📏 Form Guide

Cruz Azul

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Cruz Azul prepare for this match following a 0-0 Liga MX (Clausura) drawn game against Universidad Nacional.

In that game, Cruz Azul had 57% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 1 on target. UNAM got 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

Martín Anselmi's Cruz Azul have managed to score a sum total of 7 times in their prior half-dozen outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in that same time is 8.

Monterrey

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Monterrey will come into the meeting following on from a 1-2 CONCACAF Champions League win with the defeat of Inter Miami in their most recent outing.

For Monterrey, goals were scored by Maximiliano Meza (69') and Jorge Rodríguez (89'). Tomás Avilés (19') was the scorer for Inter Miami.

Fernando Ortiz's Monterrey have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 7 times in the course of their previous sextet of matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those matches adds up to 5.

Analysis of their past results shows that Monterrey:

• remain undefeated by Cruz Azul in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 9 away league matches. What a good run they have put together.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 23/01/2022 tells us that Cruz Azul have won 1 of these games & Monterrey 3, with the number of draws being 2.

A combined total of 20 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 8 of them for La Máquina Azul and 12 for Los Rayados. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The last league game between the two was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 6 on 28/08/2023 and the score finished Monterrey 1-2 Cruz Azul.

That day, Monterrey had 56% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Maximiliano Meza (45').

At the other end, Cruz Azul had 14 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Diber Cambindo (9') and Moisés (49') scored.

The match was refereed by César Ramos.

📋 Team News: Cruz Azul

Regarding absentees, there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Cruz Azul manager Martín Anselmi to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Gabriel Fernández (Cruciate ligament injury) is sidelined.

ℹ️ Team News: Monterrey

Thanks to a fully healthy squad available to choose from, the Monterrey boss Fernando Ortiz has zero fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game.

⚡ Prediction

We envisage that Monterrey have it within them to find the net against this Cruz Azul lineup, however it possibly won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re expecting a very close game with a 2-1 winning score for Cruz Azul at the end of this one. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 03:03 07/04/2024