Monterrey — Cruz Azul 1:0, 20 September: match result

match finished Liga MX · Matchday 9 Sunday 20 September · 01:10 UTC

Monterrey 10th · 13 pts LWWDL

1 : 0 1st half 1:0

Cruz Azul 4th · 15 pts WWWDD

Estadio BBVA · referee J. Valle

Match predictionValue

Monterrey to score

86% · Monterrey average 1.8 goals per game

Prediction landed. We predicted “Monterrey to score”, and the match finished 1:0.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Monterrey 38% draw 24% Cruz Azul 38%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Monterrey win, and the match finished 1:0. Fans backed Monterrey win — they got it right.

fans 42 votes

Monterrey 45% draw 12% Cruz Azul 43%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

C. Garza assist: J. Corona 1-0 7'

A. Mozo for J. Orozco 46'

G. Fernandez 58'

C. Garza 58'

G. Piovi 60'

S. Medina for A. Aceves 61'

C. Ebere for J. Paradela 62'

L. Romero for A. Palavecino 62'

F. Ambriz for J. Corona 76'

J. Rodriguez for L. Orellano 76'

N. Ibanez for J. Marquez 79'

A. Castro for G. Fernandez 79'

L. Reyes for O. Torres 88'

I. Fimbres for C. Garza 88'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Monterrey 3-4-1-2 · Matias Almeyda 5-4-1 · Joel Huiqui Cruz Azul

Esteban Andrada  
Ricardo Chávez  4 Victor Guzmán  19 Alonso Aceves  
Luca Orellano  18 Cesar Garza  25 Orbelín Pineda  17 Jesús Corona  
Óliver Torres  
Lucas Ocampos  99 Hugo Cuypers  

Gabriel Fernández  
José Paradela  8 Agustín Palavecino  6 Erik Lira  19 Carlos Rodríguez  
Jeremy Márquez  4 Willer Ditta  33 Gonzalo Piovi  5 Jesús Orozco  3 Omar Campos  
Kevin Mier  

Monterrey bench

203Aldo De Nigris
5Fidel Ambríz
11Iker Fimbres
30Jorge Rodríguez
22Luis Cárdenas
21Luis Reyes
27Roberto de la Rosa
33Stefan Medina
32Uroš Đurđević
14Érick Aguirre

Cruz Azul bench

12Alan Montes
2Alan Mozo
10Andres Montaño
1Andrés Gudiño
60Ariel Castro Sevilla
18Luka Romero
7Nicolás Ibáñez
11Osinachi Ebere
15Ralph Orquin
55Rogelio González

Match stats

14 metrics for the full match

47%Possession53%

17Shots12

5Shots on target4

12Shots off target4

0Blocked shots4

9Shots inside box7

8Shots outside box5

6Corners4

1Offsides3

12Fouls14

1Yellow cards2

4Saves4

405Passes463

314Accurate passes379

Monterrey

Cruz AzulThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Monterrey and Cruz Azul met on matchday 9 of the Liga MX on 20 September at Estadio BBVA. Final score — 1:0.

Monterrey sit 10th on 13 points after 13 matches (6 wins, 2 draws, 5 losses), 3 matches without conceding. Cruz Azul sit 4th on 15 points after 14 matches (8 wins, 2 draws, 4 losses), unbeaten in 5 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings Monterrey won 0, Cruz Azul won 2. Aggregate score — 0:4.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Monterrey last five Cruz Azul

LWWDL form WWWDD

13 Matches 14

6 — 2 — 5 Wins — draws — defeats 8 — 2 — 4

23 — 18 Scored — conceded 32 — 23

1.54 Points per game 1.86

1.77 Goals scored per game 2.29

3 Clean sheets 2

3 Failed to score 2

winless in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 5

Monterrey at home: 7 matches, 4 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 13—8, 1.86 points per match.

Cruz Azul away: 7 matches, 4 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 15—11, 1.86 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 Monterrey wins 0 draws 2 Cruz Azul wins goals 0:4 Monterrey — Cruz Azul

01/03/2026	Monterrey — Cruz Azul	0:2	Liga MX
26/10/2025	Cruz Azul — Monterrey	2:0	Liga MX

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Club América	12	8	3	1	32—16	27
2	Cruz Azul	14	8	2	4	32—23	26
3	Guadalajara	14	7	5	2	21—12	26
…
6	León	14	6	4	4	21—18	22
7	Monterrey	12	6	2	4	23—17	20
8	Tijuana	13	5	5	3	21—17	20

Full Liga MX table