The visiting Cruz Azul side should be favourites in this visit to Tijuana, as the away team holds a 9 point advantage from their nine league games this season.
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 stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Cruz Azul's home stadium. The visitors last five games on artifical turf have ended in 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Tijuana form and stats
The story so far in the Liga MX for Tijuana at their home stadium (Estadio Caliente) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Tijuana has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Caliente, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Tijuana lost their last game at Mazatlán (placed 16th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that, Tijuana had a home game versus Monterrey which ended with a victory 2-1.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Monterrey are coming to town in two days.
Tijuana are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Tijuana have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cruz Azul form and stats
1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cruz Azul in their Liga MX matches away.
Cruz had fun at their own home (Estadio Caliente) last time out, beating Pachuca 1-0. Jonathan Rodríguez scored. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Atlas's place.
Cruz Azul have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. 4 goals have been conceded by Cruz in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Tijuana wins - draws - Cruz Azul wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Rodríguez Portillo 7 goals |   F. Castillo Sánchez 2 goals | B. Angulo Tenorio 2 goals |
Tijuana missing players
Cruz Azul missing players
| Tijuana | Cruz Azul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 56% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 22% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 44% |
| 56% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 22% |
| 3.7 | 4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 7.2 | 7.3 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 2.6 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | 55 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 51 | 129 |
| 19 | 12 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 12 | 31 |
| 37% | 50% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 33% | 48% |
- 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 have scored more than double the goals of Tijuana.
- Cruz Azul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Cruz Azul | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | América | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | León | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Pachuca | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Monterrey | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Toluca | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 9 | Querétaro | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Tigres UANL | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Puebla | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Juárez | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Tijuana | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 14 | Santos Laguna | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Atlas | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Mazatlán | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 17 | Atlético San Luis | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 8 |