Cruz Azul 2–1 Puebla
- Season
- Liga MX
- 2026 · Apertura - 2
Referee
Karen Hernandez Andrade (Mexico)
Liga MX: Cruz Azul beat Puebla 2–1. Goals: F. Monarrez 28', L. Romero 44', C. Ebere 82'.
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
- Puebla
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| When | Cruz Azul | Puebla |
|---|---|---|
| 28′ · F. Monarrez | 0 | 1 |
| 44′ · L. Romero | 1 | 1 |
| 82′ · C. Ebere | 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.
- Cruz Azul
- Puebla
Cruz AzulGoals2xG1.38
- xG per shot
- 0.06
- Goals minus xG
- +0.62
PueblaGoals1xG0.90
- xG per shot
- 0.09
- Goals minus xG
- +0.10
How the chances split
Cruz Azul win 48%Draw 27%Puebla win 24%
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 | Puebla | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.38 | 0.90 |
| xG per shot | 0.063 | 0.090 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.62 | +0.10 |
| Cruz Azul win | 48% | |
| Draw | 27% | |
| Puebla win | 24% |
Goals & cards
- 28′F. MonarrezAssist: A. Herrera
- Luka RomeroFoul37′
- L. RomeroAssist: J. Marquez44′
- Nicolás IbáñezFoul45+2′
- C. EbereAssist: J. Paradela82′
- 84′Alonso RamirezFoul
- 90+1′Eduardo MustreFoul
- 90+5′Fernando MonarrezArgument
- 28′
Key stats
- 67%Ball Possession33%
- 1.38Expected goals0.90
- 22Total Shots10
- 7Shots on goal4
- 7Corner Kicks3
Half by half
- Cruz Azul
- Puebla
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cruz Azul | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Puebla | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
- Cruz Azul: 1 won, 0 drawn, 0 lost in their last 1 matches.
- Cruz Azul scored 3 and conceded 2 in their last 1 matches.
- Puebla: 1 won, 0 drawn, 0 lost in their last 1 matches.
- Puebla scored 1 and conceded 0 in their last 1 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 |
| 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 |
Timeline
- 28′F. MonarrezAssist: A. Herrera
- Luka RomeroFoul37′
- L. RomeroAssist: J. Marquez44′
- Nicolás IbáñezFoul45+2′
- 56′Off: A. HerreraOn: C. Baltazar
- 56′Off: L. HernandezOn: E. Mustre
- Off: N. IbanezOn: A. Palavecino58′
- Off: G. PioviOn: W. Ditta58′
- Off: L. RomeroOn: A. Garcia67′
- Off: G. FernandezOn: O. Campos67′
- Off: C. RotondiOn: C. Ebere68′
- 77′Off: A. OrganistaOn: A. Ramirez
- 78′Off: K. VelascoOn: B. Garnica
- C. EbereAssist: J. Paradela82′
- 84′Alonso RamirezFoul
- 87′Off: S. SanabriaOn: M. Tomas
- 90+1′Eduardo MustreFoul
- 90+5′Fernando MonarrezArgument
- 28′
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
- Puebla
Cruz AzulGoals2xG1.38
- xG per shot
- 0.06
- Goals minus xG
- +0.62
PueblaGoals1xG0.90
- xG per shot
- 0.09
- Goals minus xG
- +0.10
How the chances split
Cruz Azul win 48%Draw 27%Puebla win 24%
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 | Puebla | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.38 | 0.90 |
| xG per shot | 0.063 | 0.090 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.62 | +0.10 |
| Cruz Azul win | 48% | |
| Draw | 27% | |
| Puebla win | 24% |
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 Azul22 shots2596
Puebla10 shots1315
- 104Inside the box
- 126Outside the box
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| Cruz Azul | Puebla | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| Off target | 9 | 1 |
| Blocked | 6 | 5 |
| Inside the box | 10 | 4 |
| Outside the box | 12 | 6 |
The ball: possession and passing
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
- Cruz Azul
- Puebla
67%Possession33%
89%506 of 568 passes77%212 of 277 passes
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| Cruz Azul | Puebla | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 67% | 33% |
| Passes | 568 | 277 |
| Completed | 506 | 212 |
| Pass accuracy | 89% | 77% |
Discipline
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
- 117Fouls
- 23Yellow cards
- 00Red cards
- 02Offsides
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| Cruz Azul | Puebla | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 11 | 7 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 0 | 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
- Puebla
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| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Monarrez | Puebla | 8.2 | 90 |
| Emiliano Gómez | Puebla | 7.7 | 90 |
| Jeremy Márquez | Cruz Azul | 7.6 | 90 |
| Luka Romero | Cruz Azul | 7.3 | 67 |
| Osinachi Ebere | Cruz Azul | 7.3 | 22 |
| Jesús Orozco | Cruz Azul | 7.2 | 90 |
| José Paradela | Cruz Azul | 7.2 | 90 |
| Omar Campos | Cruz Azul | 7.2 | 23 |
| Sergio Sanabria | Puebla | 7.2 | 87 |
| Erik Lira | Cruz Azul | 7.0 | 90 |
