📊 Form Guide

Necaxa

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Necaxa will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 1-2 Liga MX (Clausura) victory over Cruz Azul.

In that game, Necaxa had 21% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Necaxa, goals were scored by Diber Cambindo (12') and José Paradela (28'). Cruz Azul had 23 shots on 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 go into this encounter after a 2-1 Liga MX (Clausura) win over Puebla in their last match.

In that game, León managed 41% possession and 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For León, the goalscorers were Alan Medina (2') and Edgar Guerra (46'). Puebla had 18 shots on goal with 5 on target. Santiago Ormeño (83') was the scorer 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.

👥 Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 16/03/2021 shows us that Necaxa have won 1 of them and León 4, with the number of draws being 1.

In all, 18 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 6 of them for Lightning Bolts and 12 being from Los Esmeraldas. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 7 on 02/09/2023 when it ended León 1-1 Necaxa.

In that game, León had 81% possession and 22 shots at goal with 7 of them on target.

Necaxa got 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Rogelio Cortéz (9') and Waldo Madrid (74' Own goal) scored.

The referee was Víctor Cáceres.

🗞️ Team News: Necaxa

The Necaxa manager Eduardo Fentanes will be happy not to have any fitness worries at all coming into this clash thanks to a completely injury-free group ready to go.

📰 Team News: León

With a completely healthy squad available to select from, the León boss Jorge Bava does not have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game.

🔮 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 under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 00:02 01/04/2024