Mazatlán vs Necaxa Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Mazatlán

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Mazatlán go into this game following on from a 0-0 Liga MX (Clausura) tied result versus Necaxa.

Mazatlán haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, netting in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They have hit an aggregate of 9 during that period and have conceded a total of 14. That sort of trend might not be carried forward here, of course.

Their past results show that Mazatlán:

• have not been beaten in the league by Necaxa in their previous 2 games.
• have not emerged victorious against Necaxa in their previous 3 league games.

Necaxa

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The numbers tell their own story, and Necaxa have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 8 goals in total. Defensively, Necaxa have been far from perfect.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 11/08/2020 shows that Mazatlán have won 1 of them & Necaxa 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

13 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them for Mazatlán and 7 belonging to Lightning Bolts. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The last league clash featuring these sides was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 16 on 24/09/2022 when it finished Necaxa 2-2 Mazatlán.

In that match, Necaxa managed 58% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Facundo Batista (45', 59').

On the other side, Mazatlán got 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Miguel Sansores (34') and Roberto Meraz (45') scored.

The referee was Fernando Hernández Gómez.

ℹ️ Team News: Mazatlán

The Mazatlán manager Rubén Romano will be happy not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this match owing to a fully healthy group to choose from.

ℹ️ Team News: Necaxa

Due to a fully injury-free group available to select from, the Necaxa boss Andres Lillini does not have any fitness concerns to speak of before this game.

💭 Prediction

It’s looking like Necaxa and Mazatlán could well both score and end up finding themselves in a fairly even game here.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We’re therefore predicting a very even match with a 1-1 scoreline at full-time.

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

Peter Guest, 02:32 14/03/2023