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

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Date: Thu 28.November
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon (35000 seats)

Morelia will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind León.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Morelia form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga MX, Morelia have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.

The home supporters saw a 3-3 draw versus León in the Liga MX last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that, an away loss at Querétaro.

A goal frenzy last time out for Morelia, with a total of 6 goals in the match against León. Fun stuff to watch!

The Morelia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Morelia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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León form and stats

5-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for León, who have the most scored goals (19) away in Liga MX, in their Liga MX matches away.

León are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Morelia. Prior to that result León won their away game at Tijuana. The scoreline was 2-1.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for León, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

The León manager I. Ambriz has got the team scoring on the road, with 19 away goals in 9 league matches. As opposed to that, León have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Morelia - León 3-3, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Morelia won 2 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and León has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 8 / 2

Top Goalscorers

LeónJ. Macías
J. Macías
9 goals
LeónÁ. Mena
Á. Mena
8 goals
LeónI. Sosa
I. Sosa
7 goals

Morelia missing players

León missing players

Morelia León
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 4 10 19
8 5 0 Won W 2 5 9
4 2 1 Drew D 0 2 7
7 3 1 Lost L 2 3 3
34 20 4 Scored S 7 22 41
29 13 5 Conceded C 6 15 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
74% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 90% 89%
53% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 80% 68%
47% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 53%
37% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 30% 26%
63% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 80% 79%
21% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 16%
16% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 10% 11%
 
4.1 4.8 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3.8 3.9 5.5
5.5 5.3 6.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.2 5.8 4.9
2.7 2.9 4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 2.1
4 2 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 5
 
218 134 24 Total Shots T S 36 110 236
75 42 9 Shots on Target S O 15 46 97
45% 48% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 48% 42%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • León has the most points from losing position (13)
  • León has the most scored goals (19) away
  • 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 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 Santos Laguna 18 11 4 3 40 25 9 8 1 0 27 6 9 3 3 3 13 19 15 37
2 León 18 9 6 3 38 23 9 4 5 0 19 11 9 5 1 3 19 12 15 33
3 Tigres UANL 18 8 8 2 26 14 9 4 4 1 15 7 9 4 4 1 11 7 12 32
4 Querétaro 18 9 4 5 31 19 9 5 2 2 15 10 9 4 2 3 16 9 12 31
5 Necaxa 18 9 4 5 33 23 9 3 4 2 19 11 9 6 0 3 14 12 10 31
6 América 18 8 7 3 32 22 9 5 3 1 19 10 9 3 4 2 13 12 10 31
7 Morelia 18 8 3 7 31 26 9 5 1 3 17 10 9 3 2 4 14 16 5 27
8 Monterrey 18 8 3 7 27 23 9 5 2 2 14 10 9 3 1 5 13 13 4 27
9 Pachuca 18 7 4 7 32 26 9 4 0 5 15 13 9 3 4 2 17 13 6 25
10 Guadalajara 18 7 4 7 28 28 9 5 1 3 16 11 9 2 3 4 12 17 0 25
11 Tijuana 18 7 3 8 26 36 9 4 3 2 14 14 9 3 0 6 12 22 -10 24
12 Cruz Azul 18 5 8 5 25 24 9 4 4 1 17 10 9 1 4 4 8 14 1 23
13 Pumas UNAM 18 6 5 7 21 20 9 5 2 2 16 7 9 1 3 5 5 13 1 23
14 Atlas 18 6 3 9 19 26 9 3 1 5 10 11 9 3 2 4 9 15 -7 21
15 Atletico San Luis 18 6 2 10 22 31 9 1 2 6 7 15 9 5 0 4 15 16 -9 20
16 Juarez 18 5 3 10 17 27 9 4 1 4 12 9 9 1 2 6 5 18 -10 18
17 Toluca 18 4 5 9 16 26 9 3 2 4 11 12 9 1 3 5 5 14 -10 17
18 Puebla 18 4 5 9 20 31 9 3 2 4 11 15 9 1 3 5 9 16 -11 17
19 Veracruz 18 1 5 12 11 45 9 1 3 5 8 21 9 0 2 7 3 24 -34 8

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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.