📏 Form Guide

Cruz Azul

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Cruz Azul head into this match following a 1-1 Liga MX (Clausura) drawn result vs Querétaro FC.

In that match, Cruz Azul managed 69% possession and 20 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Cruz Azul was Jeremy Márquez (9', 45' Own goal). For their opponents, Queretaro got 10 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

It’s been all too rare in recent games where Cruz Azul have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Cruz Azul have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 9 goals along the way.

Leading up to this clash, Cruz Azul:

• have not lost a league tie with Necaxa in their previous 3 matches.
• have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.

Necaxa

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In their last game, Necaxa drew 0-0 in the Liga MX (Clausura) tie with CD Guadalajara.

In that match, Necaxa managed 43% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. On the other side, Guadalajara got 19 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target.

Throughout their six most recent matches, Martín Varini's Necaxa have found the net a total of 7 times thus earning them the goals per game average of 1.17.

Heading into this fixture, Necaxa are without an away win for the past 4 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 22/01/2023 tells us that Cruz Azul have won 3 of them & Necaxa 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A combined total of 17 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 11 of them for La Máquina Azul and 6 coming from Lightning Bolts. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The previous league match featuring these clubs was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 14 on 22/10/2025 when the final score was Necaxa 1-1 Cruz Azul.

On that day, Necaxa had 40% possession and 18 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Agustín Palavecino (87').

Cruz Azul had 10 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Amaury Morales (65') was the scorer.

The referee was Vicente Arce.

✨ Prediction

In this game, Cruz Azul can and should see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

In contrast, Necaxa are also probably going to find it difficult to break down their defence although we do reckon that they could well end up getting the chances to score, too.

Accordingly, we see a controlled 3-1 win for Cruz Azul at the end of the match.

Andre Moura, 21:06 25/04/2026