📊 Form Guide

Cruz Azul

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Cruz Azul will play in this fixture following a 1-1 Liga MX (Clausura) drawn game vs Mazatlán.

In that game, Cruz Azul had 65% possession and 21 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Cruz Azul was Gabriel Fernández (87'). At the other end, Mazatlan got 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Josué Ovalle (48') was the scorer for Mazatlán.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Cruz Azul have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Cruz Azul have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 7 goals in the process.

Leading up to this clash, Cruz Azul:

• have not been beaten in the league by Pachuca in their last 3 games.
• have not been beaten in their last 5 home league matches.

Pachuca

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In the game prior to this, Pachuca drew 1-1 in the Liga MX (Clausura) tie with Toluca.

In that game, Pachuca managed 48% possession and 16 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Pachuca was Elías Montiel (72'). On the other side, Toluca got 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Franco Romero (45') was the scorer for Toluca.

Pachuca have been effective going forward of late, scoring 8 times in their last 6 matches. While their manager Esteban Solari will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Pachuca have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 6 of those same games. Still, time will tell if that pattern might be sustained in this next match.

Coming into this contest, Pachuca are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head meetings dating back to 01/04/2023 shows that Cruz Azul have won 4 of them and Pachuca 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.

A sum of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 9 from La Máquina Azul and 5 coming from Los Tuzos. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The last league match featuring the two was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 8 on 13/09/2025 which ended up with the score at Pachuca 0-1 Cruz Azul.

That time, Pachuca had 51% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target.

Cruz Azul had 6 shots on goal with 1 on target. Gabriel Fernández (65') scored.

The match was refereed by Joaquín Vizcarra.

📰 Team News: Cruz Azul

It seems likely that La Máquina Azul should line up in a 3-4-2-1 system in the match, utilising Kevin Mier, Willer Ditta, Erik Lira, Gonzalo Piovi, Jorge Rodarte, Carlos Rodriguez, Á. Jeremy Márquez, Omar Campos, J. Antonio Paradela, Andrés Montaño and Gabriel Fernandez.

🗞️ Team News: Pachuca

There’s a good chance that Los Tuzos will likely utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup by sending out Carlos Moreno, Brian García, Eduardo Bauermann, Sergio Barreto, Carlos Sánchez, Elías Montiel, Christian Rivera, Kenedy, Alexei Domínguez, Oussama Idrissi and Salomon Rondon.

💡 Prediction

In our opinion, Cruz Azul can and should dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.

At the other end, Pachuca may well struggle to get shooting opportunities although we do reckon that they could well end up managing to get on the scoresheet, too.

We’re therefore anticipating a comfortable 3-1 win for Cruz Azul at the end of the 90 minutes.

Victor Martins, 01:05 05/04/2026