Match Report
Pachuca (4th, 31 pts) visited Cruz Azul (3rd, 35 pts) with 4 points between them. On recent form Pachuca sat only 34th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Cruz Azul 1.88 scored and 1.18 conceded per game, Pachuca 1.47 and 1.12, with the league averaging 1.46.
Cruz Azul had drawn their last three, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Cruz Azul 3, draws 0, Pachuca 2, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host.
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, capacity 51,726, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Cruz Azul: Osinachi Ebere (45') · Pachuca: Kenedy (5'), Kenedy (58')
Key stats
Possession: Cruz Azul 63% · Pachuca 37% · Total shots: 20-12 · On target: 5-4 · Corners: 8-4