Pachuca vs Cruz Azul Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form across all competitions

Looking at the last 20 matches for each side, Cruz Azul have the better record: 10 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, with 34 goals scored and 31 conceded. Pachuca's equivalent sample reads 9 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses, netting 29 and shipping 23.

Pachuca: 20 completed matches; Cruz Azul: 20 completed matches.

Pachuca

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

23

Difference

+6

Cruz Azul

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

34

Conceded

32

Difference

+2

Worth flagging that these samples blend Liga MX with continental and cup fixtures, so they're not a pure domestic form guide. Still, Cruz Azul have been the busier winners of the two sides, even if their defence has been more porous.

Cruz Azul edge the win count, but neither side has been especially tight at the back.

Comparative Team Statistics: Pachuca vs Cruz Azul

Head-to-head has gone both ways lately

The recent meetings between these two haven't followed a clear pattern. Pachuca won away at Cruz Azul back in April, Pachuca also won at home last September, but Cruz Azul had taken the previous meeting in February 2025 and another home win in January 2024.

Nothing in that sequence points to one side dominating the fixture. It's been fairly even across the last handful of encounters, regardless of venue.

League table paints a clearer gap

In the current Liga MX standings, Cruz Azul sit fourth with 15 points from nine games, built on five wins and four losses without a single draw. Pachuca are down in eleventh on 12 points, with three wins, three draws and three losses.

Interestingly, Pachuca's goal difference is actually better: plus five compared to Cruz Azul's plus one. Pachuca have leaked fewer goals overall, they've just failed to turn enough matches into wins.

Cruz Azul's higher position owes more to fewer draws than to a bigger scoring gap.

Rondón is the standout name

Salvador Rondón has scored 10 goals in 9 matches for Pachuca, comfortably the most productive record on show here. Cruz Azul's joint-top scorers, J. Márquez and N. Ibáñez, have three apiece, with their goals more evenly shared and Claudio Rodríguez chipping in five assists.

Pachuca:

Best scorers:

S. Rondón - 10

Best assist providers:

N. Vallejo - 3

O. Idrissi - 2

Penalty cards:

C. Rivera x 1 x 2

Eduardo Bauermann x 1 x 1

C. Sánchez x 5

Cruz Azul:

Best scorers:

N. Ibáñez - 4

G. Fernández - 4

J. Márquez - 3

Best assist providers:

J. Paradela - 5

C. Rodríguez - 5

L. Romero - 2

Penalty cards:

W. Ditta x 3

On the disciplinary side, a couple of Pachuca players, C. Rivera and Eduardo Bauermann, have picked up a red card each across the sample, alongside a handful of players on three yellow cards. That's background information rather than confirmed absences for this specific fixture, given how far out we are.

Rondón's scoring output is the single most eye-catching individual factor here.