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

Key match information

Cruz Azul played Tigres UANL in Liga MX (Mexico). The match was played on 3 December 2025. Final score: 1:1.

Current form

Cruz Azul: 3-1-1, 2.00 points/match. Tigres UANL: 3-1-1, 2.00 points/match.

Goal statistics

Cruz Azul scores 1.84 and concedes 1.16 goals per match. Tigres UANL scores 2.11 and concedes 1.00. League average: 3.09 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Cruz Azul 63%, Tigres UANL 47%. Over 2.5: Cruz Azul 58%, Tigres UANL 47%. League level: BTTS 58%, Over 2.5 57%.

xG, shots and style

Tigres UANL has higher xG: 1.92 vs 1.83. Cruz Azul: 16.6 shots per match, Tigres UANL: 17.3.

Match halves

Cruz Azul: half-time lead 32%, second-half goals 1.11. Tigres UANL: half-time lead 32%, second-half goals 1.26.

Goals by minute

Cruz Azul: 76-90+ (10 goals). Tigres UANL: 46-60 (9 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Liga MX: 3.09 goals per match, BTTS 58%, Over 2.5 57%.

Head-to-head

Before this fixture, 1 previous H2H matches were available: 0-1-0. Average goals 2.00, BTTS 100%.

Half-by-half

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

Match statistics

68Possession (%)32
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
19Shots8
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
5Shots on target2
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
1.8xG0.77
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
6Corners1
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
35Dangerous attacks17
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
15Fouls10
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
3Cards2
Cruz AzulTigres UANL

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.

Cruz AzulTigres UANL
1.84Goals scored / match2.11
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
1.16Goals conceded / match1
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
57%Average possession57%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
5.84Shots on target / match6.68
Cruz AzulTigres UANL

Team statswho is more efficient?

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

16.63Shots per match17.32
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
5.84Shots on target6.68
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
11.1%Shot conversion12.2%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
57%Possession57%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
1.83xG for1.92
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
1.15xG against1.21
Cruz AzulTigres UANL

Shooting quality

Cruz Azul: DominantTigres UANL: Dominant
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
Accuracy (shots on target)35%39%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.110.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.320.32

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
WWLDW
Season result split
58% W32% D11% L
Season (W-D-L)
11-6-2
2.05 pts / match · goal difference +13
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-1-1
2.00 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
7-2-1
Last 5 at home
3-1-1
DWWLW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.0Goals conceded: 1.0xG: 1.59Opponent xG: 1.13BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 60%
Tigres UANL
WDWLW
Season result split
58% W32% D11% L
Season (W-D-L)
11-6-2
2.05 pts / match · goal difference +21
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-1-1
2.00 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
4-4-1
Last 5 away
2-2-1
DWWDL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.2Goals conceded: 1.0xG: 1.99Opponent xG: 1.04BTTS: 40%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 is 15% better for: goals scored per match.

1.84 goals / match - Cruz Azul · 2.11 goals / match - Tigres UANL

Tigres UANL is 16% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.16 goals / match - Cruz Azul · 1 goals / match - Tigres UANL

Cruz Azul scoring profile: strong

Cruz Azul scores in 84% of matches (16 of 19 matches), while Tigres UANL keeps a clean sheet in 47% (9 of 19 matches).

Tigres UANL scoring profile: very strong

Tigres UANL scores in 84% of matches (16 of 19 matches), while Cruz Azul keeps a clean sheet in 32% (6 of 19 matches).

35Goals scored (season)40
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
22Goals conceded (season)19
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
3Average goals in match3.11
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
10Goals scored (last 5)11
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
5Goals conceded (last 5)5
Cruz AzulTigres UANL

How often they score at least...

84%1 goal84%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
63%2 goals53%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
32%3 goals26%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
5%4 goals21%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL

How often they concede at least...

68%1 goal53%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
37%2 goals26%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
11%3 goals21%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
0%4 goals0%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL

* 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.

58%
League average

Goal patterns

37%BTTS at half-time26%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
5%BTTS in both halves16%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
32%Scored in both halves42%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL

BTTS and goal count

53%Min. 3 goals and BTTS32%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
5%Min. 3 goals without BTTS16%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
40%BTTS - last 540%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL

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

58%Min. 1 goal before half-time58%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
42%Min. 2 goals before half-time37%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
32%Min. 3 goals before half-time16%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL

2nd half

79%Min. 1 goal after half-time89%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
47%Min. 2 goals after half-time63%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
16%Min. 3 goals after half-time21%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL

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.

