Mazatlán vs Cruz Azul Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Mazatlán

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Mazatlán will be wanting a better result here after a 3-1 Liga MX (Apertura) defeat in their last game at the hands of FC Juárez.

In that game, Mazatlán managed 57% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Mazatlán was Josué Colmán (45'). FC Juárez got 12 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Diego Valoyes (13'), Aitor García (34') and Avilés Hurtado (60') scored for FC Juárez.

Mazatlán haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 vs opponents over the course of their last 6 outings. In those games, Mazatlán have also seen the number of goals against them total 9.

Coming into this clash, Mazatlán have not been beaten by Cruz Azul in games played at home for the previous 2 matches in the league.

Cruz Azul

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Club América in Liga MX (Apertura) action, Cruz Azul will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Cruz Azul managed 52% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. For Cruz Azul, the goalscorers were Carlos Rotondi (24') and Uriel Antuna (80'). América had 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Julián Quiñones (4'), Richard Sánchez (45') and Brian Rodríguez (45') scored for Club América.

Looking at their form, and Cruz Azul have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals in total. At the back, Cruz Azul could really do with shoring things up. Such a pattern might not be continued into this match, of course.

👥 Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 19/09/2020 shows that Mazatlán have won 2 of these games and Cruz Azul 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

16 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 from Mazatlán and 8 being from La Máquina Azul. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The last league meeting featuring the two was Liga MX (Clausura) match day 10 on 04/03/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Mazatlán 3-1 Cruz Azul.

On that occasion, Mazatlán had 50% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The scorers were Oswaldo Alanís (45'), Roberto Meraz (51') and Facundo Almada (57').

Cruz Azul had 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Uriel Antuna (17') scored.

The match was refereed by Jesus Lopez.

ℹ️ Team News: Mazatlán

Néstor Vidrio (Hamstring Injury) and Roberto Meraz (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be available for Mazatlán gaffer Ismael Rescalvo.

It’s our opinion that Mazatlán will possibly line up in a 4-3-3 formation with Hugo Gonzalez, Francisco Venegas, Luis Olivas, Bryan Colula, Facundo Almada, Jefferson Intriago, Jose Esquivel, Alan Medina, Edgar Barcenas, Nicolas Benedetti and Luis Amarilla.

📰 Team News: Cruz Azul

Due to a completely healthy squad to choose from, the Cruz Azul manager Joaquín Moreno has zero fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash.

We believe La Máquina Azul appear most likely to make use of a 3-5-2 lineup, giving starts to Andres Gudino, Juan Escobar, Willer Ditta, Carlos Salcedo, C. Rodolfo Rotondi, Moises Vieira, Erik Lira, Rodrigo Huescas, Ignacio Rivero, Uriel Antuna and Diber Cambindo.

💭 Prediction

When taking everything into account, Mazatlán will have their work cut out to see themselves scoring against this Cruz Azul team who we think might just have the edge.

That’s why our selection here is for a narrow 0-1 advantage for Cruz Azul at full-time.

Let’s see.

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Renata Leite, 08:06 13/09/2023