Tijuana welcome Cruz Azul for another absorbing Liga MX match here at Estadio Caliente.
It's quite the trip for Cruz Azul when visiting Tijuana as the cities are 2700 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Tijuana form and stats
Tijuana's first Liga MX home game here at Estadio Caliente ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat from 9 matches.
The home team returns to Estadio Caliente after drawing with Necaxa (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Gonzalez, who usually features in attack, was the best player for the side in that fixture, scoring a rating of 7.45 (out of 10). Gonzalez scored one goal.
Ahead of that match, Tijuana lost 2-3 at home to Pumas UNAM.This is expected to be a close game, with Tijuana perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tijuana as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Tijuana has won 3 of these, drawn 7 and lost 3.
Early season league goal statistics from Tijuana's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 3 conceded.
Cruz Azul form and stats
0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cruz Azul in their Liga MX matches away.
Antuna was the last player to score for the away team. Cruz Azul haven't scored a league goal in the last 296 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Cruz in their previous game as they lost hosting Toluca, 0-2. Defender Salcedo was the best team player with a rating of 7.43. Salcedo won 8 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Atlas's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Cruz Azul in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Cruz Azul, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Cruz Azul have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Tijuana won two, Cruz Azul were winners in six and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. González Espínola 2 goals |  F. Madrigal González 1 goals |
Tijuana missing players
Cruz Azul missing players
| Tijuana | 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 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 10.5 |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 30% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14 | 14 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 13.5 |
| 7 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Tijuana | Last season | Cruz Azul | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 38 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Scored | S | 22 | 48 | ||
| 59 | 21 | Conceded | C | 38 | 60 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 85% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 68% | ||
| 50% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 72% | 61% | ||
| 24% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 56% | 39% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 18% | ||
| 59% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 55% | ||
| 21% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 29% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 6 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13.3 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 12.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | ||
| 14.1 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.6 | 13.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guadalajara | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Toluca | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Juarez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Queretaro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Atlas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Pumas UNAM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Tigres UANL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Necaxa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Mazatlan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Pachuca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Monterrey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Tijuana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Puebla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Atletico San Luis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | America | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Leon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Cruz Azul | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | Monterrey | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 40 |
| 2 | America | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 34 |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Toluca | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 32 |
| 5 | Pachuca | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Leon | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 7 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Atlas | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Queretaro | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 20 |
| 11 | Puebla | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -14 | 19 |
| 14 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Tijuana | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Juarez | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 15 |
| 17 | Necaxa | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 18 | Mazatlan | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 23 | -22 | 7 |
