Cruz Azul confront Monterrey, who have the the best goal difference (+4) in Liga MX, for acclaim and sporting success.
- Monterrey have the the best goal difference (+4) in Liga MX
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cruz Azul form and stats
Only two Liga MX home games for Cruz Azul so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Cruz's last game was hosting Toluca (placed 1st) and winning 4-0. Brayan Angulo, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.23 (out of 10). Angulo scored two goals. As mentioned above, Cruz "killed" Toluca in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Heartbreak before that as Cruz Azul lost 0-1 at Monterrey's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cruz have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won four, drawn zero and lost one.
Cruz are traveling soon after this match as the Liga MX match at Atletico San Luis awaits in three days.
Cruz Azul has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Monterrey form and stats
One match played away so far in the Liga MX for Monterrey and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses from 8 games.
Maximiliano Meza and Rogelio Funes Mori (2) scored in Monterrey's previous match, the home game against Pachuca that ended 3-1. The attacker Rogelio Funes Mori got a match rating of 8.22 in that game. Mori scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Monterrey secured a home win against Cruz Azul with the score 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Monterrey playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were four Monterrey wins, three draws and four defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Monterrey are hosting Guadalajara in the Liga MX only three days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Monterrey has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Cruz Azul-Monterrey H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cruz Azul four wins, Monterrey four wins, two draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Giménez 3 goals | B. Angulo Tenorio 2 goals |  M. Meza 2 goals |
Cruz Azul missing players
Monterrey missing players
| Cruz Azul | Monterrey | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 2.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 12 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 11.2 |
| 4.2 | 6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 41% | 33% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 47% |
- Monterrey have the the best goal difference (+4) in Liga MX
| Cruz Azul | Last season | Monterrey | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 44 | 22 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 63 | 38 | Scored | S | 26 | 52 | ||
| 37 | 18 | Conceded | C | 21 | 39 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 59% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 76% | ||
| 34% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 46% | ||
| 25% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 19% | ||
| 14% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 3% | ||
| 36% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 72% | 68% | ||
| 43% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 19% | ||
| 25% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 16% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.7 | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 12.6 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 13.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 40% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Toluca | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Leon | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Monterrey | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | America | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Atlas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Atletico San Luis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Mazatlán | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Santos Laguna | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Tigres UANL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 11 | Guadalajara | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Pachuca | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Querétaro | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Necaxa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Juarez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 16 | Puebla | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | Pumas UNAM | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Tijuana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 41 |
| 2 | America | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 38 |
| 3 | Puebla | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Monterrey | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Leon | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Atlas | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Pachuca | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Toluca | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 12 | Querétaro | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Mazatlán | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | Tijuana | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 16 | Juarez | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 15 |
| 17 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 12 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 11 |