Tigres UANL is 8% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.42 pts / match - Cruz Azul · 1.53 pts / match - Tigres UANL

Cruz Azul - half-time state
32% leading47% draw21% trailing
Tigres UANL - half-time state
32% leading58% draw11% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.42Points per match (1st half)1.53
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
0.74Goals scored (1st half)0.84
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
0.68Goals conceded (1st half)0.42
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
1.42Average goals (1st half)1.26
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
53%Clean sheet before half-time63%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
53%No goal before half-time53%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL

After half-time (2nd half)

1.95Points per match (2nd half)2
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
1.11Goals scored (2nd half)1.26
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
0.47Goals conceded (2nd half)0.58
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
1.58Average goals (2nd half)1.84
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
58%Clean sheet after half-time58%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL
32%No goal after half-time21%
Cruz AzulTigres UANL

Cruz Azul - second-half results

53% W37% D11% L
27
Half-time points
14
Half-time goals
+1
Goal difference (1st half)
37
Second-half points
+12
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.42
PPG before half-time
Lead holding181%

Leads at half-time in 32% of matches and wins 58%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time-0.2

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Tigres UANL - second-half results

58% W26% D16% L
29
Half-time points
16
Half-time goals
+8
Goal difference (1st half)
38
Second-half points
+13
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.53
PPG before half-time
Lead holding181%

Leads at half-time in 32% of matches and wins 58%. 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 - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match2.002.00
Goals scored / match1.01.0
Goals conceded / match0.60.4
Average goals in match1.61.4
1 goal80%80%
2 goals40%60%
3 goals40%0%
Clean sheet60%80%
No goal20%40%
Goal difference+2+3
Half-time: 60% leading - 20% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 60% won - 20% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 5
Tigres UANL - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.002.40
Goals scored / match0.81.4
Goals conceded / match0.60.4
Average goals in match1.41.8
1 goal80%100%
2 goals40%80%
3 goals20%0%
Clean sheet40%80%
No goal60%20%
Goal difference+1+5
Half-time: 20% leading - 40% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 80% won - 0% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 4

* 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.

Cruz Azul
ScoredConceded
5
4
0-15
3
3
16-30
6
6
31-45
5
3
46-60
6
1
61-75
10
5
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (10 goals). Concedes most in 31-45 (6). Late-goal balance (76-90): +5 - wins late phases.

Tigres UANL
ScoredConceded
4
2
0-15
5
3
16-30
7
3
31-45
9
3
46-60
9
3
61-75
6
5
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 46-60 (9 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (5). Late-goal balance (76-90): +1 - 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

3.05
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.4 : 1.6
Estimated goal split
home : away
99%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
55%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-35%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
71%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
3%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 33 matches
2-3
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Cruz Azul

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.68
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
0.00
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-1.9 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.01
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.01
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
102%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
91%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.05
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.4
Late goals
29% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 14% come in the first quarter-hour.
29%

Tigres UANL

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.
+0.40
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-7.5 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.19
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.21
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
165%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
55%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.05
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.4
Late goals
15% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 10% come in the first quarter-hour.
15%

* 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

Cruz AzulLigaTigres UANL
Average goals in match 3.003.09 3.11
Both teams scored 63%58% 47%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 58%57% 47%
Clean sheets 32%23% 47%
Goal before half-time 58%74% 58%
Goal after half-time 79%80% 89%

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

3.09
Average goals per match
58%
Both teams scored
57%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
23%
Clean sheets
1.81
Home goals / match
1.28
Away goals / match
+41%
Home attack advantage
+29%
Home defence advantage
+22%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
74%
1 goal
41%
2 goals
21%
3 goals
4%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
80%
1 goal
49%
2 goals
22%
3 goals
9%
4 goals

Lineups and player events

Verified starters, substitutes and recorded player events for this match.

Match timeline

Goals, cards and substitutions arranged in chronological order.

  1. Tigres UANLYellow cardJoaquim Henrique Pereira
  2. Tigres UANLYellow cardNahuel Ignacio Guzmán
  3. Cruz AzulSubstitutionOn: Luka Romero BezzanaOff: José Antonio Paradela
  4. Cruz AzulYellow cardJosé Ignacio Rivero Segade

Referee and managers

Open their season profiles to compare match records, goals and disciplinary trends.

Referee context

See how often this referee shows cards, awards penalties and how their matches tend to finish.

Ismael Rosario Lopez PeñuelasMatches officiated: 17
4.29Cards per match
0Penalties per match
1 / X / 247%Home wins35%Draws18%Away wins

Head-to-head

Previous meeting: Cruz Azul 0 - 1 - 0 Tigres UANL. Average goals 2.00, both teams scored in 100% matches.

Tigres UANL
1 : 1
Cruz Azul FC

FAQ

What was the result of Cruz Azul vs Tigres UANL?

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

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

Cruz Azul score 1.84 goals per game on average and Tigres UANL 2.11. The Liga MX average is 3.09 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 57% of games. Both teams score in 63% of Cruz Azul's matches and 47% of Tigres UANL's.

What form are Cruz Azul and Tigres UANL in?

Over the last 5 games Cruz Azul have a 3-1-1 record (2.00 points per game) and Tigres UANL 3-1-1 (2.00 points per game).

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

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.