Monterrey head to The Estadio Victoria on Monday for the Liga MX (Clausura) game with home team Necaxa.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Necaxa v Monterrey - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Necaxa
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Necaxa will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 5-2 Liga MX (Clausura) defeat last time out to Tigres de la UANL.
For Necaxa, the goalscorers were 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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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Columbus Crew in CONCACAF Champions League action, Monterrey and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
The only player to score from Monterrey was Maximiliano Meza (58'). Cucho Hernández (25') and Jacen Russell-Rowe (72') 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.
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Head to head
A review of their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 20/02/2021 shows that Necaxa have won 1 of them and Monterrey 4, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.
An aggregate of 16 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 4 of them for Lightning Bolts and 12 belonging to Los Rayados. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.
The last league clash between these clubs was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 15 on 01/11/2023 when it finished Monterrey 3-0 Necaxa.
On that occasion, Monterrey managed 71% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The goals were scored by Sebastián Vegas (45'), Germán Berterame (54') and Víctor López (91').
On the other side, Necaxa got 6 attempts at goal with 1 on target.
The match was refereed by Oscar Mejia Garcia.
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Team News: Necaxa
The Necaxa manager Eduardo Fentanes will be thankful to have no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this game with a fully injury-free group available to select from.
In all likelihood, Lightning Bolts could use the 4-3-3 system this time, beginning the first half with 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.
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Team News: Monterrey
Due to a fully injury-free group to pick from, the Monterrey manager Fernando Ortiz has no fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash.
We are inclined to think that Los Rayados seem most likely to elect for a 5-3-2 lineup, choosing Esteban Andrada, Gerardo Arteaga, Héctor Moreno, Jesús Gallardo, V. Andrés Guzmán, Cesar Bustos, Jordi Cortizo, Omar Govea, Sergio Canales, Germán Berterame and Rodrigo Aguirre.
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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.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
23:09 26/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Necaxa
Formed: 1923
Stadium: The Estadio Victoria (23,851)
Captain: Alexis Peña
Chairman: Ernesto Tinajero
Manager: Eduardo Fentanes
Competitions: Liga MX (Clausura) position 8, Liga MX (Apertura) position 18
🔑 Star Player: Édgar Méndez
Customarily taking up the Right Wing position, Édgar Méndez was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. Having played his first senior match for Real Jaén in the 2013 - 2014 season, the goalscoring Forward has managed 4 league goals in the Liga MX (Clausura) 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in a total of 14 appearances.