| Carlos Rodríguez | Cruz Azul | 7.0 | 90 |
| Willer Ditta | Cruz Azul | 7.0 | 32 |
| Kevin Mier | Cruz Azul | 6.9 | 90 |
| Gonzalo Piovi | Cruz Azul | 6.9 | 58 |
| Agustín Palavecino | Cruz Azul | 6.9 | 32 |
| Daniel Gutierrez | Puebla | 6.9 | 90 |
| Carlos Baltazar | Puebla | 6.9 | 34 |
| Gabriel Fernández | Cruz Azul | 6.7 | 67 |
| Juan Pablo Vargas | Puebla | 6.7 | 90 |
| Alberto Herrera | Puebla | 6.6 | 56 |
| Amaury Garcia | Cruz Azul | 6.3 | 23 |
| Facundo Almada | Puebla | 6.3 | 90 |
| Eduardo Mustre | Puebla | 6.3 | 34 |
| Brayan Garnica | Puebla | 6.3 | 12 |
| Mathías Tomás | Puebla | 6.3 | 10 |
| Carlos Rotondi | Cruz Azul | 6.2 | 68 |
| Nicolás Ibáñez | Cruz Azul | 6.2 | 58 |
| Angel Leyva | Puebla | 6.2 | 90 |
| Kevin Velasco | Puebla | 6.2 | 78 |
| Alejandro Organista | Puebla | 6.2 | 77 |
| Luifer Hernández | Puebla | 6.2 | 56 |
| Alonso Ramirez | Puebla | 6.2 | 13 |
The goalkeepers
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
75%
Kevin Mier
Kevin Mier- Saves
- 3
- Conceded
- 1
- Goals prevented
- -0.80
71%
Daniel Gutierrez
Daniel Gutierrez- Saves
- 5
- Conceded
- 2
- Goals prevented
- -0.80
- Cruz Azul
- Puebla
Top stats
- 67%Ball Possession33%
- 1.38Expected goals0.90
- 22Total Shots10
- 7Shots on goal4
- 7Corner Kicks3
Shots
- 9Shots off Goal1
- 6Blocked shots5
- 10Shots insidebox4
- 12Shots outsidebox6
Passing
- 568Total passes277
- 506Passes accurate212
- 89%Pass accuracy77%
Defence & set pieces
- 3Goalkeeper Saves5
- 0Offsides2
Discipline
- 11Fouls7
- 2Yellow Cards3
- –Red Cards–
More
- 89%Passes %77%
- -0.80Goals prevented-0.80
Half by half
- Cruz Azul
- Puebla
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cruz Azul | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Puebla | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cruz Azul4-2-2-2Coach: Joel Huiqui
Bench
1A. GudinoG
8A. PalavecinoM
14J. CaleroF
11C. EbereF
4W. DittaD
17A. GarciaM
12A. MontesD
3O. CamposD
10A. MontanoM
22J. RodarteD
Puebla4-4-2Coach: Gerardo Espinoza
Bench
33J. RodriguezG
27B. GarnicaF
22C. BaltazarM
17R. CastilloM
10M. TomasM
15O. VillaD
16A. RamirezM
13E. NavarroD
29E. MustreF
8O. F. Moreno VillegasF
| 23Kevin MierG | 90 | 6.9 | – | 0 | – | – | 24 | – | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 16Jeremy MárquezD | 90 | 7.6 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 54 | 3 | 47 | 6 | 2 | – | 11 | 16 | 2 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 33Gonzalo PioviD | 58 | 6.9 | – | 0 | – | – | 77 | 1 | 73 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 5Jesús OrozcoD | 90 | 7.2 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 78 | – | 76 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 29Carlos RotondiD | 68 | 6.2 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 6Erik LiraM | 90 | 7.0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 61 | – | 57 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 19Carlos RodríguezM | 90 | 7.0 | – | 0 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 4 | 68 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 20José ParadelaM | 90 | 7.2 | – | 1 | – | – | 48 | 3 | 39 | – | – | 1 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 18Luka RomeroM | 67 | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 31 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 7 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 |
| 7Nicolás IbáñezF | 58 | 6.2 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | – | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
| 21Gabriel FernándezF | 67 | 6.7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 10 | – | 9 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 4Willer DittaD | 32 | 7.0 | – | 0 | – | – | 24 | – | 18 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 8Agustín PalavecinoM | 32 | 6.9 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 16 | 2 | 12 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 17Amaury GarciaM | 23 | 6.3 | – | 0 | – | – | 7 | – | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 3Omar CamposD | 23 | 7.2 | – | 0 | – | – | 7 | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 11Osinachi EbereF | 22 | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | – | 6 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 1Andrés GudiñoG | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 12Alan MontesD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 22Jorge Rodarte BarraganD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 10Andres MontañoM | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 14Juan CaleroF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 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 |