📊 Form Guide

Necaxa

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Necaxa fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 0-4 Liga MX (Clausura) victory over Atlas.

In that match, Necaxa had 50% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 9 on target. For Necaxa, the goalscorers were Diber Cambindo (23'), Agustín Palavecino (43'), Arturo Palma (70') and Tomás Badaloni (91'). Atlas got 9 shots on goal with 2 on target.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Necaxa haven’t conceded. The reality is that Necaxa have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 10 goals during that time.

Coming into this contest, Necaxa haven't won against Mazatlán in their previous 2 league games.

Mazatlán

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Last time out, Mazatlán drew 1-1 in the Liga MX (Clausura) tie with Santos Laguna.

In that match, Mazatlán had 48% possession and 22 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Mazatlán was Omar Moreno (23'). For their opponents, Santos Laguna got 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Bruno Barticciotto (45') was the scorer for Santos Laguna.

The numbers tell their own story, and Mazatlán have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 7 goals in total. At the back, Mazatlán could really do with shoring things up. That kind of pattern might not follow through here, however.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head clashes stretching back to 02/03/2022 shows that Necaxa have won 2 of them and Mazatlán 1, with the number of draws standing at 3.

A combined sum of 12 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 8 of them from Lightning Bolts and 4 being from Mazatlán. The average goals per game has been 2.

The previous league match featuring the two was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 8 on 19/09/2024 and the score finished Mazatlán 0-0 Necaxa.

That time, Mazatlán had 62% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

For their opponents, Necaxa had 6 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Daniel Quintero.

📋 Team News: Mazatlán

Due to a mostly full-strength group of players, there is just the sole fitness worry for the Mazatlán manager Víctor Vucetich to contend with. Anderson Duarte (Ankle injury) won’t be playing here.

🧠 Prediction

In this game, Necaxa will more than likely fashion enough chances to find the net more than once while possibly not conceding when they face Mazatlán, who might well find it a difficult task to score themselves.

Therefore, we are anticipating a 2-0 win for Necaxa at the end of this one.

Renata Leite, 00:23 22/02/2025