Liga MX: Necaxa - Guadalajara pre-match guide and numbers

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes (25500 seats)

Necaxa hope to fill the stadium for this fixture despite that the season has been hard so far with 20 points and a 14th place in the Liga MX table. Opponents Guadalajara own 10th place with 22 pts.

Insights:
  • Necaxa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Liga MX
  • Guadalajara have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Liga MX

This field uses the playing surface grass, unlike Guadalajara's home stadium. The latest 32 games by the away side on grass have seen 10 wins, 11 draws and 11 losses.

Both sides have had adequate rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an enthusiastic fixture!

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Necaxa form and stats

4-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga MX numbers at home for Necaxa so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Necaxa after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Luis Angel Malagon Velazquez not having conceded a league goal in 188 minutes.

A strong away win for Necaxa against Puebla the last match, as Giménez were on target. Malagón loved the game against Puebla. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. The goalie Malagón was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.13 out of ten. Malagón topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match, Necaxa won a home game hosting Tigres UANL (2-0).

Necaxa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Necaxa have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Guadalajara form and stats

The visitors are W2-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX.

Guadalajara had fun at their own home (Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes) last time out, beating Pumas UNAM 3-1. Angulo, Vega and Alvarado scored. Attacker Vega got a player rating of 9.04 in the game. "Man of the match" Vega scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times and had 29 successful passes (of 34 total).

Before that, Guadalajara secured a home win against Tijuana with the score 2-1.

Goals are few and far between in Guadalajara's away league games. Only 4 goals from 9 travels. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Guadalajara defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 9 games). It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Guadalajara - Necaxa 2-1 was the output when this pair of contenders last did battle, some time ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Necaxa victories, three draws and five Guadalajara wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NecaxaR. Aguirre Soto
R. Aguirre Soto
10 goals
GuadalajaraÁ. Zaldívar Caviedes
Á. Zaldívar Caviedes
7 goals
NecaxaM. Giménez
M. Giménez
5 goals

Necaxa missing players

Guadalajara missing players

Necaxa Guadalajara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 17 34
13 7 2 Won W 2 4 11
4 0 0 Drew D 1 9 13
16 9 3 Lost L 2 4 10
37 18 8 Scored S 5 16 39
42 22 9 Conceded C 4 14 36
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 71% 82%
67% 62% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 53% 65%
55% 56% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 35% 47%
15% 19% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 18% 24%
6% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
39% 25% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 53%
30% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 47% 38%
36% 44% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 35% 26%
 
4.8 5 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.7 4.2
4.5 4.8 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.2 4.4
2.2 1.8 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.5 2.3
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 4 7
 
13.5 13.8 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 11.1 12.1
4.6 4.8 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 3.9 4.2
24% 23% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 24% 27%
 
12.5 12.4 14 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 11.5 11.6
3.8 4.1 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 3.5 3.5
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Guadalajara have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Liga MX
  • Necaxa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Necaxa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Liga MX
  • Necaxa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 America 17 10 5 2 21 10 9 7 2 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 8 8 11 35
2 Atlas 17 8 5 4 21 10 9 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 3 1 13 5 11 29
3 Leon 17 8 5 4 20 14 8 3 3 2 11 6 9 5 2 2 9 8 6 29
4 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 26 14 9 4 5 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 11 9 12 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 9 3 23 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 24
6 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 22 8 3 4 1 13 9 9 3 2 4 9 13 0 24
7 Puebla 17 6 6 5 16 16 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 24
8 Cruz Azul 17 5 8 4 21 17 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 23
9 Monterrey 17 5 7 5 19 16 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 1 5 3 9 12 3 22
10 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 4 3 0 22
11 Pumas UNAM 17 5 6 6 17 23 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -6 21
12 Atletico San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlan 17 5 5 7 18 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 20
14 Necaxa 17 6 2 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 20
15 Pachuca 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 8 2 1 5 9 14 -2 18
16 Juarez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Queretaro 17 3 6 8 11 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 3 12 -8 15
18 Tijuana 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 1 2 5 7 16 -11 15

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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.