Necaxa are opening their away dressing room to Tijuana for another vital game after their 0-1 result vs 13th-placed Pachuca.
- Necaxa have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in Liga MX
- Tijuana have the most conceded goals (17) in Liga MX
Tijuana could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga MX game only four sleeps ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Tijuana have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 7-9-23 (win-draw-loss) from 39 matches.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Tijuana, who are travelling more than 2400 kilometers to play this game.
Necaxa form and stats
The overall Liga MX stats playing at home this season for Necaxa are 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Necaxa are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Stress levels are on the rise for Necaxa's attacking players as they have now played 306 minutes without scoring in a league game. L. Garcia was their last goal scorer.
Necaxa are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Pachuca. Alex Zendejas (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.35/10. Zendejas hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Atlas (0-3).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Necaxa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost three.
Necaxa has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Necaxa defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Tijuana form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga MX matches, Tijuana have produced an overall stat of 0-1-3 so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Tijuana are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Tijuana's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Mazatlan that finished 0-0. Victor Guzmán was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.55. The defender Guzmán won 9 of 11 duels.
A 1-4 defeat away at Atletico San Luis before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tijuana playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were four Tijuana wins, one draw and three defeats.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Tijuana have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these squads: Necaxa won four, Tijuana were winners in five and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Zendejas Saavedra 4 goals |  L. Rodríguez 3 goals | L. García Bañuelos 2 goals |
Necaxa missing players
Tijuana missing players
| Necaxa | Tijuana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 70% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.9 |
| 5.3 | 6.4 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 1.4 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.6 | 15.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 13.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 19% | 23% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 24% |
- All of Tijuana's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Necaxa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Necaxa have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in Liga MX
- Necaxa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tijuana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tijuana have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Tijuana have the most conceded goals (17) in Liga MX
- Tijuana have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Liga MX
- Tijuana have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Tijuana have yet to win a game away.
- Tijuana haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Toluca | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Monterrey | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlas | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Leon | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Cruz Azul | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Atletico San Luis | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Tigres UANL | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Santos Laguna | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 11 | Mazatlan | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 12 | Juarez | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 13 | Pachuca | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Puebla | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 15 | Necaxa | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 9 |
| 16 | Pumas UNAM | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Tijuana | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 18 | Queretaro | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 6 |