Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Atlas & Cruz Azul face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Champion of Champions. All the pre-match information is available here!
Atlas form and stats
3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga MX numbers at home for Atlas so far this season.
Atlas lost their last game at Pachuca after a 1-2 scoreline. The striker Furch won the honour of being "man of the match" for Atlas with a rating of 7.34/10. Furch scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Before that, Atlas had a Liga MX home game versus Pachuca which ended with a victory 2-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Atlas have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 6.
Atlas are not conceding a lot of goals here at Dignity Health Sports Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Cruz Azul form and stats
It's the second away game in a row for Cruz Azul, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Tigres UANL last time out. Goalkeeper Jurado was absolutely vital in the Cruz victory against Tigres UANL, making six saves. Jurado (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.51. Jurado topped it up with a clean sheet.
The game before that, in the Liga MX, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Tigres UANL.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Cruz Azul in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Cruz Azul, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Atlas-Cruz Azul H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Atlas three wins, Cruz Azul five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Atlas missing players
Cruz Azul missing players
| Atlas | Cruz Azul | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Scored | S | 15 | 27 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.8 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | ||
| 13.5 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 13.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pachuca | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 38 |
| 2 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 3 | Atlas | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | America | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Puebla | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Monterrey | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | Necaxa | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Mazatlán | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Leon | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Toluca | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -15 | 19 |
| 16 | Queretaro | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 17 |
| 17 | Tijuana | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 18 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Juárez | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -18 | 11 |
