Cruz Azul 1–0 Santos Laguna
- Season
- Liga MX
- 2026 · Apertura - 7
Referee
Maximiliano Quintero Hernandez (Mexico)
Liga MX: Cruz Azul beat Santos Laguna 1–0. Goals: J. Paradela 89'.
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
- Santos Laguna
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| When | Cruz Azul | Santos Laguna |
|---|---|---|
| 89′ · J. Paradela | 1 | 0 |
| 90′ | 1 | 0 |
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
- Santos Laguna
Cruz AzulGoals1xG1.54
- xG per shot
- 0.09
- Goals minus xG
- -0.54
Santos LagunaGoals0xG0.42
- xG per shot
- 0.05
- Goals minus xG
- -0.42
How the chances split
Cruz Azul win 65%Draw 25%Santos Laguna win 10%
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 | Santos Laguna | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.54 | 0.42 |
| xG per shot | 0.086 | 0.052 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.54 | -0.42 |
| Cruz Azul win | 65% | |
| Draw | 25% | |
| Santos Laguna win | 10% |
Goals & cards
- 50′
- J. ParadelaAssist: A. Montano89′
Key stats
- 62%Ball Possession38%
- 1.54Expected goals0.42
- 18Total Shots8
- 5Shots on goal1
- 8Corner Kicks5
Half by half
- Cruz Azul
- Santos Laguna
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cruz Azul | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Santos Laguna | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
- Cruz Azul: 2 won, 0 drawn, 3 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Cruz Azul scored 8 and conceded 9 in their last 5 matches.
- Santos Laguna: 0 won, 1 drawn, 4 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Santos Laguna scored 2 and conceded 8 in their last 5 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 |
| 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 |
Timeline
- 50′
- Off: R. GonzalezOn: A. Mozo61′
- Off: L. RomeroOn: J. Paradela61′
- 61′Off: L. GomezOn: E. Lozano
- Off: J. MarquezOn: E. Lira79′
- Off: N. IbanezOn: G. Fernandez79′
- 84′Off: D. GonzalezOn: E. Echeverria
- 84′Off: A. LopezOn: F. Villalba
- 84′Off: E. BullaudeOn: E. Aguirre
- Off: C. RodriguezOn: A. Montano87′
- 87′Off: K. PalaciosOn: R. Sordo
- J. ParadelaAssist: A. Montano89′
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
- Santos Laguna
Cruz AzulGoals1xG1.54
- xG per shot
- 0.09
- Goals minus xG
- -0.54
Santos LagunaGoals0xG0.42
- xG per shot
- 0.05
- Goals minus xG
- -0.42
How the chances split
Cruz Azul win 65%Draw 25%Santos Laguna win 10%
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 | Santos Laguna | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.54 | 0.42 |
| xG per shot | 0.086 | 0.052 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.54 | -0.42 |
| Cruz Azul win | 65% | |
| Draw | 25% | |
| Santos Laguna win | 10% |
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 Azul18 shots1476
Santos Laguna8 shots143
- 103Inside the box
- 85Outside the box
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| Cruz Azul | Santos Laguna | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| Off target | 7 | 4 |
| Blocked | 6 | 3 |
| Inside the box | 10 | 3 |
| Outside the box | 8 | 5 |
The ball: possession and passing
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
- Cruz Azul
- Santos Laguna
62%Possession38%
88%511 of 578 passes83%302 of 364 passes
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| Cruz Azul | Santos Laguna | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 62% | 38% |
| Passes | 578 | 364 |
| Completed | 511 | 302 |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 83% |
Discipline
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
- 89Fouls
- 01Yellow cards
- 00Red cards
- 21Offsides
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| Cruz Azul | Santos Laguna | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 8 | 9 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 2 | 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.
