Liga MX match lowdown: Guadalajara versus Cruz Azul

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 24.October
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio AKRON (45000 seats)

Cruz Azul cannot count on any freebies from the home team Guadalajara in this Liga MX match. Here's our broad guide!

Insights:
  • Guadalajara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cruz Azul have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Guadalajara nor Cruz Azul as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Guadalajara's stadium, Estadio AKRON, has a artifical turf surface. Cruz Azul have grass 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 Cruz Azul when playing on artifical turf; 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from five matches. They have scored 9 goals in these games and conceded 5.

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Guadalajara form and stats

Guadalajara have collected 10 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 3-1-3.

The Guadalajara goalkeeper Raul Manolo Gudino Vega is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 243 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga MX.

Guadalajara manager M. Leaño and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Tijuana (placed 18th) in the Liga MX. The goalie Raúl Gudiño was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.71 out of ten. Gudiño stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Toluca in a game that was won 2-0.

The Guadalajara fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Guadalajara have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Cruz Azul form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga MX travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Atlas (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The Liga MX match ended in a draw 0-0. Jesús Corona was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.6. The agile goalkeeper Corona stopped the opponent with two saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Tigres UANL.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Guadalajara won two, Cruz Azul triumphed in six and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Guadalajara missing players

Cruz Azul missing players

Guadalajara Cruz Azul
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 3 7 13
4 3 1 Won W 0 2 4
6 1 0 Drew D 3 4 7
4 3 1 Lost L 0 1 2
10 8 2 Scored S 2 6 15
10 9 1 Conceded C 2 5 10
64% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 71% 85%
43% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 77%
29% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 23%
7% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
21% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 54%
57% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 43% 38%
57% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 23%
 
5.1 5.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.4 3.1
4.8 5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.1 4.5
2.4 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.4 2.5
2 2 2 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.6 14 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 10 10.3
4.6 4.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.3 3.2
15% 24% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 36%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Cruz Azul have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Guadalajara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Guadalajara haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 14 9 4 1 19 8 7 6 1 0 12 2 7 3 3 1 7 6 11 31
2 Atlas 14 6 5 3 13 6 7 3 2 2 6 3 7 3 3 1 7 3 7 23
3 Tigres UANL 14 5 7 2 21 12 7 2 5 0 10 4 7 3 2 2 11 8 9 22
4 Toluca 14 6 4 4 20 19 7 3 3 1 13 9 7 3 1 3 7 10 1 22
5 Monterrey 14 5 5 4 18 14 7 4 2 1 10 3 7 1 3 3 8 11 4 20
6 Cruz Azul 13 4 7 2 15 10 6 2 3 1 9 5 7 2 4 1 6 5 5 19
7 Leon 13 5 4 4 15 14 7 2 3 2 8 6 6 3 1 2 7 8 1 19
8 Guadalajara 14 4 6 4 10 10 7 3 1 3 8 9 7 1 5 1 2 1 0 18
9 Puebla 14 4 6 4 13 15 7 2 3 2 8 8 7 2 3 2 5 7 -2 18
10 Atletico San Luis 13 4 5 4 16 16 6 1 2 3 5 8 7 3 3 1 11 8 0 17
11 Mazatlan 14 4 5 5 15 20 7 3 3 1 11 10 7 1 2 4 4 10 -5 17
12 Santos Laguna 13 3 7 3 15 12 7 2 4 1 7 5 6 1 3 2 8 7 3 16
13 Pachuca 13 4 3 6 15 16 6 2 2 2 8 5 7 2 1 4 7 11 -1 15
14 Queretaro 14 3 6 5 8 12 7 3 2 2 6 4 7 0 4 3 2 8 -4 15
15 Juarez 14 4 3 7 13 19 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 1 1 5 4 11 -6 15
16 Necaxa 14 4 2 8 13 18 7 3 0 4 8 9 7 1 2 4 5 9 -5 14
17 Pumas UNAM 13 3 5 5 9 15 6 2 3 1 4 3 7 1 2 4 5 12 -6 14
18 Tijuana 14 1 6 7 10 22 8 1 4 3 6 9 6 0 2 4 4 13 -12 9

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Liga MX is the top division in the Mexican football league system. Each season the league has two tournaments, Apertura (opening) and Clausura (closing). This means that the Liga MX has two champions per season. The Liga MX is the fourth most attended football league in the world.