Necaxa vs Monterrey Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Necaxa

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Necaxa will be hoping to bounce back here after the 5-2 Liga MX (Clausura) loss in their previous game against Tigres de la UANL.

For Necaxa, goals were scored by Braian Samudio (33') and Alejandro Andrade (72'). André-Pierre Gignac (51'), Ozziel Herrera (54') and Marcelo Flores (59', 62', 69') scored for Tigres de la UANL.

Necaxa have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They have hit an aggregate of 13 during that period and have conceded a total of 11. Such a trend won’t necessarily follow through into this next game, of course.

Heading into this fixture, Necaxa have left without a victory over Monterrey in their last 4 league games.

Monterrey

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Columbus Crew in CONCACAF Champions League action, Monterrey and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

The only scorer from Monterrey was Maximiliano Meza (58'). Cucho Hernández (25') and Jacen Russell-Rowe (73') scored for Columbus Crew.

Looking at their form, and Monterrey have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, conceding 10 goals overall. At the back, Monterrey have not been doing too well.

Their prior results show that Monterrey:

• remain unbeaten by Necaxa when having played them away from home in the previous 5 league games. A very good run of results for them.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 20/02/2021 shows that Necaxa have won 1 of them and Monterrey 4, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A sum of 16 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 4 from Lightning Bolts and 12 coming from Los Rayados. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The previous league clash between these clubs was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 15 on 01/11/2023 when it finished Monterrey 3-0 Necaxa.

In that game, Monterrey had 71% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Goals were scored by Sebastián Vegas (45'), Germán Berterame (54') and Víctor López (91').

Necaxa got 6 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Oscar Mejia Garcia.

🗞️ Team News: Necaxa

The Necaxa boss Eduardo Fentanes has zero fitness worries at all coming into this match thanks to a completely injury-free group available for selection.

It’s our opinion that Lightning Bolts will possibly line up in a 4-3-3 formation, utilising Luis Ezequiel Unsain, Alexis Peña, E. M. González, Agustín Oliveros, Alan Montes, Diego Gomez, Fernando Arce, Bryan Garnica, Ricardo Monreal, Braian Samudio and J. Antonio Paradela.

📋 Team News: Monterrey

Thanks to a fully healthy squad to pick from, the Monterrey boss Fernando Ortiz has no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash.

We’re of the thinking that Los Rayados will likely utilise a 5-3-2 lineup using Esteban Andrada, Gerardo Arteaga, Héctor Moreno, Jesús Gallardo, V. Andrés Guzmán, Cesar Bustos, Jordi Cortizo, Omar Govea, Sergio Canales, Germán Berterame and Rodrigo Aguirre.

💭 Prediction

Necaxa may find it difficult to find the net against this Monterrey team who should get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore seeing a good tussle with a 0-1 win for Monterrey after 90 minutes.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes.

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Victor Martins, 03:10 25/04/2024