Liga MX duel: Close contest expected between Querétaro and Cruz Azul

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Fri 22.April
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio La Corregidora (35575 seats)

17th- against 8th position might not feel all that inviting. But look: Tipsway has the information that makes Querétaro - Cruz Azul (even) more appealing!

Insights:
  • Querétaro have the fewest scored goals (11) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Liga MX

Querétaro 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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Querétaro form and stats

The total Liga MX statistics playing at home this season for Querétaro, who have the fewest scored goals (11) in Liga MX, are 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Querétaro, facing Santos Laguna in a game that ended 1-1. Querétaro's goalie Aguerre played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Santos Laguna with a stunning six saves. The versatile forward Sepúlveda edged out all the other players in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Sepúlveda hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Tigres UANL with the scoreline 0-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Querétaro perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Querétaro as a small favourite), we find eight games. Querétaro has won three of these, drawn two and lost three.

Querétaro are traveling soon after this match as the Liga MX match at Tijuana awaits in three days.

From these home matches, Querétaro have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cruz Azul form and stats

The visitors are W2-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX.

Cruz Azul's previous game was their home loss versus Guadalajara (0-1). The attacker Romero got a match rating of 7.81 in that game. Romero dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Cruz in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Cruz Azul, three draws and two defeats.

A new game in only three days for Cruz Azul, the Liga MX home match versus Atlético San Luis. Busy days.

The visiting Cruz have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. Cruz Azul have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent logged scoreline featuring both these participants is the Cruz Azul - Querétaro 2-0 played previously this season. Previous ten meetings between these sides: Querétaro won four, Cruz Azul triumphed in five and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Cruz AzulS. Giménez
S. Giménez
7 goals
QuerétaroJ. Dos Santos Duré
J. Dos Santos Duré
4 goals

Querétaro missing players

Cruz Azul missing players

Querétaro Cruz Azul
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 32
5 5 3 Won W 2 4 11
13 3 0 Drew D 1 8 11
13 7 2 Lost L 2 3 10
23 14 5 Scored S 5 20 41
37 18 6 Conceded C 5 17 37
87% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 94%
68% 67% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 72%
26% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 40% 41%
10% 13% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 22%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 9%
42% 33% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 67% 59%
26% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 27% 28%
45% 40% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 20% 19%
 
4.6 4.1 3.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 3.3 4.4
5.1 4.9 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.5 4.7
2.4 2.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.2 2.5
8 3 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
11.7 13.2 15.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 9.7 10.9
3.3 3.1 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.9
23% 33% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 42% 33%
 
14 13.3 14.6 Shots against (avg) S A 13.6 13.8 13.2
4.6 4.6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 4.3 4.1
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Cruz Azul have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Querétaro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Querétaro have the fewest scored goals (11) in Liga MX
  • Querétaro have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) 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 América 17 10 5 2 21 10 9 7 2 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 8 8 11 35
2 Atlas 17 8 5 4 21 10 9 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 3 1 13 5 11 29
3 León 17 8 5 4 20 14 8 3 3 2 11 6 9 5 2 2 9 8 6 29
4 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 26 14 9 4 5 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 11 9 12 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 9 3 23 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 24
6 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 22 8 3 4 1 13 9 9 3 2 4 9 13 0 24
7 Puebla 17 6 6 5 16 16 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 24
8 Cruz Azul 17 5 8 4 21 17 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 23
9 Monterrey 17 5 7 5 19 16 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 1 5 3 9 12 3 22
10 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 4 3 0 22
11 Pumas UNAM 17 5 6 6 17 23 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -6 21
12 Atlético San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlán 17 5 5 7 18 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 20
14 Necaxa 17 6 2 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 20
15 Pachuca 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 8 2 1 5 9 14 -2 18
16 Juárez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Querétaro 17 3 6 8 11 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 3 12 -8 15
18 Tijuana 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 1 2 5 7 16 -11 15

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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.