Straining Cruz Azul hope to pull off a surprise when they welcome enterprising Pumas UNAM in the next league match. It’s 15th vs 4th and the home supporters will have modest confidence.
- Cruz Azul have the fewest points (1) at home in Liga MX
- Pumas UNAM have won significantly less corners away then at home.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
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
Cruz Azul have collected 1 point from their Liga MX home games so far after 0-1-3. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Cruz, their manager Garduño and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Cruz Azul are returning here after visiting Necaxa and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Sepúlveda scored the goal(s). What a game it was for Sepúlveda when beating Necaxa, applying the finishing touch to three goals! The forward Sepúlveda was announced as "man of the match" for Cruz with the rating of 9.61/10. Sepúlveda scored three goals and hit two key passes.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Atletico San Luis.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 20 games. Cruz Azul has won 8 of these, drawn 5 and lost 7.
Take note that 8 of the latest 10 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.
Cruz has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Cruz Azul have allowed the opposition to score 10 goals here at Estadio Azteca.
Pumas UNAM form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX.
The club members enjoyed Pumas UNAM's previous game versus Queretaro (placed 13th), a 4-0 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Pumas UNAM was very dominant against Queretaro, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Silva and Dinenno (2) providing the goals. Defender Aldrete was the best team player with a rating of 8.43. Aldrete served one assist, hit two key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting America's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Pumas in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Pumas UNAM, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
The visiting Pumas UNAM have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games. In the opposite end, Pumas UNAM have conceded 10 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Cruz have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (3-1-0) versus Pumas UNAM.Top Goalscorers
  C. Huerta Valera 5 goals |  J. Dinenno De Cara 5 goals |   D. Cambindo Abonia 4 goals |
Cruz Azul missing players
Pumas UNAM missing players
| Cruz Azul | Pumas UNAM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 20 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 73% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 45% | 75% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 36% |
| 9% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 73% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 27% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6.8 | 4.9 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 14 | 15.7 |
| 4.8 | 6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 28% | 21% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 28% | 31% |
| 14.4 | 12.2 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 16 | 12.6 |
| 5.2 | 6.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.3 |
- All of Cruz Azul's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 yet to win a game at home.
- Cruz Azul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Pumas UNAM have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Pumas UNAM haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Tigres UANL | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | Atletico San Luis | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Pumas UNAM | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Toluca | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Juarez | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Atlas | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Guadalajara | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Monterrey | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | Santos Laguna | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Leon | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Puebla | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Queretaro | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Tijuana | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 15 | Cruz Azul | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Pachuca | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 11 |
| 17 | Mazatlan | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
