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

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes (25500 seats)

Necaxa welcome Guadalajara with hopes of landing all three points. Will they? Check our match guide!

Insights:
  • Necaxa have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Guadalajara have the fewest scored goals (5) in Liga MX

This stadium has the surface grass, unlike Guadalajara's home stadium. The former 34 games by the away side on grass have generated 10 wins, 14 draws and 10 losses.

The hosts Necaxa saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Liga MX. That game was an away game at Puebla, so at least Necaxa are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Necaxa form and stats

Necaxa have collected 6 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 2-0-2.

Necaxa shared the glory with Puebla in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Midfield player Madrigal got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Madrigal hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 28 successful passes (of 31 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Monterrey that was lost 1-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Necaxa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Necaxa has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. On the other hand, Necaxa have conceded 5 goals.

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Guadalajara form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Liga MX for Guadalajara with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.

There were no winners in Guadalajara's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Atlas (placed 15th). The draw against Atlas came from a losing position. The Guadalajara manager Martínez brought on Cisneros as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Beltran was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Beltran served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 48 successful passes (of 52 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Mazatlan wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Guadalajara playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 3 Guadalajara wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Monterrey in just four days.

Guadalajara have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 4 goals have been scored. Guadalajara struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Guadalajara have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (4-1-0) when facing Necaxa.

Top Goalscorers

NecaxaF. Batista Ochoa
F. Batista Ochoa
3 goals
NecaxaM. Giménez
M. Giménez
3 goals
NecaxaB. Garnica Cortéz
B. Garnica Cortéz
2 goals

Necaxa missing players

Guadalajara missing players

Necaxa Guadalajara
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 0 3 8
4 2 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 6
4 2 0 Lost L 0 1 2
11 5 0 Scored S 0 4 5
11 5 0 Conceded C 0 5 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 62%
67% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
56% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 25%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
22% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 38%
22% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
4.2 5.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.7 5
5.2 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4.4
3 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4.3 3.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
12.8 10.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 16.4
3.3 2.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5.1
37% 56% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 12%
 
13.4 13 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.3 11.1
4.8 3.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.7 4
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • All of Guadalajara's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Guadalajara have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Guadalajara have the fewest scored goals (5) in Liga MX
  • Guadalajara have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Guadalajara have yet to win a game.
  • Necaxa have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Necaxa have scored more than double the goals of Guadalajara.
  • Necaxa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Necaxa 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 Toluca 9 6 2 1 17 10 4 3 1 0 9 5 5 3 1 1 8 5 7 20
2 Monterrey 8 6 1 1 19 9 3 3 0 0 9 3 5 3 1 1 10 6 10 19
3 Tigres UANL 8 6 0 2 11 6 5 4 0 1 9 4 3 2 0 1 2 2 5 18
4 Necaxa 9 4 1 4 11 11 4 2 0 2 5 5 5 2 1 2 6 6 0 13
5 Pachuca 7 3 3 1 7 4 4 2 2 0 5 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 12
6 Puebla 9 2 6 1 14 12 4 1 3 0 4 3 5 1 3 1 10 9 2 12
7 Tijuana 8 3 2 3 11 11 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 1 1 2 4 6 0 11
8 Santos Laguna 7 3 1 3 11 9 4 3 1 0 10 4 3 0 0 3 1 5 2 10
9 America 7 3 1 3 10 9 3 2 1 0 3 1 4 1 0 3 7 8 1 10
10 Juarez 9 2 4 3 7 7 4 0 3 1 3 4 5 2 1 2 4 3 0 10
11 Mazatlan 9 2 4 3 11 12 5 1 2 2 6 8 4 1 2 1 5 4 -1 10
12 Leon 8 2 3 3 10 16 4 1 1 2 6 9 4 1 2 1 4 7 -6 9
13 Pumas UNAM 7 1 5 1 7 9 5 1 3 1 4 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 -2 8
14 Atletico San Luis 9 1 5 3 6 8 4 0 1 3 2 5 5 1 4 0 4 3 -2 8
15 Atlas 9 2 2 5 10 13 4 2 0 2 7 6 5 0 2 3 3 7 -3 8
16 Cruz Azul 8 2 2 4 11 16 4 1 1 2 6 7 4 1 1 2 5 9 -5 8
17 Guadalajara 8 0 6 2 5 7 5 0 4 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 4 5 -2 6
18 Queretaro 9 0 4 5 8 17 4 0 2 2 4 8 5 0 2 3 4 9 -9 4

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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.