A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Cruz Azul fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Tijuana's 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa MX.
Cruz Azul's stadium, Estadio Azteca, has a grass surface. Tijuana have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Tijuana when playing on grass; 7 wins, 5 draws and 23 losses from 35 matches. They have scored 28 goals in these games and conceded 66.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Cruz Azul form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Cruz Azul, who have the the best goal difference (+7) in Liga MX, have to build on here at Estadio Azteca in the Liga MX. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Cruz Azul are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Cruz Azul, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
A strong away win for Cruz Azul against Morelia the last match, as Orbelín Pineda, Elías Hernández and Jonathan Rodriguez (2) were on target. Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Portmore United.
A goal frenzy last time out for Cruz Azul, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Morelia. Fun stuff to watch!
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cruz Azul matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, three draws and one defeat (from six games).
Goals decide football matches and Cruz Azul are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. On the other hand, Cruz Azul have conceded 4 goals.
Tijuana form and stats
The Liga MX season is young and Tijuana have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Tijuana are looking to quickly end their 193 minutes long goal drought in the Liga MX.
B. Angulo (3) scored in Tijuana's previous match, the home game against Toluca that ended 3-0. A loss against Puebla was the result prior to that, in a Liga MX home game.
B. Angulo certainly enjoyed Tijuana's last game versus Toluca, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-0 victory.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Tijuana when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing zero and winning zero games.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Tijuana manager G. Quinteros Desábato as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Toluca.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Tijuana have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Tijuana - Cruz Azul 3-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Cruz Azul victories, three draws and four Tijuana wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 J. Rodríguez Portillo 14 goals |   C. Da Silva Sanvezzo 6 goals | E. Hernández Jacuinde 5 goals |
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| Cruz Azul | Tijuana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 44 | 26 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 31 |
| 36 | 14 | 8 | Conceded | C | 9 | 28 | 46 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 81% |
| 58% | 54% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 58% |
| 35% | 31% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 38% |
| 19% | 15% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 73% | 77% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 62% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 25% | 27% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 369 | 195 | 84 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 114 | 301 |
| 113 | 64 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 33 | 85 |
| 39% | 41% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 42% | 36% |
- Cruz Azul has the the best goal difference (+7)
- Cruz Azul have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cruz Azul haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cruz Azul is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Tijuana has the fewest scored goals (5)
- Tijuana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tijuana 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 | América | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | Cruz Azul | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | León | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Pumas UNAM | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Juárez | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Queretaro | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Santos Laguna | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Guadalajara | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Atlético San Luis | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Necaxa | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | Tigres UANL | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Pachuca | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Puebla | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Toluca | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 15 | Morelia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 16 | Tijuana | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Atlas | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Monterrey | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 3 |