Cruz Azul 2–3 Atlante FC
- Season
- Liga MX
- 2026 · Apertura - 3
Referee
Abraham de Jesus Quirarte Contreras (Mexico)
Liga MX: Atlante FC beat Cruz Azul 3–2. Goals: L. Puente 44', L. Calzadilla 47', N. Ibanez 60', Jhojan Julio 75' (pen.), A. Palavecino 90'.
Top rated
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
How the score moved
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
- Cruz Azul
- Atlante FC
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| When | Cruz Azul | Atlante FC |
|---|---|---|
| 44′ · L. Puente | 0 | 1 |
| 47′ · L. Calzadilla | 0 | 2 |
| 60′ · N. Ibanez | 1 | 2 |
| 75′ · Jhojan Julio | 1 | 3 |
| 90′ · A. Palavecino | 2 | 3 |
| 90′ | 2 | 3 |
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.
- Cruz Azul
- Atlante FC
Cruz AzulGoals2xG2.86
- xG per shot
- 0.15
- Goals minus xG
- -0.86
Atlante FCGoals3xG1.89
- xG per shot
- 0.17
- Goals minus xG
- +1.11
How the chances split
Cruz Azul win 58%Draw 17%Atlante FC win 25%
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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| Cruz Azul | Atlante FC | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 3 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 2.86 | 1.89 |
| xG per shot | 0.151 | 0.172 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.86 | +1.11 |
| Cruz Azul win | 58% | |
| Draw | 17% | |
| Atlante FC win | 25% |
Goals & cards
- 15′Luis CalzadillaFoul
- 44′L. PuenteAssist: W. Portales
- 47′L. CalzadillaAssist: Jhojan Julio
- N. IbanezAssist: C. Rodriguez60′
- Carlos RodríguezFoul67′
- Willer DittaFoul73′
- 75′Jhojan Julio(Penalty)
- A. PalavecinoAssist: G. Fernandez90′
- 15′
Key stats
- 61%Ball Possession39%
- 2.86Expected goals1.89
- 19Total Shots11
- 10Shots on goal7
- 7Corner Kicks5
Half by half
- Cruz Azul
- Atlante FC
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cruz Azul | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Atlante FC | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
- Cruz Azul: 2 won, 0 drawn, 0 lost in their last 2 matches.
- Cruz Azul scored 5 and conceded 3 in their last 2 matches.
- Atlante FC: 0 won, 1 drawn, 1 lost in their last 2 matches.
- Atlante FC scored 2 and conceded 3 in their last 2 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 |
| 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 |
Timeline
- 15′Luis CalzadillaFoul
- 44′L. PuenteAssist: W. Portales
- 47′L. CalzadillaAssist: Jhojan Julio
- Off: A. MontanoOn: J. Paradela57′
- Off: G. PioviOn: C. Rodriguez57′
- 59′Off: L. PuenteOn: D. Gonzalez
- N. IbanezAssist: C. Rodriguez60′
- Off: C. EbereOn: G. Fernandez61′
- Off: L. RomeroOn: E. Lira61′
- Carlos RodríguezFoul67′
- 69′Off: E. PizzutoOn: L. Mejia
- Willer DittaFoul73′
- 74′Martín Fernández(VAR)Card upgrade
- 75′Jhojan Julio(Penalty)
- 81′Off: L. CalzadillaOn: W. Clar
- 81′Off: W. PortalesOn: A. Escobar
- Off: N. IbanezOn: E. Castaneda86′
- A. PalavecinoAssist: G. Fernandez90′
- Omar Campos(VAR)Penalty confirmed90+2′
- Gabriel Fernández(Missed penalty)Missed Penalty90+3′
- 15′
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.
- Cruz Azul
- Atlante FC
Cruz AzulGoals2xG2.86
- xG per shot
- 0.15
- Goals minus xG
- -0.86
Atlante FCGoals3xG1.89
- xG per shot
- 0.17
- Goals minus xG
- +1.11
How the chances split
Cruz Azul win 58%Draw 17%Atlante FC win 25%
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
| Cruz Azul | Atlante FC | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 3 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 2.86 | 1.89 |
| xG per shot | 0.151 | 0.172 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.86 | +1.11 |
| Cruz Azul win | 58% | |
| Draw | 17% | |
| Atlante FC win | 25% |
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
Cruz Azul19 shots2836
Atlante FC11 shots3431
- 154Inside the box
- 47Outside the box
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| Cruz Azul | Atlante FC | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 8 | 4 |
| Off target | 3 | 3 |
| Blocked | 6 | 1 |
| Inside the box | 15 | 4 |
| Outside the box | 4 | 7 |
The ball: possession and passing
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
- Cruz Azul
- Atlante FC
61%Possession39%
84%442 of 525 passes77%249 of 324 passes
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| Cruz Azul | Atlante FC | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 61% | 39% |
| Passes | 525 | 324 |
| Completed | 442 | 249 |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 77% |
Discipline
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
- 1111Fouls
- 21Yellow cards
- 00Red cards
- 42Offsides
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| Cruz Azul | Atlante FC | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 11 | 11 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 4 | 2 |
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.