- Cruz Azul
- Santos Laguna
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| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesús Orozco | Cruz Azul | 8.3 | 96 |
| José Paradela | Cruz Azul | 8.2 | 35 |
| Carlos Acevedo | Santos Laguna | 7.9 | 96 |
| Willer Ditta | Cruz Azul | 7.7 | 96 |
| Omar Campos | Cruz Azul | 7.7 | 96 |
| Jeremy Márquez | Cruz Azul | 7.5 | 79 |
| Felipe Sánchez | Santos Laguna | 7.5 | 96 |
| Agustín Palavecino | Cruz Azul | 7.3 | 96 |
| Efrain Orona | Santos Laguna | 7.3 | 96 |
| Diego González | Santos Laguna | 7.3 | 84 |
| Ezequiel Bullaude | Santos Laguna | 7.3 | 84 |
| Carlos Rodríguez | Cruz Azul | 7.2 | 87 |
| Luka Romero | Cruz Azul | 7.2 | 61 |
| Salvador Mariscal | Santos Laguna | 7.2 | 96 |
| Amaury Garcia | Cruz Azul | 7.0 | 96 |
| Kevin Mier | Cruz Azul | 6.9 | 96 |
| Alan Mozo | Cruz Azul | 6.9 | 35 |
| Andres Montaño | Cruz Azul | 6.9 | 9 |
| Jonathan Pérez | Santos Laguna | 6.9 | 96 |
| Erik Lira | Cruz Azul | 6.7 | 17 |
| Eduardo Aguirre | Santos Laguna | 6.7 | 12 |
| Nicolás Ibáñez | Cruz Azul | 6.6 | 79 |
| Luis Gómez | Santos Laguna | 6.6 | 61 |
| Rogelio González | Cruz Azul | 6.5 | 61 |
| Mauricio Cuevas | Santos Laguna | 6.5 | 96 |
| Ramiro Sordo | Santos Laguna | 6.5 | 9 |
| Gabriel Fernández | Cruz Azul | 6.3 | 17 |
| Aldo Lopez Vargas | Santos Laguna | 6.3 | 84 |
| Esteban Lozano | Santos Laguna | 6.3 | 35 |
| Emmanuel Echeverría | Santos Laguna | 6.3 | 12 |
| Fran Villalba | Santos Laguna | 6.3 | 12 |
| Kevin Palacios | Santos Laguna | 6.2 | 87 |
The goalkeepers
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
100%
Kevin Mier
Kevin Mier- Saves
- 1
- Conceded
- 0
- Goals prevented
- +0.28
86%
Carlos Acevedo
Carlos Acevedo- Saves
- 6
- Conceded
- 1
- Goals prevented
- +0.28
- Cruz Azul
- Santos Laguna
Top stats
- 62%Ball Possession38%
- 1.54Expected goals0.42
- 18Total Shots8
- 5Shots on goal1
- 8Corner Kicks5
Shots
- 7Shots off Goal4
- 6Blocked shots3
- 10Shots insidebox3
- 8Shots outsidebox5
Passing
- 578Total passes364
- 511Passes accurate302
- 88%Pass accuracy83%
Defence & set pieces
- 1Goalkeeper Saves6
- 2Offsides1
Discipline
- 8Fouls9
- 0Yellow Cards1
- –Red Cards–
More
- 88%Passes %83%
- 0.28Goals prevented0.28
Half by half
- Cruz Azul
- Santos Laguna
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cruz Azul | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Santos Laguna | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cruz Azul4-1-4-1Coach: Joel Huiqui
Bench
1A. GudinoG
33G. PioviD
2A. MozoD
12A. MontesD
22J. RodarteD
20J. ParadelaF
6E. LiraM
10A. MontanoM
21G. FernandezF
11C. EbereF
Santos Laguna5-4-1Coach: Paiva Renato
Bench
33H. HolguinG
4J. AbellaD
18F. PardoD
17E. EcheverriaD
6J. GuemezM
21F. VillalbaM
19E. AguirreF
24D. MedinaM
20E. LozanoM
26R. SordoM
| 23Kevin MierG | 96 | 6.9 | – | – | – | – | 32 | – | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 55Rogelio GonzálezD | 61 | 6.5 | – | – | – | – | 35 | – | 30 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 4Willer DittaD | 96 | 7.7 | – | – | – | – | 96 | – | 89 | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| 5Jesús OrozcoD | 96 | 8.3 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 71 | 1 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 3Omar CamposD | 96 | 7.7 | – | – | 1 | – | 32 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – |
| 17Amaury GarciaM | 96 | 7.0 | – | – | – | – | 42 | – | 41 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 19Carlos RodríguezM | 87 | 7.2 | – | – | – | – | 44 | 5 | 38 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16Jeremy MárquezM | 79 | 7.5 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 78 | – | 69 | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 8Agustín PalavecinoM | 96 | 7.3 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 49 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18Luka RomeroM | 61 | 7.2 | – | – | 2 | – | 32 | 3 | 31 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 7Nicolás IbáñezF | 79 | 6.6 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 1 | 11 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 7 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2Alan MozoD | 35 | 6.9 | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | 15 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| 20José ParadelaF | 35 | 8.2 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 2 | – | – | 5 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 6Erik LiraM | 17 | 6.7 | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21Gabriel FernándezF | 17 | 6.3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10Andres MontañoM | 9 | 6.9 | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 1Andrés GudiñoG | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22Jorge Rodarte BarraganD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12Alan MontesD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33Gonzalo PioviD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11Osinachi EbereF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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 |