Tigres UANL vs Cruz Azul: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Tigres UANL play Cruz Azul in Liga MX (Mexico). The match date is 7 December 2025 at 04:10. Final score: 1:1.

Current form

Tigres UANL: 2-2-1, 1.60 points/match. Cruz Azul: 3-2-0, 2.20 points/match.

Goal statistics

Tigres UANL scores 1.79 and concedes 1.05 goals per match. Cruz Azul scores 1.77 and concedes 1.09. League average: 2.91 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Tigres UANL 57%, Cruz Azul 70%. Over 2.5: Tigres UANL 50%, Cruz Azul 55%. League level: BTTS 59%, Over 2.5 55%.

xG, shots and style

Cruz Azul has higher xG: 1.84 vs 1.64. Tigres UANL: 15.0 shots per match, Cruz Azul: 17.1.

Match halves

Tigres UANL: half-time lead 29%, second-half goals 1.12. Cruz Azul: half-time lead 34%, second-half goals 1.02.

Goals by minute

Tigres UANL: 46-60 (17 goals). Cruz Azul: 76-90+ (22 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Liga MX: 2.91 goals per match, BTTS 59%, Over 2.5 55%.

Head-to-head

3 H2H matches: 0-2-1. Average goals 2.33, BTTS 100%.

Half-by-half

1 : 0
1st half
0 : 1
2nd half

Match statistics

41Possession (%)59
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
10Shots15
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
1Shots on target6
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
1.06xG1.76
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
7Corners6
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
49Dangerous attacks54
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
12Fouls6
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
0Cards1
Tigres UANLCruz Azul

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

1.79Goals scored / match1.77
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
1.05Goals conceded / match1.09
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
54%Average possession54%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
5.48Shots on target / match5.95
Tigres UANLCruz Azul

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

15Shots per match17.05
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
5.48Shots on target5.95
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
11.9%Shot conversion10.4%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
54%Possession54%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
1.64xG for1.84
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
1.31xG against1.13
Tigres UANLCruz Azul

Shooting quality

Tigres UANL: AttackingCruz Azul: Attacking
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
Accuracy (shots on target)37%35%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.110.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.330.30

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Cruz Azul is 38% better for: last-5 form.

1.6 pts / match - Tigres UANL · 2.2 pts / match - Cruz Azul

Tigres UANL
DDWWL
Season result split
48% W29% R24% P
Season (W-D-L)
20-12-10
1.71 pts / match · goal difference +31
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-2-1
1.60 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
13-5-3
Last 5 at home
4-1-0
WDWWW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.8Goals conceded: 1.0xG: 1.75Opponent xG: 1.17BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 40%
Cruz Azul
WDWDW
Unbeaten in the last 5 matches
Season result split
55% W36% R9% P
Season (W-D-L)
24-16-4
2.00 pts / match · goal difference +30
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-2-0
2.20 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
10-10-2
Last 5 away
3-2-0
DDWWW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.4Goals conceded: 0.8xG: 1.78Opponent xG: 1.37BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 60%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Tigres UANL scoring profile: very strong

Tigres UANL scores in 79% of matches (33 of 42 matches), while Cruz Azul keeps a clean sheet in 27% (12 of 44 matches).

Cruz Azul scoring profile: very strong

Cruz Azul scores in 91% of matches (40 of 44 matches), while Tigres UANL keeps a clean sheet in 33% (14 of 42 matches).

75Goals scored (season)78
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
44Goals conceded (season)48
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
2.83Average goals in match2.86
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
9Goals scored (last 5)7
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
5Goals conceded (last 5)4
Tigres UANLCruz Azul

How often they score at least...

79%1 goal91%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
40%2 goals57%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
24%3 goals23%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
19%4 goals7%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul

How often they concede at least...

67%1 goal73%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
26%2 goals30%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
12%3 goals7%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
0%4 goals0%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

59%
League average

Goal patterns

24%BTTS at half-time32%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
7%BTTS in both halves7%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
31%Scored in both halves32%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul

BTTS and goal count

43%Min. 3 goals and BTTS50%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
7%Min. 3 goals without BTTS5%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
60%BTTS - last 560%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

57%Min. 1 goal before half-time68%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
31%Min. 2 goals before half-time39%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
12%Min. 3 goals before half-time16%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul

2nd half

83%Min. 1 goal after half-time77%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
57%Min. 2 goals after half-time50%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
26%Min. 3 goals after half-time16%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Cruz Azul is 5% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.43 pts / match - Tigres UANL · 1.5 pts / match - Cruz Azul

