Carrying a 1 point edge in the league standings, Juárez supporters hope to see their gladiators get full points from this match against Cruz Azul.
- Juárez have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the most conceded goals (26) in Liga MX
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both squads have had ample time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's agree to expect an animated fixture!
Juárez form and stats
0 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Juárez, who have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Liga MX, have to build on here at Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez in the Liga MX. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, but a victory now would be sweet for Juárez.
The home team returns to Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez after drawing with Puebla (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Midfield player García got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, the max score being 10. García scored one goal and hit three key passes.
In the match before that, Juárez hosted Mazatlan and drew the game 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Juárez perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Juárez as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Juárez has won 6 of these, drawn 7 and lost 4.
Not much happening? In this team's last 11 league games, 9 have contained zero, one or two goals.
Juárez are traveling soon after this match as the Liga MX match at Leon awaits in four days.
Juárez aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games.
Cruz Azul form and stats
1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cruz Azul, who have the most conceded goals (26) in Liga MX, in their Liga MX matches away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Cruz Azul are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Cruz are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Querétaro (placed 18th). That victory felt nice as this side had gone four league matches without winning. Tabó came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Querétaro last time out, making the manager Camblor feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder Rotondi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.02. Rotondi scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against America wasn't a success with a 0-7 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Cruz Azul in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Cruz Azul, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Take note that 9 of this side's 11 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.
The schedule is very tough for Cruz Azul now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga MX game at Monterrey is waiting in only four days.
Cruz can't defend away. 16 goals have been scored by the opposition in 5 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Juárez one win, one draw and Cruz Azul five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Fernández Leites 4 goals |  A. Medina Camacho 2 goals |  C. Tabó Hornos 2 goals |
Juárez missing players
Cruz Azul missing players
| Juárez | Cruz Azul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 16 | 26 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 91% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 82% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 80% | 82% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 80% | 55% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 60% | 36% |
| 55% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 64% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 18% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 27% |
| 5.6 | 7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 2.6 | 4.1 |
| 4.1 | 2.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.9 | 11.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.6 | 11.6 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 3.7 |
| 33% | 27% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 34% |
| 9.5 | 7.2 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 15.2 | 14.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
- Cruz Azul have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cruz Azul have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the most conceded goals (16) away in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the most conceded goals (26) in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Juárez have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Juárez have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Liga MX
- Juárez have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Liga MX
- Juárez have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Juárez have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Juárez have yet to win a game at home.
- Juárez 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 | America | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 22 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Toluca | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Tigres UANL | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | Pachuca | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Puebla | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Atletico San Luis | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Tijuana | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Necaxa | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Juárez | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Mazatlan | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Cruz Azul | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -12 | 11 |
| 15 | Atlas | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Leon | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Pumas UNAM | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Querétaro | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
