Balanced ball game between Cruz Azul and Pachuca expected

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 10.July
Match begins: 02:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Azteca (87000 seats)

It's the second opportunity for points this season as Cruz Azul and Pachuca battle it out at Estadio Azteca.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Cruz Azul form and stats

Last season, Cruz Azul's league statistics were 5 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses, leading to 8th spot in the Liga MX. From these 17 matches they scored 21 goals and gave away 17. Appearing as the home team in the last season Cruz Azul produced 3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 7 conceded.

Cruz are returning here after visiting Tigres UANL and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Giménez, Baca and Romero scored the goal(s). A late climax in the match against Tigres UANL as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by Giménez. Antuna (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.94/10. Antuna signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.

This is expected to be a close game, with Cruz Azul perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cruz Azul as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Cruz Azul has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 7.

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Pachuca form and stats

Let's have a look at how Pachuca performed last season in the Liga MX: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 19 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 9/14 goals scored/conceded.

Hurtado and Ibáñez scored in Pachuca's previous match, the home game against Querétaro that ended 2-0. Those three points felt good as this side had gone three league rounds without victory. The attacker Hurtado got a match rating of 8.3 in that game. Hurtado scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).

Before that, Pachuca secured a home win against Atlas with the score 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Pachuca playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Pachuca wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these contenders: Cruz won six, Pachuca were winners in two and we saw two draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Cruz AzulR. Baca Miranda
R. Baca Miranda
1 goals
Cruz AzulS. Giménez
S. Giménez
1 goals
Cruz AzulÁ. Romero Villamayor
Á. Romero Villamayor
1 goals

Cruz Azul missing players

Pachuca missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cruz Azul Pachuca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 18
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
60% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
21 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 9
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Cruz Azul Last season Pachuca
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 20   Played P   20 40
13 7   Won W   8 19
13 4   Drew D   3 10
12 9   Lost L   9 11
44 22   Scored S   28 60
40 23   Conceded C   29 44
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
63% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   90% 80%
34% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 55%
18% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 25%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
53% 50%   BTTS BTTS   60% 57%
32% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 30%
24% 25%   Failed to Score F T   20% 18%
 
4.3 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 5.4
4.7 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.3
2.6 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
4 1   Red cards R C   3 6
 
10.9 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   13.9 15.1
3.7 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.8
32% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 32%
 
13.4 12.4   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 12.4
4.2 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 3.6

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

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