Universidad Nacional are the guests at The Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes on Sunday for the Liga MX (Clausura) clash with home team Cruz Azul.
All Cruz Azul v Universidad Nacional game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
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Cruz Azul
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Cruz Azul enter this fixture after a 0-0 CONCACAF Champions League drawn result vs Club América.
Their latest results show that huge efforts have been put in by the Cruz Azul defence. Cruz Azul have been miserly, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their past six matches standing at 2. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be continued into this match, though.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Cruz Azul:
- haven't been beaten in the league by Universidad Nacional in their previous 2 matches.
- are unbeaten in their last 17 home league matches. What a fantastic run.
Universidad Nacional
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In the game prior to this, Universidad Nacional drew 1-1 in the CONCACAF Champions League match with Vancouver Whitecaps.
The only scorer from Universidad Nacional was Adalberto Carrasquilla (87'). Brian White (71') scored for Vancouver Whitecaps.
Throughout their six latest matches, Efraín Juárez's Universidad Nacional have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 9 times - yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.5.
Coming into this clash, Universidad Nacional are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
A glance at their past head to head clashes dating back to 12/03/2023 shows us that Cruz Azul have won 3 of these games and Universidad Nacional 1, with the number of draws being 2.
A combined total of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 from La Máquina Azul and 6 coming from Pumas. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.
The last league encounter between these sides was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 14 on 27/10/2024 which ended up with the score at Universidad Nacional 0-2 Cruz Azul.
That day, Universidad Nacional had 42% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.
At the other end, Cruz Azul got 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Ángel Sepúlveda (1') and Ignacio Rivero (12') scored.
The referee was César Ramos.
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Prediction
For this match, we think that Cruz Azul certainly have the ability to score a couple of goals when they face Universidad Nacional, who may well find it hard finding the net themselves.
We’re therefore anticipating a pretty comfortable 2-0 margin for Cruz Azul by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.
Victor Martins,
01:12 04/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Cruz Azul
Formed: 1927
Stadium: The Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes (36,681)
Captain: Ignacio Rivero
Chairman: Iván Alonso
Manager: Vicente Sánchez
Competitions: Liga MX (Clausura) position 5, Liga MX (Apertura) position 1, CONCACAF Champions League (Quarter-finals)
🔑 Star Man: Giorgos Giakoumakis
Typically taking to the field in the Striker position, Giorgos Giakoumakis was born in Heraklion, Greece. Having made a first senior appearance for Platanias in the 2012 - 2013 season, the dangerous Forward has accumulated 2 league goals in this Liga MX (Clausura) 2024 - 2025 season to date in 10 appearances.