📏 Form Guide

Cruz Azul

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Cruz Azul enter this fixture following on from a 2-2 Liga MX (Apertura) stalemate vs Atlas.

In that match, Cruz Azul managed 54% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Cruz Azul, the scorers were Alexis Gutiérrez (5') and Carlos Rotondi (45'). Atlas got 11 shots on goal with 2 on target. Eduardo Aguirre (18') and Édgar Zaldívar (88') scored for Atlas.

Cruz Azul haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They’ve claimed a sum of 15 during that period and have conceded a total of 3. We will just have to see if that trend can be continued on here.

Coming into this fixture, Cruz Azul have not been beaten in their last 10 league matches at home. A run that they'll hope to extend here.

Tigres de la UANL

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Tigres head into the clash following a 2-1 Liga MX (Apertura) win with the eclipse of Toluca in their previous match.

In that game, Tigres de la UANL managed 44% possession and 6 shots on goal with 0 on target. For Tigres de la UANL, the goals were scored by André-Pierre Gignac (4') and Juan Brunetta (57'). On the other side, Toluca had 11 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Jesús Gallardo (79') was the scorer for Toluca.

Veljko Paunović's Tigres de la UANL have turned their attacks into goals a total of 10 times throughout their previous sextet of matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during the equivalent period adds up to 8.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 13/05/2022, there has been little to separate the clubs with Cruz Azul winning 3 of those games, Tigres 3 and 0 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A total of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 6 from La Máquina Azul and 6 netted by Los Tigres. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

The previous league game between these sides was Liga MX (Clausura) match day 7 on 18/02/2024 when it finished Cruz Azul 1-0 Tigres de la UANL.

In that game, Cruz Azul had 66% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

Tigres de la UANL got 6 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Diego Reyes (83' Own goal) scored.

The match was refereed by Marco Antonio Ortiz.

📋 Team News: Cruz Azul

In our view, La Máquina Azul will probably employ a 3-4-2-1 system for the game, beginning the first half with Kevin Mier, Willer Ditta, Erik Lira, Gonzalo Piovi, Jorge Sánchez, Ignacio Rivero, Carlos Rodriguez, C. Rodolfo Rotondi, Luis Francisco Romo, Alexis Gutiérrez and Georgios Giakoumakis.

📰 Team News: Tigres

We believe Los Tigres might utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, going with Nahuel Guzman, Javier Aquino, Guido Pizarro, Joaquim, Jesús Angulo, Juan Pablo Vigón, Fernando Gorriarán, Sebastián Córdova, J. F. Brunetta, Diego Laínez and Andre Pierre Gignac.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, Tigres de la UANL may not find it easy to get anything against this Cruz Azul side who we think will likely be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

That’s why we have predicted a hard-fought 1-0 winning margin for Cruz Azul when the referee blows for full-time.

We’ll see what happens.

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Peter Guest, 03:02 10/11/2024