Liga MX prediction and pre-match guide: Tigres UANL moderate betting favourite to overcome Necaxa

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Mon 04.October
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León (41886 seats)

Tigres UANL have been busy practising for another match after their 3-0 result vs Atlético San Luis, a match that gave some clarity. Will they show it against Necaxa?

Insights:
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Liga MX
  • Necaxa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Only a few days to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a Liga MX match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Atlético San Luis, so at least Tigres are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Tigres UANL form and stats

Tigres UANL have collected 7 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 1-4-0. The home fans are hungry for more even though Tigres have been steadily collecting points here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León through three straight draws.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Tigres, as their goalkeeper Nahuel Ignacio Guzman has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Liga MX.

It's back home for Tigres UANL, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Atlético San Luis away with the result 3-0. Juan Vigón, Luis Quiñones and Carlos González found the net in that victory. Diego Reyes was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.0 out of 10. The defender Reyes won 9 of 13 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Pumas UNAM that ended 0-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Tigres have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won seven times, drawn four and lost three.

The Tigres fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Tigres have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Necaxa form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga MX travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Necaxa's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Necaxa are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Liga MX against Tijuana (placed 18th). Midfield player Luis Garcia was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.02/10. Garcia scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).

A 0-1 defeat away at Pachuca before that.

Necaxa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The attacking power of Necaxa when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Necaxa struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Tigres UANL-Necaxa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Tigres five wins, Necaxa one win, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TigresN. López Alonso
N. López Alonso
6 goals
NecaxaA. Zendejas Saavedra
A. Zendejas Saavedra
4 goals
Tigres UANLC. González Espínola
C. González Espínola
3 goals

Tigres UANL missing players

Necaxa missing players

Tigres UANL Necaxa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 2 5 11
4 1 0 Won W 1 1 4
5 4 2 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 1 4 7
17 7 3 Scored S 3 4 12
11 4 3 Conceded C 2 8 16
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
55% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 73%
18% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 27%
36% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 36%
18% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 36%
 
4.3 4.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.2 4.4
4.5 4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.2 4.9
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13.5 12.6 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.6 14.5
4.7 4.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.2 5.2
33% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 15% 21%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Necaxa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tigres UANL have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals in the second half (11) 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 11 6 4 1 14 7 5 4 1 0 8 1 6 2 3 1 6 6 7 22
2 Monterrey 11 5 5 1 17 9 6 4 2 0 10 2 5 1 3 1 7 7 8 20
3 Toluca 11 6 2 3 18 15 5 3 1 1 11 7 6 3 1 2 7 8 3 20
4 Atlas 11 5 4 2 12 5 6 3 1 2 6 3 5 2 3 0 6 2 7 19
5 Tigres UANL 11 4 5 2 17 11 5 1 4 0 7 4 6 3 1 2 10 7 6 17
6 Atlético San Luis 11 4 4 3 16 15 5 1 2 2 5 7 6 3 2 1 11 8 1 16
7 León 10 4 3 3 13 12 5 2 2 1 7 4 5 2 1 2 6 8 1 15
8 Cruz Azul 10 3 5 2 13 9 5 2 2 1 8 4 5 1 3 1 5 5 4 14
9 Guadalajara 11 3 5 3 8 9 5 2 1 2 6 8 6 1 4 1 2 1 -1 14
10 Mazatlan 11 3 5 3 14 17 6 2 3 1 10 10 5 1 2 2 4 7 -3 14
11 Santos Laguna 10 2 6 2 12 9 6 1 4 1 6 5 4 1 2 1 6 4 3 12
12 Necaxa 11 4 0 7 12 16 6 3 0 3 8 8 5 1 0 4 4 8 -4 12
13 Puebla 11 2 6 3 9 13 5 1 3 1 5 6 6 1 3 2 4 7 -4 12
14 Pachuca 10 3 2 5 12 11 5 2 1 2 7 4 5 1 1 3 5 7 1 11
15 Juarez 11 3 2 6 10 17 5 2 1 2 6 7 6 1 1 4 4 10 -7 11
16 Querétaro 10 2 3 5 5 10 5 2 1 2 4 3 5 0 2 3 1 7 -5 9
17 Pumas UNAM 10 1 5 4 6 12 5 1 3 1 3 3 5 0 2 3 3 9 -6 8
18 Tijuana 11 1 4 6 9 20 6 1 3 2 6 8 5 0 1 4 3 12 -11 7

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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.