📏 Form Guide

Cruz Azul

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Cruz Azul fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 2-0 Liga MX (Clausura) success versus Atlas.

In that match, Cruz Azul managed 48% possession and 17 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Cruz Azul, the goalscorers were Gabriel Fernández (8') and José Paradela (28'). Atlas got 6 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

Cruz Azul have not been the best at stopping their opponents lately, although they’ve also found ways to convert their own chances into goals. Over their last 6 matches, Cruz Azul have conceded in 5 of them in addition to getting on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see whether such a trend shall be sustained here in this match.

Coming into this meeting, Cruz Azul are unbeaten in the league by Puebla in their last 4 games.

Puebla

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Puebla will come into the game following on from a 2-1 Liga MX (Clausura) win against Mazatlán in their previous outing.

In that match, Puebla managed 56% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Puebla, goals were scored by Esteban Lozano (2') and Edgar Guerra (12'). For their opponents, Mazatlan got 8 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Facundo Almada (69') scored for Mazatlán.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Puebla, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The overall average goals scored per game in that time is 3.5, with the average number of goals for Puebla equalling 1.5.

Coming into this clash, Puebla haven't been defeated by Cruz Azul in games played away from home for the previous 6 league games. An impressive run.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 18/02/2023 shows that Cruz Azul have won 4 of them and Puebla 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A combined total of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 11 of them for La Máquina Azul and 5 coming from Los Camoteros. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The last league clash featuring these clubs was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 16 on 01/11/2025 when it finished Puebla 0-3 Cruz Azul.

That day, Puebla managed 43% possession and 6 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

For their opponents, Cruz Azul got 12 shots at goal with 6 on target. Mateusz Bogusz (33'), Jeremy Márquez (57') and Omar Campos (84') scored.

The match was refereed by Guillermo Pacheco.

📋 Team News: Cruz Azul

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just the sole fitness concern for the Cruz Azul gaffer Nicolás Larcamón to contend with from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Andrés Montaño (Torn lateral knee ligament) is out of contention.

✨ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Cruz Azul will most probably get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

However, Puebla won’t find it easy to score a goal of their own although we do think that they will probably end up pulling one back during this clash.

We can therefore see a controlled 3-1 victory for Cruz Azul at the end of the 90 minutes.

Renata Leite, 17:05 15/01/2026