Necaxa will battle it out with Cruz Azul in this Liga MX game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Necaxa form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Liga MX game of the season here at Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes. Last season these fans witnessed 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from Necaxa's 8 home games.
In their previous game, the manager G. Vázquez Herrera led his Necaxa to a defeat in the Liga MX match away at America. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes. Midfielder Fernando González was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.95 (out of ten) in that game. González hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Santos Laguna (0-3).At Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes, Necaxa has the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Cruz Azul form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Liga MX away game of the season. During their previous season 8 away games resulted in 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Cruz has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Santos Laguna for a Liga MX game that ended a draw (1-1). Midfielder I. Rivero was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.32. Rivero . As mentioned above, Cruz drew the match against Santos Laguna. Manager J. Reynoso Guzmán brought on S. Giménez to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Mazatlan.It's early days yet, but Cruz Azul has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Necaxa-Cruz Azul H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Necaxa two wins, Cruz Azul four wins, four draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Zendejas Saavedra 1 goals |  S. Giménez 1 goals |
Necaxa missing players
Cruz Azul missing players
| Necaxa | Cruz Azul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 22 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 9.5 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 11% |
| Necaxa | Last season | Cruz Azul | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 22 | 44 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 12 | 27 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 25 | 63 | ||
| 50 | 23 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 63% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 59% | ||
| 37% | 35% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 34% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 25% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 14% | ||
| 46% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 32% | 36% | ||
| 23% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 41% | 43% | ||
| 34% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 25% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 26% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Toluca | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Mazatlan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Monterrey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Atlas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | America | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Pachuca | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Guadalajara | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Atletico San Luis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Tigres UANL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Leon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Queretaro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Cruz Azul | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Puebla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Pumas UNAM | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Tijuana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Juarez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 41 |
| 2 | America | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 38 |
| 3 | Puebla | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Monterrey | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Leon | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Atlas | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Pachuca | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Toluca | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 12 | Queretaro | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Mazatlan | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | Tijuana | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 16 | Juarez | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 15 |
| 17 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 12 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 11 |