- Cruz Azul
- Atlante FC
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| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Calzadilla | Atlante FC | 8.2 | 81 |
| Óscar Jiménez | Atlante FC | 7.9 | 90 |
| Luis Puente | Atlante FC | 7.6 | 59 |
| Jhojan Julio | Atlante FC | 7.6 | 90 |
| Andrés Gudiño | Cruz Azul | 7.3 | 90 |
| Carlos Rodríguez | Cruz Azul | 7.3 | 33 |
| Omar Campos | Cruz Azul | 7.2 | 90 |
| Agustín Palavecino | Cruz Azul | 7.2 | 90 |
| Nicolás Ibáñez | Cruz Azul | 7.2 | 86 |
| Luis Sánchez | Atlante FC | 7.2 | 90 |
| Andres Montaño | Cruz Azul | 6.9 | 57 |
| José Paradela | Cruz Azul | 6.9 | 33 |
| Walter Portales | Atlante FC | 6.9 | 81 |
| Nicolas Carrera | Atlante FC | 6.9 | 90 |
| Martín Fernández | Atlante FC | 6.9 | 90 |
| Eduardo Tercero | Atlante FC | 6.7 | 90 |
| Edgar Jiménez | Atlante FC | 6.7 | 90 |
| Leonardo Mejía | Atlante FC | 6.7 | 21 |
| Armando Escobar | Atlante FC | 6.7 | 9 |
| Erik Lira | Cruz Azul | 6.6 | 29 |
| Eugenio Pizzuto | Atlante FC | 6.6 | 69 |
| Jesús Orozco | Cruz Azul | 6.3 | 90 |
| Jeremy Márquez | Cruz Azul | 6.2 | 90 |
| Gonzalo Piovi | Cruz Azul | 6.2 | 57 |
| Luka Romero | Cruz Azul | 6.2 | 61 |
| Osinachi Ebere | Cruz Azul | 6.2 | 61 |
| José González | Atlante FC | 6.2 | 31 |
| Walter Clar | Atlante FC | 6.2 | 9 |
| Gabriel Fernández | Cruz Azul | 5.9 | 29 |
| Willer Ditta | Cruz Azul | 5.3 | 90 |
The goalkeepers
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
57%
Andrés Gudiño
Andrés Gudiño- Saves
- 4
- Conceded
- 3
- Goals prevented
- +0.15
80%
Óscar Jiménez
Óscar Jiménez- Saves
- 8
- Conceded
- 2
- Goals prevented
- +0.15
- Cruz Azul
- Atlante FC
Top stats
- 61%Ball Possession39%
- 2.86Expected goals1.89
- 19Total Shots11
- 10Shots on goal7
- 7Corner Kicks5
Shots
- 3Shots off Goal3
- 6Blocked shots1
- 15Shots insidebox4
- 4Shots outsidebox7
Passing
- 525Total passes324
- 442Passes accurate249
- 84%Pass accuracy77%
Defence & set pieces
- 4Goalkeeper Saves8
- 4Offsides2
Discipline
- 11Fouls11
- 2Yellow Cards1
- –Red Cards–
More
- 84%Passes %77%
- 0.15Goals prevented0.15
Half by half
- Cruz Azul
- Atlante FC
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cruz Azul | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Atlante FC | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Cruz Azul5-3-2Coach: Joel Huiqui
Bench
23K. MierG
20J. ParadelaF
49J. Diaz
68C. ValdiviaF
21G. FernandezF
19C. RodriguezM
6E. LiraM
28R. RubioD
66J. SuarezD
258E. CastanedaF
Atlante FC5-3-2Coach: Ernesto Herrera Aguirre Miguel
Bench
22R. BarraganG
37W. ClarD
15J. CharcopaF
199S. GarciaD
21J. IbarraM
27A. EscobarD
20G. AdameM
17L. MejiaM
16D. Gonzalez
184R. CoubertF
| 1Andrés GudiñoG | 90 | 7.3 | – | 0 | – | – | 15 | – | 13 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 16Jeremy MárquezD | 90 | 6.2 | – | 0 | – | – | 66 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 4 | – | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 33Gonzalo PioviD | 57 | 6.2 | – | 0 | – | – | 41 | 1 | 35 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 4Willer DittaD | 90 | 5.3 | – | 0 | – | – | 53 | – | 49 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 0 |
| 5Jesús OrozcoD | 90 | 6.3 | – | 0 | – | – | 65 | – | 57 | 2 | 4 | – | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 3Omar CamposD | 90 | 7.2 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 27 | 3 | – | – | 8 | 10 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 18Luka RomeroM | 61 | 6.2 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | – | 21 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 8Agustín PalavecinoM | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 83 | 1 | 68 | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | 9 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 10Andres MontañoM | 57 | 6.9 | – | 0 | – | – | 18 | 1 | 15 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 7Nicolás IbáñezF | 86 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 21 | – | 16 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 9 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 11Osinachi EbereF | 61 | 6.2 | – | 0 | – | – | 13 | – | 10 | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 19Carlos RodríguezM | 33 | 7.3 | – | 1 | – | – | 32 | 4 | 29 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
| 20José ParadelaF | 33 | 6.9 | – | 0 | – | – | 21 | 2 | 14 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 6Erik LiraM | 29 | 6.6 | – | 0 | – | – | 32 | – | 29 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 21Gabriel FernándezF | 29 | 5.9 | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 258Emiliano CastañedaF | 4 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 23Kevin MierG | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 28Raymundo RubioD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 66Javier SuárezD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 49Josué DíazD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 68Christian ValdiviaF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 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 |