Stadium: Luis "Pirata" Fuente

Referee: Germán Arredondo Ramírez

Serie: 14 GP - 4 Wins for Veracruz - 4 Draws - 6 Wins for Necaxa

Last two matches Veracruz won.

Veracruz

Last match the team lost 4-0 to Chivas Guadalajara on away, The team is the worst team overall, and even if winning here will not left that place. the team has seem to improve, but quickly went to the negative results. Have a streak of six matches without victory, and doesn't seem they could get out of that this tournament. For this match FW Tressor Moreno, DF Edgar Zapata and FW Sebatian "Chamagol" Gonzalez where separated from the team and began their vacations before than any other player. The official release speak that they will not have activity with the team and that the intention is to gave playing time to other players. It is expected the team field youth players for this match.

In offensive the team have only score 10 goals in 15 matches for an average of 0.67 goals per match. their best striker is FW Hector Mancilla with three goals which despite his fair performance, haven't played since round 10 most because of a long term injury. Six other players have score, and the only that highlights with two is FW Malher Tressor Moreno with two goals. One player that has left a lot to wish and is finishing a disaster campaing is FW Sebastian Gonzalez, which before departing Atlante in December 2005 was a deadly striker.

In defense the team is the worst with 32 goals allowed in 16 games for an average of 2 goals per match allowed. In last five matches the team has allowed 14 goals, for an average over 3 goals per match. Highlights that two of those matches where under 2.5 goals. When the teams seems to improve in the next match the team play worst and continue in the negative streak.

The team continues to suffer from the constant change of coaches, as just this tournament have five coaches. Two act as intern coach and both direct just one match, taking victory on them. Together the other three coaches have direct 14 games with just one victory of the first coach that was fired. The team is eliminated from the tournament and fights here to end in a more honorfoul way, and also to add points for the race against relegation that will start next tournament.

Suspended:

Omar Rivera

Injured:

Antonio Martínez

FW Héctor Mancilla

Absences:

FW Sebastian González

FW Tressor Moreno

DF Edgar Zapata

Necaxa

Won last match on home, thanks to Atlas GK Mario Rodriguez injury before the game that sends GK Antonio Perez to GK position, and it was their errors which gave Necaxa the lead twice and finaly the victory which serve the team to boost their morale for their game against Alianza Lima. The team have been improving in last five the team have collect two victories, and one draw and two defeats. The team carries a streak of two matches without defeat and seems to be looking good. The team have a slim chance to be on playoffs and all pass trought this match.

The team best offensive player is Hector Horario Gimenez, which has scored in the last five matches one goal in each one. after not being used in the first part of the tournament. 10 other players have scored, only three of them with two goals, the rest with just one. The team has scored in 13 of the 16 games of the season, just three times has been stopped to a clean sheet.

In defensive the team is the thrid worst defense of the tournament and has allowed 25 goals in 16 matches , for an average of 1.56 goals allowed per match. The team has just two clean sheets, and has 14 matches where at least allowed a goal, in eight of them have allowed two or more. And is this lack of performance on defense which has the team eliminated from the tournament.

In midweek the team receive Alianza Lima, and won 2-0 to qualified to next stage of Libertadores Cup and finish as first place of their group. Match where the team make just the necessary as it was to beat Alianza Lima to be on next round. So in that stage the team has make their duties, even this could represent that qualification to reclasification in local tournament could be a problem as dates could be the same for next stage of Libertadores Cup and reclasification. But achieving reclasification seems a really hard task.

Now the team needs to win and that Pumas, Santos, Quereatro, Morelia and Monterrey lost. If Necaxa draw or lost will be eliminated from the tournament.

Injured:

FW Aarón Padilla

Match:

Both teams will experiment but still I see Necaxa with more arguments to stand for the victory, and will attack than Veracruz which has deliver three of their best players to vacations and will have many chances on their lineup.

Prediction:

Match with many variatons, as changes are expected in Necaxa and on Veracruz, both teams could send players that haven't achieve a lot of gameplay during the season, this could deliver a very different game than what analisys point it, the morale boost of qualification to next stage of Libertadores Cup should help Necaxa to take something, so Necaxa 0AH seems like a good option, still it dependes of which lineup field the team, some good strikers in Necaxa will be a good sign.



Pick : Necaxa
Odds : 1.92
Stake : 7 / 10
Bookmaker : Bet365
Date : 2007-04-28
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