U20 League preview: Can Pachuca U20 edge out victory against Necaxa U20?

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Competition: Mexico U20 League
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)

Pachuca U20 have delivered really well so far, proven by 1st place in the table. Necaxa U20 have an outlook both ways from the 12th spot.

Insights:
  • Pachuca U20 have the most scored goals (35) in U20 League
  • Necaxa U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

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Pachuca U20 form and stats

Pachuca U20 have been outstanding at home so far in the U20 League with 7 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses.

The Pachuca U20 goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 200 minutes without conceding a goal in the U20 League.

Pachuca U20's last game was hosting Juarez U20 and winning 3-0. At last, a league win after three fixtures without one.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Tigres UANL U20 the opponent.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Pachuca matches with similar probabilities have ended with 8 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from 9 games).

Lots of goals and action? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 12 of the 16 most recent league games with this club has contained at least three goals.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 9 games), Pachuca U20's attacking play is working. Pachuca U20 are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Necaxa U20 form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Necaxa U20 so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

Necaxa U20 are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the match against Cruz Azul U20.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus León U20 that ended 2-2.

Take note that 10 of this side's 11 latest league matches have ended with three goals or more.

Necaxa has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. The Necaxa U20 manager has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Pachuca U20 have avoided defeat in the last 5 games (3-2-0) versus Necaxa U20.

The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other earlier this campaign: Necaxa U20 - Pachuca 0-1.

Pachuca U20 missing players

Necaxa U20 missing players

Pachuca U20 Necaxa U20
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 13 5 Played P 4 10 20
15 9 4 Won W 1 2 7
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
4 2 1 Lost L 2 5 8
44 28 14 Scored S 5 16 38
24 13 6 Conceded C 8 22 34
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 77% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 95%
62% 69% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 90% 80%
33% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 60% 45%
17% 23% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 30% 25%
50% 46% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 80% 75%
42% 46% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
21% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 15%
 
4.8 4.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 5.9 4.9
4.9 5.5 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 1 3.1 3.4
1.3 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 2.4
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.9 12.8 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13 13.5
5.5 6.2 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 6.3 6.5
35% 35% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 29% 32%
 
9.9 9.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14 14.7 12.7
4.3 4.2 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.8 5.7
Key stats in U20 League this season:
  • All of Necaxa U20's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Necaxa U20 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Necaxa U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Necaxa U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pachuca U20 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pachuca U20 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pachuca U20 have the most scored goals (35) in U20 League
  • Pachuca U20 have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in U20 League
  • Pachuca U20 have the the best goal difference (+19) in U20 League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pachuca U20 17 12 3 2 35 16 9 7 2 0 21 6 8 5 1 2 14 10 19 39
2 Atlas U20 17 11 3 3 30 17 8 8 0 0 22 4 9 3 3 3 8 13 13 36
3 Tigres UANL U20 17 9 6 2 26 14 8 6 1 1 14 5 9 3 5 1 12 9 12 33
4 America U20 17 8 7 2 34 19 8 5 2 1 17 6 9 3 5 1 17 13 15 31
5 León U20 17 9 3 5 30 25 8 6 1 1 15 7 9 3 2 4 15 18 5 30
6 Pumas UNAM U20 17 9 2 6 26 17 9 5 2 2 16 6 8 4 0 4 10 11 9 29
7 Puebla U20 17 7 6 4 30 27 9 3 3 3 16 15 8 4 3 1 14 12 3 27
8 Santos Laguna U20 17 7 5 5 32 27 9 6 1 2 23 13 8 1 4 3 9 14 5 26
9 Juarez U20 17 7 3 7 21 26 9 6 1 2 13 8 8 1 2 5 8 18 -5 24
10 Guadalajara U20 17 4 8 5 23 21 9 4 3 2 15 10 8 0 5 3 8 11 2 20
11 Mazatlan U20 17 6 2 9 29 34 8 4 1 3 17 11 9 2 1 6 12 23 -5 20
12 Necaxa U20 17 5 4 8 29 30 8 3 2 3 15 10 9 2 2 5 14 20 -1 19
13 Cruz Azul U20 17 5 3 9 17 21 9 3 3 3 9 8 8 2 0 6 8 13 -4 18
14 Monterrey U20 17 5 3 9 25 30 8 4 1 3 17 14 9 1 2 6 8 16 -5 18
15 Atletico San Luis U20 17 5 2 10 25 45 9 3 2 4 16 17 8 2 0 6 9 28 -20 17
16 Mexiquense U20 17 3 4 10 15 29 9 3 3 3 13 12 8 0 1 7 2 17 -14 13
17 Tijuana U20 17 1 8 8 21 35 8 0 6 2 13 15 9 1 2 6 8 20 -14 11
18 Queretaro U20 17 1 6 10 16 31 8 0 5 3 9 16 9 1 1 7 7 15 -15 9