Necaxa vs Monterrey Live Stream, Predictions (Jul 26)

📏 Form Guide

Necaxa

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Necaxa will be looking for another win after the 2-1 Liga MX (Apertura) triumph vs Atlante.

For Necaxa, goals were scored by Julián Carranza (80') and Misael Pedroza (93'). Eugenio Pizzuto (47') scored for Atlante.

Necaxa have not been the best at stopping their opponents recently, but they’ve also done enough to hit the back of the net themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Necaxa have been punished defensively in 5 of them in addition to scoring in 5 of those matches.

Their past results show that Necaxa:

• have not won against Monterrey in their last 9 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 5 home league matches.

Monterrey

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Monterrey come into this clash following a 3-2 Liga MX (Apertura) win vs Santos Laguna in their previous fixture.

In that match, Monterrey had 56% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 13 of them on target. For Monterrey, the scorers were Lucas Ocampos (20', 25') and Jesús Corona (31'). On the other side, Santos Laguna got 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Lucas Di Yorio (40') and Eduardo Aguirre (96') scored for Santos Laguna.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Monterrey, three or more goals have gone in. The overall average number of goals per match during that spell is 3, with the average number of goals for Monterrey standing at 1.17. That aside, we will just have to wait and see whether that pattern might be replicated in this upcoming match.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Monterrey:

• have not lost to Necaxa when they have played them away from home in the previous 8 league games. What a record that is.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 6 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Delving into their past head to head meetings going back to 01/11/2023 reveals that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Necaxa. They’ve not managed to register any wins whatsoever whereas Monterrey have remained in the ascendancy, winning in 100% of those games where they have faced each other.

A combined sum of 17 goals were scored between them in these games, with 2 for Lightning Bolts and 15 belonging to Los Rayados. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Liga MX (Clausura) match day 2 on 14/01/2026 when it finished Necaxa 0-2 Monterrey.

On that occasion, Necaxa had 51% possession and 17 shots on goal with 4 on target.

On the other side, Monterrey had 15 shots on goal with 4 on target. Germán Berterame (15') and Iker Fimbres (31') scored.

The referee was Fernando Hernández.

ℹ️ Team News: Necaxa

We are thinking that Lightning Bolts look set to go for a 3-4-2-1 formation for this one with Luis Jiménez, Raúl Martínez, Alexis Peña, Agustín Oliveros, Ricardo Monreal, Danny Leyva, Lorenzo Faravelli, Carlos Alonso Vargas, Juan Torres, Javier Ruiz and Julián Carranza.

📰 Team News: Monterrey

We are inclined to think that Los Rayados appear most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system with a starting lineup of Luis Cárdenas, Ricardo Chávez, Stefan Medina, Alonso Aceves, Gerardo Arteaga, Oliver Torres, Jorge Rodriguez, Luca Orellano, Jesus Manuel Corona, Lucas Ariel Ocampos and Diego Rossi.

⚡ Prediction

Our assessment is that Necaxa have it within them to breach the defence of this Monterrey lineup, although one goal possibly won’t quite be good enough.

Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a narrow 1-2 winning margin for Monterrey after the 90. It should be a decent one.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Turning to the betting odds on the 90 min. result market, backing Necaxa can be had for 3.1, backing a drawn result is 3.6 and selecting victory for Monterrey gets you 2.1. They’re the best bets on offer as of now.

Renata Leite, 15:08 22/07/2026