Tigres will do battle on Friday as we near this approaching CONCACAF Champions League showdown versus Cruz Azul.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Cruz Azul v Tigres de la UANL are shown on this page - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
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Cruz Azul
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Cruz Azul prepare for this fixture following a 1-1 CONCACAF Champions League drawn match versus Tigres de la UANL.
The only scorer from Cruz Azul was Carlos Rotondi (68'). Juan José Purata (84') was the scorer for Tigres de la UANL.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Cruz Azul have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Cruz Azul have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 7 goals on the way. Such a trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, of course.
Tigres de la UANL
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During their six latest matches, Guido Pizarro's Tigres de la UANL have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 8 times thus earning them a goals per game average of 1.33.
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Head to head
A glance at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 05/02/2023 shows that Cruz Azul have won 1 of them & Tigres 3, with the tally of drawn games being 2.
A total of 12 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 from La Máquina Azul and 7 being from Los Tigres. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.
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Team News: Tigres
Thanks to a mainly available group of players, there is only the sole fitness problem for the Tigres manager Guido Pizarro to be concerned about. Diego Reyes (sprain) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
When taking everything into account, Tigres de la UANL might need a bit of good fortune to put one past this Cruz Azul team who should score one, at least.
We’ve gone for a 1-0 winning score for Cruz Azul at the end of the match.
Let’s see.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Looking at the betting prices for the match in the WDW market, a win for Cruz Azul can be had for 1.91, backing the game finishing all-square is 3.5 and betting on the winner to be Tigres de la UANL comes in at 3.6. They’re the best bets on offer at the moment.
Andre Moura,
10:00 28/04/2025
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 3, Liga MX (Apertura) position 1, CONCACAF Champions League (Semi-finals)
⭐ Star Player: Ignacio Rivero
Customarily deployed in the Centre Midfield position, Ignacio Rivero was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. After having made a senior debut playing for Defensa y Justicia in the 2015 season, the gifted Midfielder has got 5 league goals in the Liga MX (Clausura) 2024 - 2025 season to date from a total of 14 appearances.