Universidad Nacional vs Monterrey Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Universidad Nacional

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Universidad Nacional enter this game coming off the back of a 1-1 Liga MX (Apertura) draw vs Mazatlán.

In that game, Universidad Nacional had 60% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Universidad Nacional was Nicolás Freire (90'). On the other side, Mazatlán had 7 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Eduard Bello (75') was the scorer for Mazatlán.

Over their last six games, Andres Lillini's Universidad Nacional have netted a total of 7 times - an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.17.

Going into this contest, Universidad Nacional haven't been defeated in their previous 6 league matches at home.

Monterrey

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Monterrey head into the match after a 1-0 Liga MX (Apertura) win with the downing of Puebla in their previous fixture.

In that game, Monterrey managed 45% possession and 21 shots at goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Monterrey was Stefan Medina (30'). For their opponents, Puebla got 4 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

In their last 6 outings, Monterrey have amassed a total of 13 goals. Monterrey have also managed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they have had 8 goals go against them.

Pre-game facts show that Monterrey:

• haven't won against Universidad Nacional when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 30/08/2019 tells us that Universidad Nacional have won 2 of them and Monterrey 3, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

A combined sum of 10 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 4 of them from Pumas and 6 being from Los Rayados. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The last league contest featuring these sides was Liga MX (Clausura) match day 14 on 17/04/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Universidad Nacional 2-0 Monterrey.

In that match, Universidad Nacional had 42% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Washington Corozo (91', 94').

For their opponents, Monterrey had 17 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

The referee was Erick Yair Miranda Galindo.

📰 Team News: Universidad Nacional

The Universidad Nacional manager Andres Lillini doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this match with a fully healthy group available to select from.

In our view, Pumas could go for a 4-3-3 formation for the game, utilising Julio González, Pablo Bennevendo, A. Ortiz Martínez, Nicolas Freire, Jero Rodríguez, Daniel Alves, Leonel Lopez, Higor Meritao, Gustavo Del Prete, Juan Ignacio Dinenno and Eduardo Salvio.

📰 Team News: Monterrey

Monterrey boss Víctor Vucetich has some current player fitness concerns. Rodrigo Aguirre (Medial Collateral Ligament Knee Injury), Joao Rojas (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Esteban Andrada (Knee Surgery) are those who can’t be considered.

There’s a good chance that Los Rayados seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, settling for Luis Cárdenas, Stefan Medina, Cesar Montes, Héctor Moreno, Érick Aguirre, Luis Francisco Romo, Celso Ortiz, Rodolfo Pizarro, Germán Berterame, M. Eduardo Meza and Rogelio Funes Mori.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Monterrey and Universidad Nacional may both struggle to make a breakthrough here.

Let’s see how this one goes, but it looks this could be a game with minimal goal-scoring opportunities. Therefore, we predict a very competitive game with a 0-0 scoreline at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 00:47 27/07/2022