Betting preview: Necaxa vs León should be interesting

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes (25500 seats)

Battling Necaxa hope to pull off a surprise win when they greet hard-driving León in the upcoming league match. It’s 14th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have so-so confidence.

Insights:
  • Necaxa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Liga MX
  • León have the most points (17) away in Liga MX

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the CONCACAF Champions League.

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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. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Necaxa, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Necaxa travelled for their previous game, a trip to Tijuana that ended 1-1. Villalpando (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.04/10. Villalpando served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Cruz Azul with a 2-1 scoreline.

There will be little rest for Necaxa after this match as they are travelling to Mazatlan for a Liga MX game in only four days.

Necaxa has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Necaxa have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Necaxa hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Mazatlan, Tijuana, Pachuca, Queretaro and Juarez), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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León form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX.

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

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

It's not easy to score on León as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

León - Necaxa 3-0 was the scoreline in these participants' previous head to head fixture, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - zero - eight (Necaxa wins - draws - León wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LeónÁ. Mena Delgado
Á. Mena Delgado
11 goals
LeónV. Dávila Zavala
V. Dávila Zavala
10 goals
NecaxaR. Aguirre Soto
R. Aguirre Soto
4 goals

Necaxa missing players

León missing players

Necaxa León
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 10 2 Played P 3 14 29
8 4 0 Won W 1 5 13
3 0 0 Drew D 1 3 7
12 6 2 Lost L 1 6 9
25 11 0 Scored S 2 13 36
34 17 6 Conceded C 5 16 29
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
78% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 69%
65% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 48%
13% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 10%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
43% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 48%
26% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 43% 34%
35% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 24%
 
5.2 5.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.1 4.4
4.3 4.4 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 5.2 4.8
1.8 1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
14.7 15.9 18 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 9.9 11.5
5 5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.6 3.6
22% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 36% 35%
 
11.9 12.1 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 15.1 12.3
3.9 4.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.6 4.6
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • León have the most points (17) away in Liga MX
  • Necaxa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Necaxa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) 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 León 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.