📊 Form Guide

Universidad Nacional

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Universidad Nacional will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 3-5 Primera (Apertura) Liguilla losing effort in their last game against Monterrey.

In that match, Universidad Nacional managed 63% possession and 20 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. For Universidad Nacional, the goalscorers were Guillermo Martínez (36', 87') and Ignacio Pussetto (66'). For their opponents, Monterrey got 9 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Germán Berterame (32', 73'), Lucas Ocampos (56'), Gerardo Arteaga (79') and Óliver Torres (93') scored for Monterrey.

A common theme in recent Universidad Nacional games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.

Taking their prior sextet of clashes before this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on BTTS would have lost. Despite that, time will tell whether the trend might be replicated in this next game.

Necaxa

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In their last fixture, Necaxa drew 0-0 in the Liga MX (Apertura) match with Atlas.

In that match, Necaxa had 42% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. On the other side, Atlas got 15 attempts at goal with 6 on target.

Looking at their form, and Necaxa have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 15 goals in total. At the back, Necaxa have some weaknesses to address.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 19/03/2022 shows us that Universidad Nacional have won 1 of them & Necaxa 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A combined sum of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 5 for Pumas and 11 belonging to Lightning Bolts. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The last league game between these clubs was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 7 on 14/09/2024 when it finished Necaxa 2-0 Universidad Nacional.

On that occasion, Necaxa had 28% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The scorers were Agustín Palavecino (57') and Fernando Arce (70').

For their opponents, Universidad Nacional got 10 shots at goal with 1 on target.

The match was refereed by Katia Garcia.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Universidad Nacional will, in all likelihood, be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

At the same time, Necaxa may well struggle to get shooting opportunities but we can see them getting enough chances to score, too.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a fairly comfortable 3-1 margin for Universidad Nacional at the end of this one.

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

Lucas Pereira, 17:02 12/01/2025