Tijuana vs Necaxa: Soccer match betting guide

Tijuana's stadium, Estadio Caliente, has a artifical turf surface. Necaxa have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Necaxa when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses from five matches. They have scored 4 goals in these games and conceded 7.

It's quite the trip for Necaxa when visiting Tijuana as the cities are 2400 kilometers apart.

Both sides have had enough rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's aim for an energetic game!

Tijuana form and stats

Tijuana's struggle is real here at Estadio Caliente with only 7 points collected from 7 Liga MX games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4. Three consecutive losses here at Estadio Caliente is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

The fans are hoping that Tijuana will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-6 away loss in the game against Pachuca (placed 3rd). As you see from the result above, Tijuana suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Rodríguez for missing a penalty kick versus Pachuca in the 16th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome. Midfielder Montecinos was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.83 (out of ten) in that game. Montecinos served one assist and hit two key passes.

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 Tijuana have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 4 and lost 5.

The Tijuana fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Tijuana defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Necaxa form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX.

Necaxa might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. America proved too strong as Necaxa slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes. Midfield player Madrigal was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.34/10. Madrigal hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).

Necaxa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

9 goals have been conceded by Necaxa in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Tijuana won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Necaxa managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.

Top Goalscorers

F. Batista Ochoa 5 goals

M. Giménez 4 goals

L. Rodríguez 3 goals

Tijuana missing players

Necaxa missing players