Cruz Azul supporters put their faith in manager Guzmán to deliver victory against Atlético San Luis

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 24.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Azteca (87000 seats)

Classic home win, the away team claims the win or an exciting draw? It's all possible when the mid-table teams Cruz Azul and Atlético San Luis meet at Estadio Azteca.

Insights:
  • Cruz Azul have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Liga MX
  • Atlético San Luis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Cruz nor Atlético San Luis as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Cruz Azul form and stats

Cruz Azul have played 8 Liga MX games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Cruz Azul in their previous game, a fixture away at Queretaro that ended with a 1-0 victory. Aguilar was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.35 out of 10. The defender Aguilar scored one goal and won 2 of 3 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Guadalajara (0-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cruz Azul have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won seven times, drawn four and lost four.

The Cruz Azul fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Cruz are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Azteca in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.

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Atlético San Luis form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga MX travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

The regulars enjoyed Atlético San Luis's previous fixture versus Pumas UNAM, a 2-0 win played at home. Berterame has bagged at least one goal for this side three fixtures in a row. The efficiency! León was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.51. The defender León scored one goal and won 4 of 5 duels.

A 2-4 defeat away at Necaxa before that.

We have checked recent matches where Atlético San Luis have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were five victories, three draws and eight defeats.

Atlético find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Atlético San Luis as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other previously this season, with the match result Atlético San Luis - Cruz Azul 0-0 written in the official records. Previous five meetings involving these contenders: Cruz won three, Atlético San Luis were winners in one and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético San LuisG. Berterame
G. Berterame
15 goals
Cruz AzulS. Giménez
S. Giménez
7 goals
Cruz AzulJ. Escobar Chena
J. Escobar Chena
4 goals

Cruz Azul missing players

Atlético San Luis missing players

Cruz Azul Atlético San Luis
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 5 Played P 4 17 33
12 7 1 Won W 3 5 10
11 3 1 Drew D 1 6 10
10 7 3 Lost L 0 6 13
42 21 5 Scored S 9 21 38
37 20 10 Conceded C 4 22 44
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 88%
70% 76% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 70%
39% 41% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 53% 42%
21% 18% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 24%
9% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
58% 53% 80% BTTS BTTS 75% 59% 48%
30% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 24% 24%
18% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 35% 39%
 
4.5 5.4 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.3 3.9
4.7 4.8 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 6.6 5.6
2.5 1.9 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.3 2.3
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
10.9 12 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 10.6 11.3
3.9 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.1 4
33% 27% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 30% 29%
 
13.3 12.6 12.6 Shots against (avg) S A 14 15.1 13.7
4.1 3.9 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.6 4.2
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Atlético San Luis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cruz Azul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cruz Azul have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Liga MX
  • 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 America 17 10 5 2 21 10 9 7 2 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 8 8 11 35
2 Atlas 17 8 5 4 21 10 9 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 3 1 13 5 11 29
3 Leon 17 8 5 4 20 14 8 3 3 2 11 6 9 5 2 2 9 8 6 29
4 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 26 14 9 4 5 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 11 9 12 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 9 3 23 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 24
6 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 22 8 3 4 1 13 9 9 3 2 4 9 13 0 24
7 Puebla 17 6 6 5 16 16 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 24
8 Cruz Azul 17 5 8 4 21 17 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 23
9 Monterrey 17 5 7 5 19 16 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 1 5 3 9 12 3 22
10 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 4 3 0 22
11 Pumas UNAM 17 5 6 6 17 23 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -6 21
12 Atlético San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlan 17 5 5 7 18 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 20
14 Necaxa 17 6 2 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 20
15 Pachuca 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 8 2 1 5 9 14 -2 18
16 Juarez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Queretaro 17 3 6 8 11 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 3 12 -8 15
18 Tijuana 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 1 2 5 7 16 -11 15

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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.