Match Report
37 points for Toluca (1st), 35 for Cruz Azul (3rd): a 2-point gap. On recent form Toluca sat only 26th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Against a league average of 1.46 goals per team per game, Toluca ran at 2.53 scored and 1.06 conceded, Cruz Azul at 1.88 and 1.18.
Toluca had not lost in 5 games. Momentum sat with Cruz Azul, winners of their last four, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Toluca 0, draws 3, Cruz Azul 4, at 2.86 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 29% of those meetings. Both teams scored in 71% of the meetings.
Estadio Nemesio Díez staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,500. On the scoreboard, Toluca led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
Toluca: Paulinho (41') · Cruz Azul: José Paradela (77')