Necaxa 1–3 Cruz Azul
- Season
- Liga MX
- 2026 · Apertura - 6
Referee
Ismael Rosario Lopez Penuelas (Mexico)
Liga MX: Cruz Azul beat Necaxa 3–1. Goals: J. Marquez 23', N. Ibanez 46', W. Ditta 53', E. Rodriguez 83'.
Top rated
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
How the score moved
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
- Necaxa
- Cruz Azul
Show as a table
| When | Necaxa | Cruz Azul |
|---|---|---|
| 23′ · J. Marquez | 0 | 1 |
| 46′ · N. Ibanez | 0 | 2 |
| 53′ · W. Ditta | 0 | 3 |
| 83′ · E. Rodriguez | 1 | 3 |
| 90′ | 1 | 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.
- Necaxa
- Cruz Azul
NecaxaGoals1xG0.44
- xG per shot
- 0.03
- Goals minus xG
- +0.56
Cruz AzulGoals3xG1.91
- xG per shot
- 0.09
- Goals minus xG
- +1.09
How the chances split
Necaxa win 8%Draw 19%Cruz Azul win 73%
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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| Necaxa | Cruz Azul | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 3 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.44 | 1.91 |
| xG per shot | 0.034 | 0.087 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.56 | +1.09 |
| Necaxa win | 8% | |
| Draw | 19% | |
| Cruz Azul win | 73% |
Goals & cards
- 23′J. MarquezAssist: C. Rodriguez
- Danny LeyvaFoul43′
- 46′N. IbanezAssist: C. Rodriguez
- 53′W. DittaAssist: J. Paradela
- 54′Willer DittaYellow Card
- 59′Amaury GarciaFoul
- Javier RuizFoul67′
- E. RodriguezAssist: P. Pedraza83′
- Emilio RodriguezYellow Card84′
- Juan TorresArgument90+4′
- Pedro PedrazaFoul90+4′
- 23′
Key stats
- 46%Ball Possession54%
- 0.44Expected goals1.91
- 13Total Shots22
- 4Shots on goal8
- 7Corner Kicks7
Half by half
- Necaxa
- Cruz Azul
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necaxa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cruz Azul | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
- Necaxa: 2 won, 1 drawn, 2 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Necaxa have not won in their last 3 matches.
- Necaxa have scored in each of their last 5 matches.
- Necaxa scored 7 and conceded 8 in their last 5 matches.
- Cruz Azul: 2 won, 0 drawn, 3 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Cruz Azul have lost their last 3 matches.
- Cruz Azul scored 8 and conceded 10 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 |
| 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
- 23′J. MarquezAssist: C. Rodriguez
- Off: C. VargasOn: M. Zaleta32′
- Danny LeyvaFoul43′
- Off: NavesOn: R. Martinez46′
- Off: M. EspindolaOn: J. P. Torres Patino46′
- 46′N. IbanezAssist: C. Rodriguez
- 53′W. DittaAssist: J. Paradela
- 54′Willer DittaYellow Card
- 59′Amaury GarciaFoul
- Off: L. FaravelliOn: P. Pedraza61′
- Off: O. GonzalezOn: E. Rodriguez61′
- Javier RuizFoul67′
- 73′Off: R. GonzalezOn: J. Rodarte
- 73′Off: N. IbanezOn: G. Fernandez
- 73′Off: J. MarquezOn: L. Romero
- Off: D. LeyvaOn: R. Cortez78′
- E. RodriguezAssist: P. Pedraza83′
- Emilio RodriguezYellow Card84′
- 84′Off: A. GarciaOn: A. Montes
- 84′Off: J. ParadelaOn: C. Ebere
- 86′Off: O. CamposOn: J. Diaz
- Juan TorresArgument90+4′
- Pedro PedrazaFoul90+4′
- 23′
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.
- Necaxa
- Cruz Azul
NecaxaGoals1xG0.44
- xG per shot
- 0.03
- Goals minus xG
- +0.56
Cruz AzulGoals3xG1.91
- xG per shot
- 0.09
- Goals minus xG
- +1.09
How the chances split
Necaxa win 8%Draw 19%Cruz Azul win 73%
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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| Necaxa | Cruz Azul | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 3 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.44 | 1.91 |
| xG per shot | 0.034 | 0.087 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.56 | +1.09 |
| Necaxa win | 8% | |
| Draw | 19% | |
| Cruz Azul win | 73% |
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
Necaxa13 shots1354
Cruz Azul22 shots35104
- 28Inside the box
- 1114Outside the box
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| Necaxa | Cruz Azul | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| Off target | 5 | 10 |
| Blocked | 4 | 4 |
| Inside the box | 2 | 8 |
| Outside the box | 11 | 14 |
The ball: possession and passing
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
- Necaxa
- Cruz Azul
46%Possession54%
83%333 of 403 passes83%396 of 478 passes
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| Necaxa | Cruz Azul | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 46% | 54% |
| Passes | 403 | 478 |
| Completed | 333 | 396 |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 83% |
Discipline
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
- 1514Fouls
- 52Yellow cards
- 00Red cards
- 01Offsides
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| Necaxa | Cruz Azul | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 15 | 14 |
| Yellow cards | 5 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 0 | 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.
