📏 Form Guide

León

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León, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-2 Liga MX (Clausura) triumph versus Atlas.

In that match, León had 46% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For León, goals were scored by Adonis Frías (81') and Jhonder Cádiz (95'). At the other end, Atlas got 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Eduardo Aguirre (62') scored for Atlas.

Eduardo Berizzo's León have celebrated scoring a sum total of 9 times in their past half-dozen outings. The comparative tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures is 5.

Their prior results show that León:

• haven't lost in the league to FC Juárez in their last 6 matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 5 home league matches.

FC Juárez

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FC Juárez will go into the clash after a 1-0 Liga MX (Clausura) win vs Cruz Azul in their previous match.

In that match, FC Juárez managed 37% possession and 4 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Juárez was José Luis Rodríguez (19'). For their opponents, Cruz Azul had 5 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

Over the course of their last 6 outings, FC Juárez have bagged a total of 8 goals. FC Juárez have also scored on each one of those occasions. Over that period, their defenders have had 7 goals go into their own net. Let’s see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Taking a look at their past results, FC Juárez:

• haven't beaten León when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on past results between these clubs going back to 05/03/2022 tells us that these fixtures have been miserable for FC Juárez. They have not managed to get any victories whatsoever whereas León have dominated them, winning in 67 per cent of those matches played.

An aggregate of 12 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 8 of them for Los Esmeraldas and 4 belonging to Los Bravos. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The previous league contest between the two was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 12 on 20/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of FC Juárez 2-3 León.

In that match, FC Juárez had 49% possession and 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Óscar Estupiñán (50') and José Juan García (62').

On the other side, León had 10 shots on goal with 4 on target. Diego Hernández (13'), Stiven Mendoza (67') and Mauricio Isaís (97') scored.

The referee was Víctor Cáceres.

📰 Team News: León

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the León manager Eduardo Berizzo to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength group. Andrés Guardado (Broken fibula) is out of contention.

📋 Team News: FC Juárez

In an otherwise healthy group, there’s only the sole fitness issue for the FC Juárez manager Martín Varini to contend with. Sebastián Jurado (Meniscus injury) misses out for this game.

💭 Prediction

In our view, León look likely to score more than once when they come up against FC Juárez, who won’t find it easy getting goals.

We can therefore see a fairly comfortable 2-0 win for León at the end of the match.

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

Peter Guest, 22:02 25/01/2025