Club Tijuana 2–1 Cruz Azul
- Season
- Liga MX
- 2026 · Apertura - 4
Referee
Victor Alfonso Caceres Hernandez (Mexico)
Liga MX: Club Tijuana beat Cruz Azul 2–1. Goals: I. Rivero 44', N. Ibanez 45', G. Mora 54'.
Top rated
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
Gilberto Mora8.9
Jesús Gómez7.2
Iván Tona7.2
How the score moved
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
- Club Tijuana
- Cruz Azul
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| When | Club Tijuana | Cruz Azul |
|---|---|---|
| 44′ · I. Rivero | 1 | 0 |
| 45′ · N. Ibanez | 1 | 1 |
| 54′ · G. Mora | 2 | 1 |
| 90′ | 2 | 1 |
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- Club Tijuana
- Cruz Azul
Club TijuanaGoals2xG1.81
- xG per shot
- 0.14
- Goals minus xG
- +0.19
Cruz AzulGoals1xG1.30
- xG per shot
- 0.09
- Goals minus xG
- -0.30
How the chances split
Club Tijuana win 49%Draw 23%Cruz Azul win 28%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| Club Tijuana | Cruz Azul | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.81 | 1.30 |
| xG per shot | 0.139 | 0.087 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.19 | -0.30 |
| Club Tijuana win | 49% | |
| Draw | 23% | |
| Cruz Azul win | 28% |
Goals & cards
- I. RiveroAssist: G. Mora44′
- 45′N. IbanezAssist: L. Romero
- 49′Osinachi EbereFoul
- G. MoraAssist: A. Vega54′
- Adonis PreciadoFoul56′
- José RiveroArgument57′
- 61′Alan MontesFoul
- 74′Jeremy MárquezFoul
- 80′José ParadelaArgument
Key stats
- 43%Ball Possession57%
- 1.81Expected goals1.30
- 13Total Shots15
- 4Shots on goal6
- 5Corner Kicks6
Half by half
- Club Tijuana
- Cruz Azul
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Club Tijuana | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cruz Azul | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
- Club Tijuana: 2 won, 1 drawn, 0 lost in their last 3 matches.
- Club Tijuana kept 2 clean sheets in their last 3 matches.
- Club Tijuana scored 4 and conceded 1 in their last 3 matches.
- Cruz Azul: 2 won, 0 drawn, 1 lost in their last 3 matches.
- Cruz Azul scored 7 and conceded 6 in their last 3 matches.
Recent form
Standings
Liga MX: Apertura
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| 2 |  Club America | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 30 |
| 3 |  Guadalajara Chivas | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 |  Santos Laguna | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 |  CF Pachuca | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Club Tijuana | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 |  Leon | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 10 |  Monterrey | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
Timeline
- I. RiveroAssist: G. Mora44′
- 45′N. IbanezAssist: L. Romero
- Off: P. N. Ortiz OrozcoOn: A. Vega46′
- 49′Osinachi EbereFoul
- G. MoraAssist: A. Vega54′
- Adonis PreciadoFoul56′
- José RiveroArgument57′
- 61′Alan MontesFoul
- Off: D. AbreuOn: M. El Ghezouani65′
- 68′Off: L. RomeroOn: A. Montano
- 68′Off: C. RodriguezOn: G. Fernandez
- 74′Jeremy MárquezFoul
- 76′Off: C. EbereOn: R. Gonzalez
- 80′José ParadelaArgument
- Off: G. MoraOn: A. Zapata81′
- Off: R. ArcigaOn: Y. Padilla81′
- Off: I. TonaOn: F. Gonzalez81′
- 86′Off: J. MarquezOn: J. Suarez
- 86′Off: A. MontesOn: A. Garcia
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- Club Tijuana
- Cruz Azul
Club TijuanaGoals2xG1.81
- xG per shot
- 0.14
- Goals minus xG
- +0.19
Cruz AzulGoals1xG1.30
- xG per shot
- 0.09
- Goals minus xG
- -0.30
How the chances split
Club Tijuana win 49%Draw 23%Cruz Azul win 28%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
Show as a table
| Club Tijuana | Cruz Azul | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.81 | 1.30 |
| xG per shot | 0.139 | 0.087 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.19 | -0.30 |
| Club Tijuana win | 49% | |
| Draw | 23% | |
| Cruz Azul win | 28% |
Every shot, and how it ended
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
- Goals
- Saved
- Off target
- Blocked
Club Tijuana13 shots2272
Cruz Azul15 shots1554
- 97Inside the box
- 48Outside the box
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| Club Tijuana | Cruz Azul | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| Off target | 7 | 5 |
| Blocked | 2 | 4 |
| Inside the box | 9 | 7 |
| Outside the box | 4 | 8 |
The ball: possession and passing
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
- Club Tijuana
- Cruz Azul
43%Possession57%
86%313 of 364 passes82%404 of 495 passes
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| Club Tijuana | Cruz Azul | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 43% | 57% |
| Passes | 364 | 495 |
| Completed | 313 | 404 |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 82% |
Discipline
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
- 1315Fouls
- 24Yellow cards
- 00Red cards
- 61Offsides
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| Club Tijuana | Cruz Azul | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 13 | 15 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 4 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 6 | 1 |
Every player's rating
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
- Club Tijuana
- Cruz Azul
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| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilberto Mora | Club Tijuana | 8.9 | 81 |
| Jesús Orozco | Cruz Azul | 7.5 | 90 |
| Nicolás Ibáñez | Cruz Azul | 7.5 | 90 |
| Jesús Gómez | Club Tijuana | 7.2 | 90 |
| Iván Tona | Club Tijuana | 7.2 | 81 |
| José Rivero | Club Tijuana | 7.2 | 90 |
| Jesús Vega | Club Tijuana | 7.0 | 45 |
| Yael Padilla | Club Tijuana | 7.0 | 9 |
| Amaury Garcia | Cruz Azul | 7.0 | 13 |
| Jackson Porozo | Club Tijuana | 6.9 | 90 |
| Adonis Preciado | Club Tijuana | 6.9 | 90 |
