Morelia vs Leon match preview: Even contest expected at Estadio Generalisimo Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón (35000 seats)

The Liga MX season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Morelia and Leon promises to be an interesting one.

The hosts Morelia saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Copa MX. Thankfully the previous game, versus Cafetaleros de Tapachula, was also a home game here at Estadio Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón. The away team is better rested.

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Morelia form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga MX, Morelia have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 1 games.

Morelia's last game was hosting Cafetaleros de Tapachula and winning 3-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Juárez (0-3).

At Estadio Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón, Morelia has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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León form and stats

0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for León, who have the most scored goals (8) in Liga MX, in their Liga MX matches away.

León go into this game after a win, the home game against Pachuca that ended 3-0. Prior to that match, the León manager M. Ambriz Espinoza faced defeat when travelling to Santos Laguna and losing 2-3.

León have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the León - Morelia 1-2 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Morelia victories, three draws and four León wins. eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LeónÁ. Mena Delgado
Á. Mena Delgado
12 goals
LeónV. Sosa
V. Sosa
8 goals
MoreliaF. Aristeguieta de Luca
F. Aristeguieta de Luca
6 goals

Morelia missing players

León missing players

Morelia León
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 11 23
10 6 3 Won W 1 5 11
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 7
10 4 0 Lost L 3 4 5
40 22 9 Scored S 8 24 50
38 14 1 Conceded C 9 18 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
76% 58% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 91%
52% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 82% 74%
40% 42% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 55% 52%
28% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 36% 26%
56% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 82% 78%
20% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 17%
24% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 9%
 
4.1 5.4 3 Corners For (avg) C F 2.5 3.6 5.3
5.6 5.5 8.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.5 5.6 4.6
2.6 2.7 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 2.1
6 3 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 5
 
276 163 26 Total Shots T S 39 122 290
96 52 11 Shots on Target S O 14 49 121
42% 42% 82% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 49% 41%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • León has the most points from losing position (16)
  • León has the most scored goals (8)
  • León has the the best goal difference (+4)
  • León have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • León have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • León haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Morelia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Morelia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pumas UNAM 3 2 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 4 2 7
2 León 3 2 0 1 8 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 6
3 Guadalajara 4 1 3 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 6
4 Querétaro 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 6
5 Atletico San Luis 4 1 3 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 6
6 Juárez 3 1 1 1 7 6 2 1 1 0 7 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 4
7 Necaxa 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 4
8 América 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Toluca 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 4
10 Tigres UANL 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
11 Tijuana 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 4
12 Cruz Azul 3 1 0 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
13 Puebla 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
14 Atlas 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 -1 3
15 Santos Laguna 3 1 0 2 4 7 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 3
16 Monterrey 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
17 Morelia 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 -4 1
18 Pachuca 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 1

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.