The Pumas UNAM & Cruz Azul managers A. Lillini and J. Reynoso Guzmán are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Liga MX league table.
- Pumas UNAM have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Liga MX
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Pumas UNAM form and stats
Pumas UNAM, who have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Liga MX, are steadily winning Liga MX games and points here at Estadio Olímpico de Universitario. 5 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
Pumas UNAM's previous game was a Liga MX match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Santos Laguna. The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Guadalajara (1-2).
Pumas UNAM goalkeeper Alfredo Talavera did an outstanding job against Santos Laguna with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.
The Pumas manager A. Lillini has got the team scoring with 19 from 9 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Pumas are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Olímpico de Universitario in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Cruz Azul form and stats
4-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cruz Azul in their Liga MX matches away. Cruz have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of seven victories in a row regardless of arena. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Cruz's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Santos Laguna game.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cruz goalkeeper Sebastian Jurado Roca is eager to challenge this, with his 225 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from Roberto Alvarado secured the home win 1-0 against Mazatlan in their previous game. Prior to that result Cruz won their away game at Leon. The scoreline was 1-0.
Roberto Alvarado came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Mazatlan last time out, making the manager J. Reynoso Guzmán feel like a tactical genius.
Cruz have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 11 goals have been scored. 10 goals have been conceded by Cruz in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Pumas UNAM and Cruz Azul have met before this season: Pumas - Cruz Azul 4-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Pumas victories, three draws and four Cruz Azul wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Rodríguez Portillo 15 goals |  J. Dinenno De Cara 13 goals | J. Escobar Chena 5 goals |
Pumas UNAM missing players
Cruz Azul missing players
| Pumas UNAM | Cruz Azul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 30 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 40 | 28 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 44 |
| 31 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 27 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 69% | 69% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 63% |
| 41% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 31% | 37% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 13% |
| 44% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 31% | 30% |
| 34% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 31% | 40% |
| 34% | 19% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 13.3 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 11.4 | 12.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 41% | 46% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 40% | 42% |
- Cruz Azul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Cruz Azul is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Pumas UNAM have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pumas UNAM have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Pumas UNAM have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Liga MX
- Pumas UNAM have the the best goal difference (+11) at home 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 | Leon | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 40 |
| 2 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | America | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Monterrey | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 28 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Pachuca | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Necaxa | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Toluca | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Puebla | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Juarez | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Mazatlan | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 16 |
| 15 | Tijuana | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 18 | -15 | 15 |
| 16 | Atlas | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | Queretaro | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 13 |
| 18 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -19 | 11 |