Necaxa vs Tigres UANL match preview

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

Receiving guests at their own home is safe and good for Necaxa, but Tigres UANL are fully motivated and qualified to win. How will it turn out?

Insights:
  • Necaxa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals (26) in Liga MX

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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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.

Necaxa's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Atletico San Luis. The home side are looking to build on that result. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The attacking player Giménez was named "man of the match" for Necaxa with a rating of 8.8/10. Giménez scored two goals.

Prior to that, an away loss at Atlas.

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

The Necaxa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Necaxa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tigres UANL form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Tigres UANL playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season.

184 minutes! That's how long the Tigres goalkeeper Nahuel Ignacio Guzman and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Vigón, Córdova and Gignac scored in Tigres UANL's previous match, the home game against Toluca that ended 3-0. Midfield player Vigón was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.12/10. Vigón scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 34 successful passes (of 37 total).

Prior to that result Tigres UANL won their away game at Queretaro. The scoreline was 1-0.

After this away game Tigres return home for a Liga MX game against America. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Tigres UANL have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Tigres have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the teams faced each other earlier this season; Tigres UANL - Necaxa 0-0. Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: Necaxa won one, Tigres UANL were winners in four and we saw five draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Gignac with 7 goals scored against Necaxa in these 10 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

Tigres UANLA. Gignac
A. Gignac
15 goals
Tigres UANLN. López Alonso
N. López Alonso
10 goals
NecaxaR. Aguirre Soto
R. Aguirre Soto
9 goals

Necaxa missing players

Tigres UANL missing players

Necaxa Tigres UANL
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 17 35
11 6 0 Won W 4 8 19
4 0 0 Drew D 0 3 9
16 9 5 Lost L 1 6 7
34 16 0 Scored S 10 27 60
42 22 9 Conceded C 5 20 34
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
68% 60% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 86%
58% 60% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 65% 60%
16% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 18% 17%
6% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 6%
42% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 60% 65% 54%
26% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 24% 37%
39% 47% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 14%
 
4.8 4.9 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4 5.3
4.5 4.8 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 4.1
2.1 1.5 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 2 5 7
 
13.8 14.2 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 13.1 14.5
4.7 4.8 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.2 5.2
23% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 38% 33%
 
12.2 12.2 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.6 12.9 11.5
4 4.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 4.5 4.1
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • 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.
  • Tigres UANL have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tigres UANL have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals (26) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the the best goal difference (+12) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tigres UANL haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Tigres UANL is in the best form (5-0-1) in Liga MX

  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 Mazatlán 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 Juárez 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.