Tigres UANL - half-time state
29% leading57% draw14% trailing
Cruz Azul - half-time state
34% leading48% draw18% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.43Points per match (1st half)1.5
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
0.67Goals scored (1st half)0.75
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
0.4Goals conceded (1st half)0.55
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
1.07Average goals (1st half)1.3
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
62%Clean sheet before half-time55%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
57%No goal before half-time45%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul

After half-time (2nd half)

1.76Points per match (2nd half)1.75
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
1.12Goals scored (2nd half)1.02
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
0.64Goals conceded (2nd half)0.55
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
1.76Average goals (2nd half)1.57
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
52%Clean sheet after half-time55%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul
33%No goal after half-time32%
Tigres UANLCruz Azul

Tigres UANL - second-half results

50% W26% R24% P
60
Half-time points
28
Half-time goals
+11
Goal difference (1st half)
74
Second-half points
+20
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.43
PPG before half-time
Lead holding166%

Leads at half-time in 29% of matches and wins 48%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.2

Concedes 0.2 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Cruz Azul - second-half results

43% W45% R11% P
66
Half-time points
33
Half-time goals
+9
Goal difference (1st half)
77
Second-half points
+21
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.50
PPG before half-time
Lead holding162%

Leads at half-time in 34% of matches and wins 55%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time0.0

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Tigres UANL - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.202.00
Goals scored / match0.41.4
Goals conceded / match0.40.6
Average goals in match0.82.0
1 goal60%80%
2 goals20%60%
3 goals0%20%
Clean sheet60%60%
No goal60%40%
Goal difference0+4
Half-time: 20% leading - 60% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 60% won - 20% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 2
Cruz Azul - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.201.80
Goals scored / match0.60.8
Goals conceded / match0.60.2
Average goals in match1.21.0
1 goal80%60%
2 goals40%40%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet40%80%
No goal40%40%
Goal difference0+3
Half-time: 20% leading - 60% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 60% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 3

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Tigres UANL
ScoredConceded
8
3
0-15
8
7
16-30
12
7
31-45
17
8
46-60
16
6
61-75
14
13
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 46-60 (17 goli). Concedes most in 76-90 (13). Late-goal balance (76-90): +1 - wins late phases.

Cruz Azul
ScoredConceded
11
6
0-15
7
7
16-30
15
11
31-45
12
8
46-60
11
6
61-75
22
10
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (22 goli). Concedes most in 31-45 (11). Late-goal balance (76-90): +12 - wins late phases.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.85
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.4 : 1.4
Estimated goal split
home : away
98%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
64%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-18%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
72%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
2%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 50 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Tigres UANL

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.33
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.41
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-21.7 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.15
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.26
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
106%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
87%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.11
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.5
Late goals
19% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 11% come in the first quarter-hour.
19%

Cruz Azul

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.71
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.03
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-7.7 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.07
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.04
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
146%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
64%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.20
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.3
Late goals
28% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 14% come in the first quarter-hour.
28%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Liga MX).

Teams vs league

Tigres UANLLigaCruz Azul
Average goals in match 2.832.91 2.86
Both teams scored 57%59% 70%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 50%55% 55%
Clean sheets 33%24% 27%
Goal before half-time 57%72% 68%
Goal after half-time 83%76% 77%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.91
Average goals per match
59%
Both teams scored
55%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
24%
Clean sheets
1.69
Home goals / match
1.21
Away goals / match
+40%
Home attack advantage
+28%
Home defence advantage
+19%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
72%
1 goal
39%
2 goals
17%
3 goals
4%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
76%
1 goal
47%
2 goals
21%
3 goals
7%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Recent meetings (3): Tigres UANL 0 - 2 - 1 Cruz Azul. Average goals 2.33, both teams scored in 100% matches.

FAQ

What was the result of Tigres UANL vs Cruz Azul?

The Liga MX match finished Tigres UANL 1:1 Cruz Azul. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What is the head-to-head record between Tigres UANL and Cruz Azul?

In the last 3 head-to-head matches Tigres UANL won 0, Cruz Azul won 1 and 2 ended level. These games averaged 2.33 goals, with both teams scoring in 100% of them.

What do the goal statistics show before Tigres UANL vs Cruz Azul?

Tigres UANL score 1.79 goals per game on average and Cruz Azul 1.77. The Liga MX average is 2.91 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 55% of games. Both teams score in 57% of Tigres UANL's matches and 70% of Cruz Azul's.

What form are Tigres UANL and Cruz Azul in?

Over the last 5 games Tigres UANL have a 2-2-1 record (1.60 points per game) and Cruz Azul 3-2-0 (2.20 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Tigres UANL vs Cruz Azul?

This page shows the full statistical context — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under. The tip, value assessment and full reasoning are in the NoFluffPicks app.