| Luka Romero | Cruz Azul | 6.9 | 68 |
| Mourad El Ghezouani | Club Tijuana | 6.7 | 25 |
| Kevin Mier | Cruz Azul | 6.7 | 90 |
| Carlos Rodríguez | Cruz Azul | 6.7 | 68 |
| Rafael Fernández | Club Tijuana | 6.6 | 90 |
| Ramiro Árciga | Club Tijuana | 6.6 | 81 |
| Ángel Zapata | Club Tijuana | 6.6 | 9 |
| Alan Montes | Cruz Azul | 6.6 | 86 |
| Erik Lira | Cruz Azul | 6.6 | 90 |
| Javier Suárez | Cruz Azul | 6.6 | 13 |
| Antonio Rodríguez | Club Tijuana | 6.5 | 90 |
| Pablo Nicolás Ortíz | Club Tijuana | 6.5 | 45 |
| Diego Abreu | Club Tijuana | 6.5 | 65 |
| Francisco González | Club Tijuana | 6.3 | 9 |
| Osinachi Ebere | Cruz Azul | 6.3 | 76 |
| Andres Montaño | Cruz Azul | 6.3 | 22 |
| Jeremy Márquez | Cruz Azul | 6.2 | 86 |
| Omar Campos | Cruz Azul | 6.2 | 90 |
| José Paradela | Cruz Azul | 6.2 | 90 |
| Gabriel Fernández | Cruz Azul | 6.2 | 22 |
| Rogelio González | Cruz Azul | 6.2 | 14 |
The goalkeepers
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
83%
Antonio Rodríguez
Antonio Rodríguez- Saves
- 5
- Conceded
- 1
- Goals prevented
- 0.00
50%
Kevin Mier
Kevin Mier- Saves
- 2
- Conceded
- 2
- Goals prevented
- 0.00
- Club Tijuana
- Cruz Azul
Top stats
- 43%Ball Possession57%
- 1.81Expected goals1.30
- 13Total Shots15
- 4Shots on goal6
- 5Corner Kicks6
Shots
- 7Shots off Goal5
- 2Blocked shots4
- 9Shots insidebox7
- 4Shots outsidebox8
Passing
- 364Total passes495
- 313Passes accurate404
- 86%Pass accuracy82%
Defence & set pieces
- 5Goalkeeper Saves2
- 6Offsides1
Discipline
- 13Fouls15
- 2Yellow Cards4
- –Red Cards–
More
- 86%Passes %82%
- -0.00Goals prevented-0.00
Half by half
- Club Tijuana
- Cruz Azul
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Club Tijuana | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cruz Azul | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Club Tijuana4-1-4-1Coach: Sebastian Abreu
Bench
29J. HernandezG
16A. VegaD
34F. BoyaM
20A. ZapataM
26A. PerezM
31Y. PadillaF
9M. El GhezouaniF
13Elias ManoelF
11F. GonzalezF
188A. MagallonD
Cruz Azul4-2-3-1Coach: Joel Huiqui
Bench
1A. GudinoG
49J. Diaz
32C. JimenezM
66J. SuarezD
55R. GonzalezM
17A. GarciaM
10A. MontanoM
214M. LevyF
21G. FernandezF
| 2Antonio RodríguezG | 90 | 6.5 | – | 0 | – | – | 39 | – | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3Rafael FernándezD | 90 | 6.6 | – | 0 | – | – | 37 | – | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 12Jackson PorozoD | 90 | 6.9 | – | 0 | – | – | 44 | – | 39 | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | – | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 6Jesús GómezD | 90 | 7.2 | – | 0 | – | – | 60 | – | 55 | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | 8 | – | 2 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 33Pablo Nicolás OrtízD | 45 | 6.5 | – | 0 | – | – | 22 | 1 | 20 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 8Iván TonaM | 81 | 7.2 | – | 0 | – | – | 52 | – | 51 | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 17Ramiro ÁrcigaM | 81 | 6.6 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 4 | – | – | 5 | 11 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 10Gilberto MoraM | 81 | 8.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 27 | – | 1 | – | 6 | 7 | 3 | – | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 15José RiveroM | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
| 7Adonis PreciadoM | 90 | 6.9 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 15 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | – | 7 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 0 |
| 19Diego AbreuF | 65 | 6.5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | 1 | 8 | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 16Jesús VegaD | 45 | 7.0 | – | 1 | – | – | 11 | 1 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 9Mourad El GhezouaniF | 25 | 6.7 | – | 0 | – | – | 4 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 11Francisco GonzálezF | 9 | 6.3 | – | 0 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 20Ángel ZapataM | 9 | 6.6 | – | 0 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 31Yael PadillaF | 9 | 7.0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 29Jorge HernándezG | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 188Alejandro MagallonD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 34Frank BoyaM | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 26Aldahir PérezM | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 13Elias ManoelF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
Liga MX: Apertura
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| 2 | Club America | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 30 |
| 3 | Guadalajara Chivas | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
| 4 |  Toluca | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 |  Atlas | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Santos Laguna | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | CF Pachuca | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Club Tijuana | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Leon | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 10 | Monterrey | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 11 |  U.N.A.M. - Pumas | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 12 |  Club Queretaro | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 13 |  Atletico San Luis | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 14 |  Puebla | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 15 |  Tigres UANL | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Atlante FC | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 17 |  Necaxa | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 18 |  FC Juarez | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 |