📊 Form Guide

Universidad Nacional

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Universidad Nacional will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 0-1 Liga MX (Clausura) success against Tigres de la UANL.

In that game, Universidad Nacional managed 31% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Universidad Nacional was Robert Morales (23'). For their opponents, Tigres UANL had 30 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target.

Universidad Nacional haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They’ve claimed a sum of 11 during that time while also conceding a total of 8.

A look at their previous results shows us that Universidad Nacional:

• haven't been beaten in the league by León in their last 9 games. A long run without a loss.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 home league matches.

León

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Since being beaten in their last game against Pachuca in Liga MX (Clausura) action, León and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, León had 53% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for León was Rogelio Funes Mori (84'). For their opponents, Pachuca got 14 shots at goal with 8 on target. Oussama Idrissi (45') and Salomón Rondón (69') scored for Pachuca.

The numbers tell their own story, and León have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 10 goals in all. Defensively, León have some weaknesses to address. We will see whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Pre-game facts show that León:

• have not emerged victorious against Universidad Nacional when having played them away from home in the previous 4 matches in the league. Not good.
• have not won away from home in their last 7 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A study of their past head to head results going back to 22/01/2023 shows that these fixtures have been miserable for León. They’ve not managed to get any wins at all while Universidad Nacional have remained in the ascendancy, getting wins in 67% of those ties.

18 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 13 for Pumas and 5 being from Los Esmeraldas. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The last league game between these clubs was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 15 on 26/10/2025 which finished with the scoreline of León 1-1 Universidad Nacional.

That time, León had 52% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Alfonso Alvarado (57').

At the other end, Universidad Nacional got 13 attempts at goal with 7 on target. José Juan Macías (90') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Adonai Escobedo.

📋 Team News: Universidad Nacional

It’s our opinion that Pumas may well use a 4-1-2-1-2 system with Keylor Navas, Pablo Bennevendo, Nathan Silva, Ángel Azuaje, Jorge Ruvalcaba, Cesar Garza, Pedro Vite, Jesús Rivas, A. Carrasquilla, Alan Medina and Juninho.

ℹ️ Team News: León

There’s a good chance that Los Esmeraldas seem likely to make use of a 4-4-2 formation, going with O. Damián García, Sebastian Vegas, J. Stiven Barreiro, Rodrigo Echeverria, Salvador Reyes, J. Pablo Domínguez, Fernando Beltrán, Bryan Colula, Ismael Díaz, Diber Cambindo and J. Ivan Rodríguez.

✨ Prediction

Universidad Nacional should have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

At the other end, León could well struggle to break down their defence but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be hitting back at some stage here, too.

Our tip is for a comfortable 3-1 margin for Universidad Nacional at the end of this one.

Lucas Pereira, 17:02 18/01/2026