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Universidad Nacional

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Universidad Nacional will be wanting a better result here following the 3-0 Liga MX (Clausura) defeat last time out to Toluca.

In that match, Universidad Nacional had 51% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For their opponents, Toluca got 17 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Alexis Vega (14'), Tiago Volpi (36') and Juan Domínguez (77') scored for Toluca.

At least three goals per game were seen in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Universidad Nacional have played. Their opponents scored 12 times in these games whereas Universidad Nacional amassed a tally of 7. That kind of trend might not be carried forward into this next game, however.

Going into this contest, Universidad Nacional are undefeated in their last 8 league matches at home. A run that they'll hope to extend here.

Cruz Azul

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After tasting defeat last time out to Necaxa in Liga MX (Clausura) action, Cruz Azul will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Cruz Azul had 79% possession and 23 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The only player to score for Cruz Azul was Carlos Rotondi (9'). At the other end, Necaxa got 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Diber Cambindo (12') and José Paradela (28') scored for Necaxa.

Martín Anselmi's Cruz Azul have turned their attacks into goals 8 times in the course of their most recent six matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during those same matches comes to 8.

Heading into this fixture, Cruz Azul haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 13/03/2022 shows that Universidad Nacional have won 2 of these and Cruz Azul 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

15 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them from Pumas and 7 belonging to La Máquina Azul. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The previous league meeting between these sides was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 12 on 08/10/2023 and the score finished Cruz Azul 1-4 Universidad Nacional.

That time, Cruz Azul managed 61% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player to score was Ángel Sepúlveda (45').

At the other end, Universidad Nacional had 10 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. César Huerta (30', 60'), Ulises Rivas (72') and Nathan Silva (80') scored.

The match was refereed by César Ramos.

🗞️ Team News: Universidad Nacional

The Universidad Nacional manager Gustavo Lema has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all ahead of this match thanks to a fully healthy group to pick from.

📋 Team News: Cruz Azul

From a largely available group of players, there’s only the sole fitness problem for the Cruz Azul manager Martín Anselmi to contend with. Gabriel Fernández (Cruciate ligament injury) misses out for this game.

✨ Prediction

We’re thinking that Cruz Azul and Universidad Nacional should both be able to score here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. Therefore, we predict a very even match with a 1-1 score draw after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 03:03 31/03/2024