Necaxa vs Cruz Azul Live Stream, Predictions

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Necaxa

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Necaxa will be hoping for a better result after the 2-1 Liga MX (Clausura) losing effort in their last game against León.

In that game, Necaxa managed 41% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Necaxa was Facundo Batista (10'). León had 15 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Víctor Dávila (63') and Ángel Mena (67') scored for León.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Necaxa have shown defensive steel. In fact, Necaxa have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 11 goals in the process. Having said that, time will tell whether that trend shall be replicated here in this match.

Heading into this contest, Necaxa are without a win at home for the past 3 league matches.

Cruz Azul

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Monterrey in Liga MX (Clausura) competition, Cruz Azul and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Cruz Azul had 43% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Cruz Azul was Uriel Antuna (27'). On the other side, Monterrey had 17 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Germán Berterame (42', 75', 80' Own goal) and Rogelio Funes Mori (50') scored for Monterrey.

Raúl Gutiérrez's Cruz Azul have converted a total of 6 times throughout their previous 6 matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during the equivalent period adds up to 8.

Their past results show that Cruz Azul:

• haven't been beaten by Necaxa when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 30/08/2020 shows us that Necaxa have won 1 of these games & Cruz Azul 4, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

An aggregate of 14 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them from Lightning Bolts and 10 netted by La Máquina Azul. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The previous league fixture between these sides was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 6 on 30/07/2022 when it finished Cruz Azul 1-0 Necaxa.

In that match, Cruz Azul managed 41% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer was Iván Morales (38').

Necaxa got 17 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by Erick Yair Miranda Galindo.

ℹ️ Team News: Necaxa

The Necaxa boss Andres Lillini doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash owing to a completely injury-free group ready to go.

🗞️ Team News: Cruz Azul

With a completely injury-free group available for selection, the Cruz Azul manager Raúl Gutiérrez has no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game.

✨ Prediction

We’re thinking that Cruz Azul will have to perform well to see themselves scoring against this Necaxa team who will likely score at least once to gain the upper hand.

Therefore, we predict a hard-fought 1-0 advantage for Necaxa at the conclusion of the game.

Should be a close one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 01:42 18/01/2023