National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Cruz Azul or Guadalajara that keep their silverware dream alive.
9 - 15 - 9 with 39-35. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Guadalajara when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Guadalajara play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cruz and Guadalajara.
Cruz Azul form and stats
Cruz Azul's previous match was a Copa por México game also played at their own stadium, finishing 2-1 versus America. The home side hope to to build on that result.
In the fixture before, 1-1 away to Toluca (Copa por México).
Guadalajara form and stats
Two travels in a row for Guadalajara, whose coach Paunovic could celebrate last time after the Copa por México win against Atlas.
Before that match, the win at home hosting Tigres UANL in the Copa por México (2-1).
It's a day of discovery for Guadalajara as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Guadalajara have played five with the results W1-D0-L4 (win-draw-lost). In these games Guadalajara has scored {2 goals} and conceded 9 times.
Head 2 Head
Cruz-Guadalajara H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cruz Azul six wins, Guadalajara two wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  Á. Zaldívar Caviedes 4 goals |   M. Estrada Martínez 3 goals | G. Carneiro Méndez 3 goals |
Cruz Azul missing players
Guadalajara missing players
| Cruz Azul | Guadalajara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 42 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 68% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12.5 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 13.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| 13.6 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 11.7 | ||
| 5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
