Season ticket holders at Estadio Azteca haven’t enjoyed many home wins this season, with Cruz Azul languishing in the 17th position. The opposing León will believe to defend their higher league position in this match.
- Cruz Azul have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Liga MX
- León have won significantly less corners away then at home.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Liga MX game only four days ago.
Cruz Azul form and stats
0-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga MX numbers at home for Cruz Azul so far this season. With Cruz Azul having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Garduño.
Cruz Azul are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Tigres UANL. Cruz's goalkeeper Gudiño was extremely busy against Tigres UANL, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves. Midfield player Rodríguez got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Rodríguez hit two key passes and had 66 successful passes (of 71 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Pumas UNAM with the scoreline 1-4.Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 11 most recent league matches highlights that 10 of them had goals from both teams.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Liga MX game versus Juarez in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Azteca.
The Cruz Azul fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Cruz have allowed the opposition to score 14 goals here at Estadio Azteca.
León form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for León so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).
León's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Atlas that finished 1-1. The attacker Mena got a match rating of 7.95 in that game. Mena hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 54 successful passes (of 61 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Toluca.Considering a bet on a low-scoring game? 5 league fixtures in a row with this side have had zero, one or two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as León are hosting Pumas UNAM in the Liga MX only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting León as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. León struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Cruz Azul have won or drawn the last 4 matches (3-1-0) against León.Top Goalscorers
  C. Antuna Romero 4 goals |  D. Cambindo Abonia 4 goals |  Á. Sepúlveda Sánchez 4 goals |
Cruz Azul missing players
León missing players
| Cruz Azul | León | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 26 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 77% |
| 77% | 80% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 46% | 80% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 15% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 77% | 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 31% |
| 23% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 5.3 | 6.4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.7 | 6.7 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12.9 | 13.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 22 | 15.2 | 16.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
| 27% | 21% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 16% | 21% |
| 14.1 | 11.8 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.8 | 11.1 |
| 5.5 | 6.2 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
- All of Cruz Azul's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cruz Azul have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Cruz Azul have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Cruz Azul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cruz Azul have the fewest points (1) at home in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the most conceded goals (14) at home in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cruz Azul have yet to win a game at home.
- Cruz Azul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- León have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- León haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 30 |
| 2 | Tigres UANL | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Atletico San Luis | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | Pumas UNAM | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Monterrey | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | León | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Toluca | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 | Atlas | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Juarez | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Puebla | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Queretaro | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 15 |
| 13 | Pachuca | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 15 |
| 14 | Tijuana | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 | Santos Laguna | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Mazatlan | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Cruz Azul | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -9 | 11 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 8 |
