Necaxa vs FC Juarez Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form has been shaky for both

Necaxa's wider run of 20 matches across competitions reads six wins, six draws and eight defeats, with 24 scored and 31 conceded. In Liga MX specifically their last five league games have brought one draw and three losses, including a home defeat to Puebla and a heavy loss away at Toluca.

Necaxa: 20 completed matches; FC Juarez: 20 completed matches.

Necaxa

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

24

Conceded

31

Difference

-7

FC Juarez

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

42

Difference

-14

Juarez's equivalent sample is worse: seven wins, two draws and eleven losses from 20 games, with 28 scored but 42 conceded. Their league form has been particularly rough, with a 1-5 defeat to Pumas and a 6-1 loss at Monterrey among the low points, though they did beat Tigres 2-0 in their most recent league outing.

Both teams have shown they can concede in bunches, which matters more than who's technically 'in form'.

Comparative Team Statistics: Necaxa vs FC Juarez

A history built on tight results

These two have met 14 times since 2019, and draws have been a common outcome, including two of the last three meetings before this: 1-1 and 2-2, sandwiching a narrow 1-2 Necaxa win away at Juarez in February.

The head-to-head record doesn't lean clearly either way. It mostly underlines how close these fixtures tend to be, regardless of form elsewhere.

Bottom-half positions in Liga MX

Necaxa sit 15th with eight points from nine games, having won two, drawn two and lost five, scoring ten and conceding sixteen. Juarez are two places lower on three points from nine, with just a single win and a goal difference of minus seventeen.

These are only the two teams' positions rather than a full table, but the numbers on both sides point to sides who've struggled to create or defend consistently this season.

Attacking threats and card counts

Necaxa's Carranza has scored five goals in just eight appearances this season, making him their most direct route to goals. Juarez's Estupiñán has matched that tally with five in nine games, while teammate Rodríguez has provided three assists, suggesting some link-up going forward despite the results.

Necaxa:

Best scorers:

J. Carranza - 5

Penalty cards:

J. Carranza x 1

L. Jiménez x 1

FC Juarez:

Best scorers:

Ó. Estupiñán - 5

Best assist providers:

J. Rodríguez - 3

Penalty cards:

D. García x 3

J. Murillo x 3

On discipline, Juarez's García and Murillo have each picked up three yellow cards in nine matches, and Necaxa's Martínez has the same tally in eight. Both Carranza and Jiménez for Necaxa already have a red card apiece this season, which is worth keeping in mind.

Individual moments from Carranza or Estupiñán could matter more than team shape given how open both defences have been.

What kind of game this could turn into

With Juarez conceding 23 in nine league games and Necaxa letting in 16, neither defence looks settled. Add in a head-to-head record full of draws and narrow margins, and this doesn't scream a comfortable afternoon for anyone.

If both sides play like they have recently, chances at both ends seem plausible, though picking a clear winner from the numbers alone isn't straightforward.