The Estadio Azteca faithful know the script: Cruz Azul arrive at Round 2 unbeaten in their last five Liga MX outings, while Puebla limp in having lost four of their last five competitive matches and carrying three injured players into the tie. La Máquina simply do not lose to Puebla - four wins and a draw across the last five head-to-heads, conceding just twice in the process.
The numbers underline the gulf. Cruz Azul have kept three clean sheets in those five h2h meetings, and Puebla have failed to score in three of them. The visitors have also conceded in all five of their recent games and kept zero clean sheets. Cruz Azul's home side price sits at 1.30, reflecting genuine dominance rather than mere market sentiment.
DNB on Cruz Azul at 1.10 is the anchor play - it insulates against a freak draw while still rewarding the clear class gap this fixture has consistently shown. For the bigger swing, take Over 2.5 goals at 1.62; both sides have goals in their recent form and the h2h has delivered open matches before.
The numbers behind the tip
Form · last five
Goals per game · last five
Head-to-head · last five
| 18.01.26 | Liga MX | 1–0 | U2.5 |
| 01.11.25 | Liga MX | 0–3 | O2.5 |
| 26.01.25 | Liga MX | 1–1 | U2.5 |
| 19.10.24 | Liga MX | 1–2 | O2.5 |
| 13.04.24 | Liga MX | 0–1 | U2.5 |
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