Necaxa vs Monterrey - prediction, team news, lineups

In a matchup of 2 unbeaten sides, Necaxa and Monterrey volition clash connected matchday 2 of the Liga MX Apertura run connected Sunday astatine Estadio Victoria.

Both sides were victorious successful their opening lucifer of the caller season, with the nine from Aguascalientes defeating Atlante 2-1 and Rayados edging Santos Laguna past week, 3-2.

Match preview

There is simply a batch of optimism astatine Necaxa astatine the moment, arsenic this broadside are anxious to beryllium they person progressed from the disappointment of the 2025-26 campaign.

While they missed the playoffs successful some editions of the Liga MX contention past year, they got disconnected to a bully commencement this season, coming from down with 2 goals successful the last 10 minutes positive stoppage time.

On Sunday they tin agelong their unbeaten tally successful the Apertura to six matches, aft claiming astatine slightest a constituent successful their last 4 games of the regular play past year.

At the aforesaid time, they tin agelong their location unbeaten tally successful Liga MX to six matches arsenic well, a tally which dates backmost to the past Clausura regular season.

Martin Varini tin usher this nine to a 2-0 commencement successful the Apertura this play for the archetypal clip since 2017 erstwhile they finished the regular play successful ninth.

Los Electricistas person not won an Apertura location outing against Monterrey since 2008, erstwhile they hung connected to assertion a 3-2 triumph.

For the 2nd clip successful 3 years, Monterrey person begun an Apertura play with maximum points, acknowledgment a flurry of goals successful the opening half.

Expectations volition beryllium precocious for this club, which missed retired connected the last signifier of the Clausura this year, finishing successful 13th.

With Matias Almeyda successful charge, the anticipation is that the Argentinian manager tin instrumentality them to the top, conscionable similar helium did astatine Chivas, guiding them to the Clausura crown successful 2017.

If that is to happen, they volition request to beryllium much potent successful beforehand of goal, particularly distant from home, having failed to people successful their past 2 Liga MX affairs extracurricular Monterrey.

On Sunday they tin drawback an eight-match winless tally successful Liga MX distant from home, with this broadside losing connected 4 of those occasions.

La Pandilla person won their past 9 meetings against Necaxa successful Liga MX play, without a extremity conceded successful those past 4 outings.

Necaxa Liga MX form:

Monterrey Liga MX form:

Team News

A limb wounded did not forestall Julian Carranza from featuring for Necaxa past week, portion Alexis Pena should beryllium disposable arsenic good contempt antecedently sustaining a muscular contented backmost successful March.

Carranza and Misael Pedroza scored precocious past week against Atlante, with the second netting the victor successful stoppage clip portion goalkeeper Luis Ronaldo Jimenez Gonzalez stopped 3 of the 4 shots that helium faced to support them alive.

At Monterrey, Carlos Salcedo could beryllium sidelined connected Sunday arsenic helium continues to retrieve from a near thigh wounded portion Hugo Cuypers volition question to marque his archetypal quality aft precocious joining them from MLS side, the Chicago Fire.

Lucas Ocampos notched a brace for them successful their opening Apertura affair, with the victor coming courtesy of Jesus Manuel Corona.

Necaxa imaginable starting lineup:

Jimenez; Martinez, Pena, Mendez, Vargas; J. Torres, Leyva, Faravelli, Ruiz; Monreal, Carranza

Monterrey imaginable starting lineup:

Cardenas; Chavez, Aceves, Medina, Arteaga; O. Torres, Ambriz; Orellano, Corona, Ocampos; Rossi

We say: Necaxa 2-1 Monterrey

Monterrey person not shown they tin beryllium compact oregon accordant connected the antiaircraft end, particularly distant from home, which is wherefore we judge Necaxa volition exposure them connected Sunday.

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