Necaxa favourites for feisty fight facing Mazatlán

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 24.September
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes (25500 seats)

Necaxa have won 18 points running out as the home team. Mazatlán have got 16 points from their away games. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

Insights:
  • Necaxa have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Liga MX
  • Mazatlán have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Liga MX

This promises to be an appealing game with lots of fun and excitement as both squads are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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Necaxa form and stats

Necaxa have collected 9 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 3-0-4.

The Necaxa manager Espin and his gang return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Tijuana (placed 15th). Necaxa's goalie Malagón played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Tijuana with a stunning six saves. García, defender, was given a rating of 8.15/10 in that game, top of the team. García scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 1 of 2 duels.

Ahead of that match, Necaxa lost 1-2 at home to America.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Necaxa handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Necaxa has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Necaxa defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Mazatlán form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mazatlán so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-2 (win-draw-lose).

Mazatlán delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Toluca (placed 6th) in their previous game. Goalkeeper Gutierrez made a total of eight saves, making him a hero against Toluca. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cruz Azul wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Mazatlán have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 10 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 11 of this club's latest 14 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mazatlán as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Previous four meetings involving these teams: Necaxa won two, Mazatlán were winners in one and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NecaxaF. Batista Ochoa
F. Batista Ochoa
5 goals
NecaxaM. Giménez
M. Giménez
4 goals
MazatlánE. Bello Gil
E. Bello Gil
3 goals

Necaxa missing players

Mazatlán missing players

Necaxa Mazatlán
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 2 7 15
5 3 1 Won W 1 1 3
3 0 0 Drew D 0 4 7
7 4 0 Lost L 1 2 5
17 9 1 Scored S 3 6 15
23 13 0 Conceded C 2 7 19
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
73% 86% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 80%
60% 71% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 14% 27%
33% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 13%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
60% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 60%
20% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 20%
27% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 27%
 
3.7 4.1 2 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.9 3.8
5.4 6.7 8 Corners against (avg) C A 8 7.4 6.9
2.7 3 6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
13 11.4 7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 8.6 10
3.7 2.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 3.3
31% 45% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 30%
 
15.9 15 15 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 17.6 16.3
5.6 6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 5 5.7
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Mazatlán have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Mazatlán have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Liga MX
  • Mazatlán have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Necaxa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Necaxa have the fewest scored goals in the second 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 16 11 2 3 36 16 8 6 2 0 20 6 8 5 0 3 16 10 20 35
2 Monterrey 16 10 4 2 29 13 7 5 2 0 14 5 9 5 2 2 15 8 16 34
3 Pachuca 16 9 4 3 28 15 9 6 2 1 17 6 7 3 2 2 11 9 13 31
4 Santos Laguna 16 9 3 4 35 21 8 7 1 0 21 7 8 2 2 4 14 14 14 30
5 Tigres UANL 16 8 3 5 21 14 8 5 1 2 12 6 8 3 2 3 9 8 7 27
6 Toluca 16 6 6 4 23 22 8 3 4 1 13 12 8 3 2 3 10 10 1 24
7 Guadalajara 16 5 7 4 18 15 9 3 4 2 7 7 7 2 3 2 11 8 3 22
8 Leon 16 6 3 7 23 27 7 4 1 2 14 12 9 2 2 5 9 15 -4 21
9 Cruz Azul 16 6 3 7 24 33 8 4 1 3 13 11 8 2 2 4 11 22 -9 21
10 Puebla 15 3 10 2 22 20 7 2 5 0 10 8 8 1 5 2 12 12 2 19
11 Atletico San Luis 16 4 6 6 15 20 8 2 2 4 7 9 8 2 4 2 8 11 -5 18
12 Necaxa 15 5 3 7 17 23 7 3 0 4 9 13 8 2 3 3 8 10 -6 18
13 Juarez 16 3 7 6 14 17 8 1 5 2 8 9 8 2 2 4 6 8 -3 16
14 Mazatlán 15 3 7 5 15 19 8 2 3 3 9 12 7 1 4 2 6 7 -4 16
15 Tijuana 16 4 4 8 16 28 8 2 2 4 9 13 8 2 2 4 7 15 -12 16
16 Pumas UNAM 15 2 8 5 19 26 9 2 4 3 11 15 6 0 4 2 8 11 -7 14
17 Atlas 16 2 4 10 15 27 7 2 2 3 9 10 9 0 2 7 6 17 -12 10
18 Queretaro 16 1 6 9 17 31 8 1 4 3 10 13 8 0 2 6 7 18 -14 9

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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.