📊 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 game, Cruz Azul had 55% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Leon had 8 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Ismael Díaz (45') was the scorer 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 go into this match after a 1-0 Liga MX (Clausura) win with the defeat of Puebla in their most recent game.

In that match, Atlas had 41% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Atlas was Uroš Đurđević (8'). Puebla had 15 shots on 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

Looking over their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 06/05/2023 shows that Cruz Azul have won 0 of these and Atlas 2, with the number of drawn matches being 4.

In all, 19 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 8 from La Máquina Azul and 11 netted by Los Zorros. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.

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

On that day, Atlas had 28% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. The goalscorers were Eduardo Aguirre (17'), Diego González (31') and Dória (60').

For their opponents, Cruz Azul had 29 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Ángel Sepúlveda (55', 58', 90') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Luis Santander.

ℹ️ Team News: Cruz Azul

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the sole fitness concern for the Cruz Azul manager Nicolás Larcamón to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Andrés Montaño (Torn lateral knee ligament) is sidelined.

📋 Team News: Atlas

Out of a mainly available squad, there’s only the sole fitness worry for the Atlas boss Diego Cocca to be concerned with. Manuel Capasso (Calf problems) misses out for this game.

✨ 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, 05:12 12/01/2026