 14 15 6 3 2 1 8 3 7 1 2 4 6 12 -1 16
13 Atlas 13 5 1 7 14 20 6 2 0 4 6 8 7 3 1 3 8 12 -6 16
14 Guadalajara 13 4 3 6 12 14 7 3 1 3 6 5 6 1 2 3 6 9 -2 15
15 Pumas UNAM 13 3 4 6 13 17 7 2 4 1 9 9 6 1 0 5 4 8 -4 13
16 Morelia 13 1 5 7 14 23 7 1 2 4 11 14 6 0 3 3 3 9 -9 8
17 Querétaro 13 2 1 10 8 26 7 2 1 4 6 10 6 0 0 6 2 16 -18 7
18 Veracruz 13 0 4 9 4 20 6 0 2 4 3 8 7 0 2 5 1 12 -16 4