Cruz Azul vs Leon Prediction

Form across all competitions

Cruz Azul's recent sample spans 20 matches across Liga MX, Leagues Cup, the Campeones Cup and even the CONCACAF Champions League. That run reads nine wins, four draws and seven losses, with 34 scored and 32 conceded, so it's been fairly even rather than one-sided.

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

Cruz Azul

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

33

Conceded

34

Difference

-1

Leon

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

36

Conceded

23

Difference

+13

Leon's equivalent sample looks stronger on paper: 12 wins, three draws and five losses from 20 games, with 36 goals for against 24 against. It's worth remembering this mixes competitions too, including pre-season friendlies, so it's not a pure league form guide.

Leon's broader sample has been the tidier of the two, though it's not drawn purely from league fixtures.

Comparative Team Statistics: Cruz Azul vs Leon

A head-to-head that swings both ways

The last meeting back in January saw Leon win 2-1 on their own patch. Before that, Cruz Azul hammered Leon 4-1 away from home, and the meeting before that went to Cruz Azul too, 2-1.

Looking further back, results between these two have rarely settled into a pattern. Both sides have had spells of dominance over the years, and recent meetings don't point clearly one way.

Where they sit right now

Cruz Azul are fourth with 15 points from nine games, built on five wins and four losses with no draws yet. Leon sit seventh on 14 points from the same number of matches, with four wins, two draws and three losses.

It's a tight gap. Cruz Azul have the better points total, but Leon's extra draws suggest a side that's harder to beat outright, even if they've won fewer games.

Just one point separates them, and the underlying shape of each record is quite different.

Who's doing the damage

Cruz Azul's goals have been shared around, with N. Ibáñez and G. Fernández both on four from around ten appearances, and J. Paradela and C. Rodríguez both supplying five assists. That's a side with more than one route to goal.

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

Leon:

Best scorers:

D. Arcila - 4

D. Cambindo - 3

Penalty cards:

R. Echeverría x 1 x 2

D. Cambindo x 1

For Leon, D. Arcila leads the scoring with four from nine games, with D. Cambindo not far behind on three from eight. On the disciplinary side, Cambindo already has a red card in this sample and R. Echeverría has picked up a red and two yellows, which is worth noting for a side that wants to stay compact.