Possible nail-biting contest in Necaxa - Pumas UNAM game

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Wed 18.August
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes (25500 seats)

Necaxa greet Pumas UNAM for another exciting Liga MX match here at Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes.

Insights:
  • Necaxa have the most conceded goals (5) at home in Liga MX
  • Pumas UNAM have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Liga MX

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Liga MX game only three days ago.

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Necaxa form and stats

Necaxa have less points than they have played home games in the Liga MX so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. Necaxa are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes, having lost their two previous games here.

Necaxa enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Atletico San Luis's place. The match ended 2-0 with Alex Zendejas scoring. Midfielder Alex Zendejas was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.2 (out of ten) in that game. Zendejas scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

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

This is expected to be a close game, with Necaxa perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Necaxa as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Necaxa has won three of these, drawn five and lost three.

At Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes, Necaxa has the goal stats of 1-5 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Pumas UNAM form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Liga MX ended in defeat. Last season Pumas UNAM had these away match statistics: Played 9; won 2, drew 3 and lost 4.

There were no winners in Pumas's previous match, a Liga MX home game that ended 0-0 vs Querétaro (placed 13th). Defender Nicolás Freire was the best team player with a rating of 8.02. Freire won 9 of 14 duels.

Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Atletico San Luis.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Pumas UNAM playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four Pumas UNAM wins, four draws and two defeats.

0 goals so far away for Pumas UNAM, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Necaxa four wins, three draws and Pumas UNAM three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NecaxaA. Zendejas Saavedra
A. Zendejas Saavedra
3 goals
Pumas UNAMS. Saucedo Mondragón
S. Saucedo Mondragón
1 goals

Necaxa missing players

Pumas UNAM missing players

Necaxa Pumas UNAM
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 1 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 2 0 Lost L 0 1 2
4 1 0 Scored S 0 0 1
7 5 0 Conceded C 0 2 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 75%
 
3.8 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
5 6.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 3.5
1.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.8 19.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 11
5.8 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
17% 10% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 8%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Necaxa have the most conceded goals (5) at home in Liga MX
  • Necaxa have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Liga MX
  • Pumas UNAM have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Liga MX
Necaxa Last season Pumas UNAM
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   20 40
9 6   Won W   6 14
8 4   Drew D   7 16
18 7   Lost L   7 10
30 16   Scored S   15 45
50 23   Conceded C   22 36
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 85%
63% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 60%
37% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   30% 35%
20% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   10% 18%
9% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
46% 41%   BTTS BTTS   40% 40%
23% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 38%
34% 35%   Failed to Score F T   45% 38%
 
4.1 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.9
5.5 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5
2.3 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
5 3   Red cards R C   3 6
 
11.4 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 11.1
3.3 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.3 3.1
26% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 37%

  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 4 3 0 1 8 6 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 1 5 5 2 9
2 Leon 4 3 0 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 9
3 Monterrey 4 2 2 0 7 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 8
4 Cruz Azul 4 2 1 1 7 4 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 7
5 America 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
6 Atlas 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 7
7 Atletico San Luis 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 7
8 Mazatlan 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 7
9 Santos Laguna 3 1 2 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 5
10 Tigres UANL 4 1 2 1 5 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 5
11 Guadalajara 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 4
12 Pachuca 4 1 0 3 6 6 2 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 3
13 Querétaro 4 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 -1 3
14 Necaxa 4 1 0 3 4 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 -3 3
15 Juarez 4 0 2 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 -4 2
16 Puebla 4 0 2 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -4 2
17 Pumas UNAM 4 0 2 2 1 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 2
18 Tijuana 4 0 1 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 -4 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cruz Azul 17 13 2 2 26 11 9 7 1 1 17 9 8 6 1 1 9 2 15 41
2 America 17 12 2 3 26 14 8 7 1 0 14 5 9 5 1 3 12 9 12 38
3 Puebla 17 7 7 3 25 14 9 3 4 2 10 5 8 4 3 1 15 9 11 28
4 Monterrey 17 8 4 5 22 13 9 5 2 2 10 6 8 3 2 3 12 7 9 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 7 5 5 18 13 9 6 2 1 15 7 8 1 3 4 3 6 5 26
6 Leon 17 8 2 7 25 23 9 5 1 3 14 10 8 3 1 4 11 13 2 26
7 Atlas 17 7 4 6 20 15 9 4 1 4 11 10 8 3 3 2 9 5 5 25
8 Pachuca 17 6 5 6 20 19 8 3 2 3 7 8 9 3 3 3 13 11 1 23
9 Guadalajara 17 5 8 4 21 21 8 2 4 2 9 10 9 3 4 2 12 11 0 23
10 Tigres UANL 17 6 5 6 19 20 8 3 1 4 10 12 9 3 4 2 9 8 -1 23
11 Toluca 17 6 4 7 26 24 9 5 2 2 18 11 8 1 2 5 8 13 2 22
12 Querétaro 17 6 3 8 19 25 9 6 2 1 13 6 8 0 1 7 6 19 -6 21
13 Mazatlan 17 6 3 8 19 26 9 4 3 2 12 10 8 2 0 6 7 16 -7 21
14 Tijuana 17 5 5 7 19 21 8 4 1 3 11 9 9 1 4 4 8 12 -2 20
15 Pumas UNAM 17 4 6 7 10 12 8 2 3 3 6 5 9 2 3 4 4 7 -2 18
16 Juarez 17 4 3 10 13 29 8 3 2 3 8 12 9 1 1 7 5 17 -16 15
17 Atletico San Luis 17 3 3 11 20 33 8 2 3 3 10 15 9 1 0 8 10 18 -13 12
18 Necaxa 17 2 5 10 14 29 8 2 3 3 6 11 9 0 2 7 8 18 -15 11

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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.