Mazatlán vs Cruz Azul Liga MX preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 19.September
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)

Struggling Mazatlán will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Cruz Azul in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Mazatlán and Cruz Azul should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Mazatlán form and stats

Mazatlán have collected 8 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 2-2-1.

Mazatlán shared the glory with Atlas in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Tijuana.

Mazatlán are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded.

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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, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Cruz Azul, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Tijuana (placed 15th) in the Liga MX last time out. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Pachuca.

Cruz find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Cruz have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Cruz AzulJ. Rodríguez Portillo
J. Rodríguez Portillo
8 goals
MazatlánC. Huerta Valera
C. Huerta Valera
3 goals
MazatlánF. Aristeguieta de Luca
F. Aristeguieta de Luca
3 goals

Mazatlán missing players

Cruz Azul missing players

Mazatlán Cruz Azul
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 3 5 10
2 2 0 Won W 2 2 7
4 2 2 Drew D 0 1 1
4 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
11 5 1 Scored S 5 6 17
16 6 1 Conceded C 3 5 7
90% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 70%
40% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 40%
30% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 20%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
70% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 40%
20% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
20% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 20%
 
4 4.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 7.4 7.4
5.6 6.2 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.6 4.3
1.8 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
121 60 15 Total Shots T S 38 66 144
32 15 4 Shots on Target S O 8 16 35
34% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 38% 49%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Cruz Azul has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cruz Azul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Cruz Azul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cruz Azul is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Mazatlán has the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Liga MX

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pumas UNAM 10 6 4 0 20 8 6 4 2 0 15 5 4 2 2 0 5 3 12 22
2 Cruz Azul 10 7 1 2 17 7 5 5 0 0 11 2 5 2 1 2 6 5 10 22
3 Leon 10 6 3 1 12 7 4 3 1 0 6 3 6 3 2 1 6 4 5 21
4 America 10 6 2 2 21 15 5 3 1 1 12 6 5 3 1 1 9 9 6 20
5 Guadalajara 10 4 3 3 10 8 5 1 3 1 3 3 5 3 0 2 7 5 2 15
6 Tigres UANL 10 3 5 2 14 11 5 2 2 1 7 6 5 1 3 1 7 5 3 14
7 Pachuca 9 4 2 3 11 9 5 3 0 2 9 7 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 14
8 Monterrey 9 3 4 2 14 11 5 2 3 0 9 6 4 1 1 2 5 5 3 13
9 Juarez 10 3 4 3 9 10 5 2 2 1 3 3 5 1 2 2 6 7 -1 13
10 Toluca 10 4 1 5 14 20 4 3 0 1 7 5 6 1 1 4 7 15 -6 13
11 Queretaro 10 3 2 5 16 14 5 3 1 1 12 6 5 0 1 4 4 8 2 11
12 Puebla 10 3 1 6 14 15 4 1 1 2 7 6 6 2 0 4 7 9 -1 10
13 Atlas 10 2 4 4 9 12 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 0 3 2 4 7 -3 10
14 Mazatlán 10 2 4 4 11 16 5 2 2 1 5 6 5 0 2 3 6 10 -5 10
15 Tijuana 10 3 1 6 8 16 6 3 1 2 7 6 4 0 0 4 1 10 -8 10
16 Santos Laguna 10 2 3 5 10 15 4 2 1 1 5 3 6 0 2 4 5 12 -5 9
17 Atletico San Luis 10 2 2 6 12 19 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 1 0 4 6 11 -7 8
18 Necaxa 10 2 2 6 7 16 6 2 1 3 5 9 4 0 1 3 2 7 -9 8

Read more about Liga MX

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.