This match features two contenders living in the cellar of the Liga MX, Necaxa having 17th position and Cruz Azul lying 18th. A nice opportunity for one of the contenders to upgrade their situation.
- Necaxa have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have scored at least twice as many goals away as Necaxa have scored home.
Necaxa have less rest than Cruz Azul in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Liga MX game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Pachuca, so at least Necaxa are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Necaxa form and stats
Necaxa have collected 2 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 0-2-2.
The home team returns to Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes after drawing with Pachuca (placed 15th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The Necaxa goalkeeper Gudiño was crucial in the match against Pachuca last time out, making six saves.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Santos Laguna with a 5-2 scoreline.The match schedule is unforgiving for Necaxa as they have a new game in only four days, a Liga MX match thankfully also at home. Puebla are visiting.
Necaxa aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes in the league, with only {2 goals} from 4 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Cruz Azul form and stats
2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cruz Azul in their Liga MX matches away.
Two away games in a row for Cruz, whose manager Garduño could celebrate last time after the win against Atletico San Luis. That win felt sweet as this team had gone three league fixtures without victory. Defender Escobar was the best team player with a rating of 7.34. Escobar won 1 of 2 duels.
A loss against Queretaro was the result prior to that, in a home game.Goal alert! This club have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all ending with three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).
A quick return to home after this game, as Cruz Azul are hosting Pumas UNAM in the Liga MX only three days away.
The visiting Cruz Azul have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cruz have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Necaxa-Cruz Azul H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Necaxa two wins, Cruz Azul five wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  D. Cambindo Abonia 4 goals |   F. Batista Ochoa 3 goals |  C. Antuna Romero 3 goals |
Necaxa missing players
Cruz Azul missing players
| Necaxa | Cruz Azul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 90% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 90% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 70% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 70% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 30% |
| 3.6 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 7.8 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
| 2.7 | 4.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.7 | 10.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.2 | 12.6 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 33% | 15% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 28% | 24% |
| 16.2 | 12.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 16.5 | 14.8 |
| 5.4 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5 | 5.5 |
- Cruz Azul have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Cruz Azul have scored at least twice as many goals away as Necaxa have scored home.
- Cruz Azul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Necaxa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Necaxa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Necaxa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Necaxa have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Liga MX
- Necaxa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Necaxa have yet to win a game at home.
- Necaxa 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 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Tigres UANL | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 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 | Juarez | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Atlas | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Pumas UNAM | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | Toluca | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | Monterrey | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | Leon | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Queretaro | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | Tijuana | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Puebla | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Santos Laguna | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Pachuca | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Mazatlan | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Necaxa | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Cruz Azul | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
