Liga MX: A pair of teams who have performed fine so far. Get smart on Cruz Azul - León with this complete preview!
- Cruz Azul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
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 León.
Cruz Azul form and stats
3-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga MX numbers at home for Cruz Azul so far this season.
A nice win for Cruz Azul last time playing, versus America. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Roberto Alvarado and Jonathan Rodríguez scoring for the victors. Manager J. Reynoso Guzmán felt very clever after Jonathan Rodríguez scored the winning goal against America, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 62nd minute. A late climax in the match against America as the winning goal came seven minutes into overtime; scored by Jonathan Rodríguez. Midfielder Guillermo Fernández was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Fernández hit two key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).
1-1 away at Guadalajara before that.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cruz Azul handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, six draws and two defeats.
The manager J. Reynoso Guzmán will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Pumas UNAM in only four days.
Cruz have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Azteca with 11 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Cruz Azul have conceded only 6 goals.
León form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga MX travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
182 minutes! That's how long the León goalkeeper Rodolfo Cota Robles and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
León are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Toluca (placed 4th). Osvaldo Rodríguez was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.02. The defender Rodríguez hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Puebla with the score of 1-0.León are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.
A new game in only three days for León, the Liga MX home match versus Necaxa. Busy days.
León have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. León have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Cruz victories, four draws and two León wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Angulo Tenorio 4 goals | S. Giménez 4 goals |  Á. Mena Delgado 4 goals |
Cruz Azul missing players
León missing players
| Cruz Azul | León | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 11 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 87% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 60% |
| 27% | 29% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 40% |
| 7% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 13% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 12% | 33% |
| 33% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 62% | 47% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 33% |
| 3.1 | 3 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 10.7 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 |
| 3.3 | 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 36% | 33% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 33% | 30% |
| 11.5 | 11.9 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 13.2 | 11.1 |
| 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
- All of Cruz Azul's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cruz Azul have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 34 |
| 2 | Atlas | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | Tigres UANL | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Toluca | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| 5 | Cruz Azul | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | León | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Monterrey | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Puebla | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Santos Laguna | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 10 | Necaxa | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 11 | Mazatlan | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Guadalajara | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 19 |
| 13 | Atletico San Luis | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Pumas UNAM | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 15 | Pachuca | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 16 | Juarez | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 | Queretaro | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Tijuana | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 12 |