Liga MX · Matchday 13 Match report

Pachuca 1-2 Cruz Azul: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Pachuca

1-2Full time

Cruz Azul

Thursday 22 October 2026, 03:10 UTC Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca de Soto

Our picks against the result

4 of 12 right

Result Cruz Azul win41% 1-2
Double chance Pachuca or Cruz Azul (12)71% 1-2
Both teams to score Yes67% Yes
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.560% 3 goals
More corners Pachuca52% Cruz Azul (0-8)
Yellow cards 8 yellow cards 3.5 Under100% 4.5 Under100% 5.5 Under100%
Corners Around average 8 corners · league 10.9
Corners 8 corners 8.5 Over71% 9.5 Over61% 10.5 Over50%

Match stats

Pachuca Cruz Azul

1 Goals 2
5 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
0 Corners 8

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Pachuca vs Cruz Azul takes place at the Estadio Hidalgo on Thursday 22 October 2026, Matchday 13 of Liga MX, and our model picks a Cruz Azul win, with either side to win without a draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Cruz Azul's place at the top end of our strength ratings is the main reason behind the pick: our model puts them clearly above the Liga MX average, with an attack rating well above Pachuca's, while the hosts sit 14th with three wins from twelve. The obvious counterweight is the home advantage Pachuca enjoy at the Estadio Hidalgo. What carries the pick is the size of the gap the ratings describe, with the goal model's reading of the matchup and the altitude and travel involved only adding small touches in Cruz Azul's favour. It stays a narrow call.

Both teams to score: Our model also expects both teams to score. Pachuca's recent attacking play is clearly above the league average for big chances created, and Cruz Azul have been scoring freely and conceding too, which makes the case for goals at both ends a strong one.

Form guide

Pachuca

L 1-2 at Monterrey (A) Liga MX · 19 Oct
D 3-3 vs Necaxa (H) Liga MX · 11 Oct
L 0-1 at Santos Laguna (A) Liga MX · 27 Sep
D 2-2 vs Tijuana (H) Liga MX · 21 Sep
W 3-0 at Atlante (A) Liga MX · 12 Sep

Cruz Azul

W 5-0 vs FC Juárez (H) Liga MX · 18 Oct
D 3-3 at Pumas (A) Liga MX · 12 Oct
D 3-3 vs Toluca (H) Liga MX · 26 Sep
L 0-1 at Monterrey (A) Liga MX · 20 Sep
L 0-2 at Inter Miami CF (A) Campeones Cup · 17 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

PachucaCruz Azul

Attack 59 94 1.6 goals per match this season2.3 goals per match this season

Defence 71 76 1.3 conceded per match this season1.8 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Liga MX clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.