Can Cruz Azul beat Atlas?

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Date: Sat 11.January
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Azteca (87000 seats)

It's a new Liga MX campaign and Cruz Azul are eager to get started. Atlas are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

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Cruz Azul form and stats

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Cruz Azul's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won 2 matches, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Cruz Azul have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Cruz Azul scored 3 goals and let in 2 goals during these one game.

Last season, Cruz Azul's league statistics were 8 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Liga MX. Over these 17 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 15. Playing at home last season Cruz Azul managed 5-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 7 conceded.

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Atlas form and stats

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Atlas when being an outsider away as they are today, we find seven matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 2 and winning 0 games.

It's a day of discovery for Atlas 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 Atlas have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Atlas has scored 2 goals and conceded 5 times.

Let's have a look at how Atlas performed last season in the Liga MX: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 1 draw and 10 defeats. In total they scored 19 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 10/18 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Atlas - Cruz Azul 1-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Cruz Azul, 2 draws and 3 wins for Atlas. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.

Top Goalscorers

Cruz AzulJ. Rodríguez
J. Rodríguez
7 goals
Cruz AzulM. Caraglio
M. Caraglio
5 goals
AtlasJ. Isijara
J. Isijara
3 goals

Cruz Azul missing players

Atlas missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cruz Azul Atlas
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 1 9 18
5 4 2 Won W 0 3 6
8 4 0 Drew D 1 2 3
5 1 0 Lost L 0 4 9
25 17 8 Scored S 2 9 19
24 10 3 Conceded C 2 15 26
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 72%
39% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 44%
33% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 22%
17% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
67% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 50%
22% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 28%
22% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 22%
 
4.7 6 4 Corners For (avg) C F 5 3.1 3.6
4.8 4.2 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5
2.3 2.3 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 2.4
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 3 4
 
266 140 26 Total Shots T S 9 84 182
73 43 13 Shots on Target S O 4 23 58
34% 40% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 39% 33%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Atlas haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cruz Azul have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Cruz Azul have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cruz Azul haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tijuana 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Toluca 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
3 America 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Atlas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Atlético San Luis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cruz Azul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Guadalajara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Juárez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 León 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Monterrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Necaxa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Pachuca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Puebla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Pumas UNAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Querétaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Tigres UANL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Santos Laguna 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Morelia 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tijuana 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Toluca 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
3 America 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Atlas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Atlético San Luis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cruz Azul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Guadalajara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Juárez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 León 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Monterrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Necaxa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Pachuca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Puebla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Pumas UNAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Querétaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Tigres UANL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Santos Laguna 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Morelia 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0

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Liga MX is the top division in the Mexican football league system. Each season the league has two tournaments, Apertura (opening) and Clausura (closing). This means that the Liga MX has two champions per season. The Liga MX is the fourth most attended football league in the world.