The first of two encounters in the CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16, as the hometeam Forge will try to edge Cruz Azul in their own ballpark.
This football pitch uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Cruz Azul's home stadium. The last five games by the visitors on artifical turf have given 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Cruz Azul could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga MX game only four sleeps ago.
Forge form and stats
The Forge crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Pacific here at Tim Hortons Field.
Cruz Azul form and stats
Cruz Azul was sent out of CONCACAF Champions League in the semi-finals last season, when Monterrey turned out to be too strong.Cruz Azul are still undefeated on their travels in the Liga MX. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Cruz failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Necaxa that ended with defeat 1-2.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at León.The schedule is very tough for Cruz Azul now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga MX game at Toluca is waiting in only four days.
It's early days yet, but Cruz Azul has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Angulo Tenorio 5 goals | S. Giménez 4 goals | C. Rodríguez Gómez 2 goals |
Forge missing players
Cruz Azul missing players
| Forge | Cruz Azul | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.3 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10 | ||
| 4.8 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 35% | ||
| 7.5 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Puebla | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Atlas | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Pachuca | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Pumas UNAM | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | Toluca | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Guadalajara | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Juárez | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Necaxa | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 11 | Monterrey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | León | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | America | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Tijuana | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | Mazatlan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Queretaro | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | Atletico San Luis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | Santos Laguna | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
