Pumas UNAM receive Necaxa for another action-packed Liga MX match here at Estadio Olímpico de Universitario.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Pumas UNAM form and stats
0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga MX numbers at home for Pumas UNAM so far this season.
Pumas travelled for their previous game, a trip to Leon that ended 3-3. A disappointing finish for Pumas UNAM in their match versus Leon as their 3-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. López (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.53/10. López hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 63 successful passes (of 73 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Tijuana.This is expected to be a close game, with Pumas UNAM perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Pumas UNAM as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Pumas UNAM has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.
At Estadio Olímpico de Universitario, Pumas UNAM has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Necaxa form and stats
1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Necaxa in their Liga MX matches away.
Two away matches in a row for Necaxa, whose coach Espin could celebrate last time after the win against Querétaro. Eureka; their first win in the league after six rounds not winning. Giménez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.61. Giménez scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.
A 1-3 loss hosting Toluca before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Necaxa in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Necaxa, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Necaxa have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pumas three wins, two draws and Necaxa five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Giménez 2 goals |  J. Dinenno De Cara 1 goals | G. Del Prete 1 goals |
Pumas UNAM missing players
Necaxa missing players
| Pumas UNAM | Necaxa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 8.5 |
| 3.5 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16 | 15 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 4.5 |
| 36% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 12 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4.5 |
| Pumas UNAM | Last season | Necaxa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 19 | Played | P | 18 | 35 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 17 | ||
| 48 | 25 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 51 | 18 | Conceded | C | 21 | 44 | ||
| 82% | 74% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 94% | ||
| 70% | 63% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 66% | ||
| 50% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 51% | ||
| 30% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 14% | ||
| 10% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 48% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 40% | ||
| 35% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 29% | ||
| 35% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 37% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13.9 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 25% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 23% | ||
| 13.4 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Puebla | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Pachuca | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Juárez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Leon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Monterrey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Cruz Azul | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Tigres UANL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Atletico San Luis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Necaxa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Pumas UNAM | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | América | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Atlas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Guadalajara | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Tijuana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | Mazatlan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Querétaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
