📏 Form Guide

Cruz Azul

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Cruz Azul will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 2-1 Liga MX (Clausura) losing effort in their last game against León.

In that match, Cruz Azul had 55% possession and 20 shots at goal with 7 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Cruz Azul was Agustín Palavecino (90'). For their opponents, Leon had 8 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Ismael Díaz (45') and Bryan Colula (50') scored for León.

Cruz Azul have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets lately, but they have also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Looking at their last 6 games, Cruz Azul have conceded in 5 of them in addition to getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches.

Analysis of their past results shows that Cruz Azul:

• have not been beaten in the league by Atlas in their last 4 games.
• have not beaten Atlas in their previous 5 matches in the league.

Atlas

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Atlas head into the encounter after a 1-0 Liga MX (Clausura) win against Puebla in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Atlas had 41% possession and 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Atlas was Uroš Đurđević (8'). On the other side, Puebla got 15 shots at goal with 6 of them on target.

The trend of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games involving Atlas has been apparent of late. A glance at their last six outings reveals that it’s occurred 5 times. In these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal total of 8 and Atlas have scored 4. Despite that, it remains to be seen whether the trend shall persist here in this game.

Looking at their past form shows that Atlas:

• haven't beaten Cruz Azul when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 league matches. Not the best of away records.
• remain unbeaten by Cruz Azul when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 8 matches in the league. What a terrible run of away results.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head meetings dating back to 06/05/2023 shows that Cruz Azul have won 0 of them and Atlas 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 4.

In all, 19 goals were produced between them in these games, with 8 of them for La Máquina Azul and 11 being from Los Zorros. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The last league match between these sides was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 2 on 20/07/2025 and the score finished Atlas 3-3 Cruz Azul.

That time, Atlas had 28% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The goals were scored by Eduardo Aguirre (17'), Diego González (31') and Dória (60').

Cruz Azul had 29 shots at goal with 5 on target. Ángel Sepúlveda (55', 58', 90') scored.

The referee was Luis Santander.

🗞️ Team News: Cruz Azul

Looking at personnel, there is just the sole fitness concern for the Cruz Azul gaffer Nicolás Larcamón to contend with from a near full-strength group of players. Andrés Montaño (Torn lateral knee ligament) is sidelined.

In all likelihood, La Máquina Azul may well employ a 3-4-2-1 formation this time, handing starts to Andrés Gudiño, Willer Ditta, Erik Lira, Gonzalo Piovi, Jorge Sánchez, Á. Jeremy Márquez, Carlos Rodriguez, C. Rodolfo Rotondi, Luka Romero, J. Antonio Paradela and Gabriel Fernandez.

📰 Team News: Atlas

We are inclined to think that Los Zorros might begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 lineup, choosing Camilo Vargas, Rodrigo Schlegel, Manuel Capasso, Gaddi Aguirre, Gustavo Ferrareis, Aldo Paúl Rocha, Eduardo Aguirre, M. Ezequiel Garcia, Diego González, Paulo Ramírez and Uros Djurdjevic.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Cruz Azul are likely to stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

Conversely, Atlas might well find it a difficult task to score although we do see them scoring here as well.

Our selection here is for a controlled 3-1 winning margin for Cruz Azul at the conclusion of the game.

Renata Leite, 22:04 14/01/2026