The Liga MX (Clausura) clash at The Estadio Victoria on Monday sees home side Necaxa go up against León.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Necaxa v León match are shown here - along with the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Necaxa
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Necaxa will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-2 Liga MX (Clausura) triumph over Cruz Azul.
In that game, Necaxa had 21% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Necaxa, the scorers were Diber Cambindo (12') and José Paradela (28'). Cruz Azul had 23 shots at goal with 6 on target. Carlos Rotondi (9') was the scorer for Cruz Azul.
It’s not been often in recent games that Necaxa have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Necaxa have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 6 goals in the process. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend can be sustained here.
Their past results show that Necaxa:
- have not registered a win against León in their last 2 league games.
- are unbeaten in their previous 8 home league matches. A very good run at home.
León
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León will come into the match following on from a 2-1 Liga MX (Clausura) win with the downing of Puebla in their previous outing.
In that match, León had 41% possession and 14 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For León, the scorers were Alan Medina (2') and Edgar Guerra (46'). On the other side, Puebla got 18 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Santiago Ormeño (83') scored for Puebla.
In their previous 6 clashes, León have amassed the sum of 9 goals. León have also scored on each one of those occasions. During that period, they’ve had 6 goals scored by their opponents.
Going into this contest, León are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
A review of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 16/03/2021 shows us that Necaxa have won 1 of them & León 4, with the tally of draws standing at 1.
A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 of them from Lightning Bolts and 12 coming from Los Esmeraldas. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.
The last league game featuring these sides was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 7 on 02/09/2023 when the final score was León 1-1 Necaxa.
That time, León managed 81% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target.
On the other side, Necaxa had 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. Rogelio Cortéz (9') and Waldo Madrid (74' Own goal) scored.
The referee was Víctor Cáceres.
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Team News: Necaxa
The Necaxa boss Eduardo Fentanes doesn’t have any fitness worries at all coming into this clash owing to a completely healthy squad ready to go.
We are thinking that Lightning Bolts may well opt for a 4-4-1-1 system this time with Luis Ezequiel Unsain, E. M. González, Jorge Rodriguez, Alexis Peña, Agustín Oliveros, Édgar Méndez, Diego Gomez, Fernando Arce, Bryan Garnica, J. Antonio Paradela and Diber Cambindo.
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Team News: León
Thanks to a fully healthy group ready to go, the León manager Jorge Bava has zero fitness concerns to report ahead of this clash.
We reckon that Los Esmeraldas will likely begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, going with Rodolfo Cota, Ivan Moreno, J. Stiven Barreiro, Paul Bellón, William Tesillo, Adonis Frías, Elias Hernandez, Gonzalo Napoli, Edgar Guerra, Federico Viñas and Alan Medina.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that León and Necaxa may both find scoring difficult here.
At this stage, it appears to have the makings of a possible draw. We’re therefore anticipating a tight encounter, finishing with a 0-0 scoreline at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
07:08 29/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Necaxa
Formed: 1923
Stadium: The Estadio Victoria (23,851)
Captain: Alexis Peña
Chairman: Ernesto Tinajero
Manager: Eduardo Fentanes
Competitions: Liga MX (Clausura) position 7, Liga MX (Apertura) position 18
⭐ Star Player: Édgar Méndez
Customarily played in the Right Wing position, Édgar Méndez was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. Having played his first senior match for Real Jaén in the 2013 - 2014 season, the skilful Forward has contributed 4 league goals in the Liga MX (Clausura) 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in 12 appearances.