- Necaxa
- Cruz Azul
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| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emilio Rodriguez | Necaxa | 8.3 | 29 |
| Jeremy Márquez | Cruz Azul | 7.9 | 73 |
| Willer Ditta | Cruz Azul | 7.6 | 90 |
| Nicolás Ibáñez | Cruz Azul | 7.5 | 73 |
| José Paradela | Cruz Azul | 7.3 | 84 |
| Carlos Rodríguez | Cruz Azul | 7.3 | 90 |
| Agustín Palavecino | Cruz Azul | 7.2 | 90 |
| Luis Jimenez | Necaxa | 7.0 | 90 |
| Owen González | Necaxa | 6.9 | 61 |
| Rogelio Cortéz Pineda | Necaxa | 6.9 | 12 |
| Josué Díaz | Cruz Azul | 6.9 | 10 |
| Kaiky Naves | Necaxa | 6.7 | 45 |
| Danny Leyva | Necaxa | 6.7 | 78 |
| Carlos Vargas | Necaxa | 6.7 | 32 |
| Amaury Garcia | Cruz Azul | 6.7 | 84 |
| Gabriel Fernández | Cruz Azul | 6.7 | 17 |
| Julián Carranza | Necaxa | 6.6 | 90 |
| Mauro Zaleta | Necaxa | 6.6 | 58 |
| Kevin Mier | Cruz Azul | 6.6 | 90 |
| Rogelio González | Cruz Azul | 6.6 | 73 |
| Luka Romero | Cruz Azul | 6.6 | 17 |
| Alan Montes | Cruz Azul | 6.6 | 12 |
| Juan Torres | Necaxa | 6.5 | 45 |
| Jorge Rodarte Barragan | Cruz Azul | 6.5 | 17 |
| Osinachi Ebere | Cruz Azul | 6.5 | 12 |
| Alexis Peña | Necaxa | 6.3 | 90 |
| Javier Ruiz | Necaxa | 6.3 | 90 |
| Raúl Martínez | Necaxa | 6.3 | 45 |
| Pedro Pedraza | Necaxa | 6.3 | 29 |
| Agustín Oliveros | Necaxa | 6.2 | 90 |
| Matías Espíndola | Necaxa | 6.2 | 45 |
| Lorenzo Faravelli | Necaxa | 6.2 | 61 |
| Jesús Orozco | Cruz Azul | 6.2 | 90 |
| Omar Campos | Cruz Azul | 5.9 | 86 |
The goalkeepers
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
63%
Luis Jimenez
Luis Jimenez- Saves
- 5
- Conceded
- 3
- Goals prevented
- -0.20
75%
Kevin Mier
Kevin Mier- Saves
- 3
- Conceded
- 1
- Goals prevented
- -0.20
- Necaxa
- Cruz Azul
Top stats
- 46%Ball Possession54%
- 0.44Expected goals1.91
- 13Total Shots22
- 4Shots on goal8
- 7Corner Kicks7
Shots
- 5Shots off Goal10
- 4Blocked shots4
- 2Shots insidebox8
- 11Shots outsidebox14
Passing
- 403Total passes478
- 333Passes accurate396
- 83%Pass accuracy83%
Defence & set pieces
- 5Goalkeeper Saves3
- 0Offsides1
Discipline
- 15Fouls14
- 5Yellow Cards2
- –Red Cards–
More
- 83%Passes %83%
- -0.20Goals prevented-0.20
Half by half
- Necaxa
- Cruz Azul
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necaxa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cruz Azul | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Necaxa3-5-2Coach: Martin Varini
Bench
1C. AndradeG
33R. MartinezD
15D. OchoaD
14M. ZaletaM
20F. MendezD
11J. P. Torres PatinoM
17R. CortezM
16P. PedrazaM
90J. ValenciaF
99E. RodriguezM
Cruz Azul5-4-1Coach: Joel Huiqui
Bench
1A. GudinoG
49J. Diaz
12A. MontesD
22J. RodarteD
10A. MontanoM
70I. Silva
27B. GamboaF
21G. FernandezF
11C. EbereF
18L. RomeroF
| 12Luis JimenezG | 90 | 7.0 | – | 0 | – | – | 36 | 1 | 28 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 5Kaiky NavesD | 45 | 6.7 | – | 0 | – | – | 24 | – | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 4Alexis PeñaD | 90 | 6.3 | – | 0 | – | – | 60 | – | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 3Agustín OliverosD | 90 | 6.2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 41 | – | 36 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 6 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 13Owen GonzálezM | 61 | 6.9 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | – | 8 | 4 | 1 | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 21Matías EspíndolaM | 45 | 6.2 | – | 0 | – | – | 9 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 6Danny LeyvaM | 78 | 6.7 | – | 0 | – | – | 35 | 3 | 28 | 2 | – | – | 4 | 8 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 0 |
| 8Lorenzo FaravelliM | 61 | 6.2 | – | 0 | – | – | 20 | – | 15 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 88Carlos VargasM | 32 | 6.7 | – | 0 | – | – | 6 | – | 6 | 3 | – | – | 4 | 6 | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 9Julián CarranzaF | 90 | 6.6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 22 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | 11 | – | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 10Javier RuizF | 90 | 6.3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 18 | 1 | 15 | – | – | – | 6 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 0 |
| 14Mauro ZaletaM | 58 | 6.6 | – | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | – | 30 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 33Raúl MartínezD | 45 | 6.3 | – | 0 | – | – | 24 | – | 23 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 11Juan TorresM | 45 | 6.5 | – | 0 | – | – | 15 | 1 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 0 |
| 99Emilio RodriguezM | 29 | 8.3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 6 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 0 |
| 16Pedro PedrazaM | 29 | 6.3 | – | 1 | – | – | 25 | 1 | 22 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
| 17Rogelio Cortéz PinedaM | 12 | 6.9 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 1Christopher AndradeG | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 20Francisco MéndezD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 15Diego OchoaD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 90Juan ValenciaF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 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 |