Universidad Nacional vs León Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Universidad Nacional

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Universidad Nacional will be wanting a better result here after the 3-0 Liga MX (Clausura) loss in their previous game against Santos Laguna.

In that game, Universidad Nacional had 61% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. At the other end, Santos Laguna had 27 shots on goal with 19 on target. Diego Medina (16', 61') and Harold Preciado (87') scored for Santos Laguna.

Universidad Nacional have been conceding pretty frequently lately, although they have also managed to hit the back of the net themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Universidad Nacional have conceded in 6 of them while also managing to get on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches. Historical results aside, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern might persist here in this match or not.

Coming into this clash, Universidad Nacional haven't lost in the league to León in their previous 3 matches.

León

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León go into this clash following on from a 2-1 Liga MX (Clausura) win in the defeat of Necaxa in their most recent outing.

In that match, León had 59% possession and 15 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. For León, goals were scored by Víctor Dávila (63') and Ángel Mena (67'). Necaxa had 5 shots at goal with 3 on target. Facundo Batista (10') scored for Necaxa.

Looking at their form, and León have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 7 goals overall. In defence, León just haven’t been too solid at all.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 11/12/2020, neither club has come out on top overall with Universidad Nacional winning 2 of those games, León 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

In all, 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 8 for Pumas and 9 created by Los Esmeraldas. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 2 on 10/07/2022 when it ended León 3-3 Universidad Nacional.

In that game, León had 46% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The scorers were Lucas Di Yorio (53', 79') and Joel Campbell (59').

At the other end, Universidad Nacional got 17 shots on goal with 8 on target. Juan Ignacio Dinenno (5'), Gustavo del Prete (45') and Eduardo Salvio (52') scored.

The match was refereed by Jesus Lopez.

📰 Team News: Universidad Nacional

The Universidad Nacional manager Rafael Puente Jr. has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all before this game thanks to a fully healthy squad available for selection.

📰 Team News: León

Out of a mainly healthy squad, there is just a single fitness problem for the León boss Nicolás Larcamón to be concerned about. Byron Castillo (Ankle Injury) won’t be playing here.

🔮 Prediction

Our assessment here is that León will have their work cut out to see themselves scoring against this Universidad Nacional outfit who we reckon will end up scoring and staying ahead.

We’re therefore tipping a good battle with a 1-0 win for Universidad Nacional at the end of the 90 minutes.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

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

Victor Martins, 01:43 18/01/2023