Seattle Sounders vs Club Necaxa Prediction and Betting Tips | August 4th 2024

Seattle Sounders will face Club Necaxa at Lumen Field on Sunday in another round of the 2024 Leagues Cup campaign. The home side enjoyed a strong start to their Leagues Cup campaign, beating 10-man Minnesota United 2-0 with Jordan Morris opening the scoring three minutes from normal time before substitute Paul Rothrock doubled their advantage minutes later.

The hosts now sit atop their group with three points from an obtainable three and will advance to the knockout stages provided they avoid defeat in regulation time on Sunday.

Club Necaxa have struggled for results in Liga MX this season and have begun their cup campaign in similar fashion, losing 1-0 to Minnesota last time out. The Mexican outfit found themselves a goal down and a man up after just 20 minutes and significantly upped the ante but could not find a way past Dayne St. Clair in the opposition goal.

The visitors sit rock-bottom in Group West 6 with zero points and must win on Sunday to advance to the knockout stages.

Seattle Sounders vs Club Necaxa Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

Sunday's game will mark just the second meeting between Seattle and Necaxa.
The two teams faced off for the first time back in 1997 in the CONCACAF Champions Cup with the visitors winning the first-round clash 4-1.
Seattle have the third-best defensive record in Major League Soccer this season with a goal concession tally of 29.
The visitors are without a clean sheet in their last nine games across all competitions.
Only six of the Sounders' 14 league wins this season have come on home turf.

Seattle Sounders vs Club Necaxa Prediction

Seattle have won seven of their last eight games and have lost just one of their last 10 across all competitions. They have lost just once on home turf since May and will head into the weekend clash as the clear favorites.

Necaxa are on a three-game winless streak and have won just one of their last six games across all competitions. They have lost four of their last five games on the road and could see defeat here as well.

Prediction: Seattle Sounders 2-0 Club Necaxa

Seattle Sounders vs Club Necaxa Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Seattle Sounders to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Four of the visitors' last five matches have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of the hosts' last six matchups)