América vs Cruz Azul betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga MX match on December 05th, 2024

América and Cruz Azul will play on Thursday, December 05th, 2024 in a Liga MX game to be held in Mexico, check the América vs Cruz Azul betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

We are facing two of the best teams in this Apertura stage of the mexican championship, who managed to secure their place in the playoffs of this competition. We are now in the Semi-Finals, where América vs Cruz Azul will meet, two-handed, to try to secure a place in the Grand Final.

Stadium and City where América vs Cruz Azul will occur

The game is set to be played in the mythical Estadio Azteca stadium, in the city of Mexico City, with a capacity for 83264 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live at Betarena, with access to all the information to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the América vs Cruz Azul betting tip 2024/2025

The Liga MX has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.85 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.65 goals per match played.

The last time these teams met was for a Liga MX match, on 01-09-2024, referring to the 2024/2025 season, which ended with a victory of the Cruz Azul team by 4-1.

The last time these teams played against each other was in Liga MX, where Cruz Azul was at 2nd place while América occupied 12th place. Cruz Azul went in with a 3-1-4-2 formation while América opened their game with a 3-4-2-1 tactic.

And while we're on the historical factor, it's important to point out that it's always pertinent to consider the history of relevance in the competition, so for this game it should be noted that América has in its curriculum 14 wins of the Liga MX while Cruz Azul has won the competition 9 times.

The América team’s run of five games has been of preferable outcome, compared to the Cruz Azul team.

América

Current leaderboard

To reach this playoff stage, América first needed a good campaign in the groups of this Apertura tournament. In this tournament phase, the club earned 27 points and placed 8th in the table.

América analysis

Reaching a semifinal of the Liga MX is not an easy task, and that's one of the reasons to value América's campaign even more. Coach André Soares Jardine's team beat Toluca in the quarterfinals with a score of 2-0 after 90 minutes, allowing them to discuss a spot in the grand final competition.

América has one of the most efficient attacks in the league, as evidenced by their home game statistics. While the average home goals per game for all teams in the league is 1.61, América scores an average of 1.75 goals per game. This highlights the team's strong offensive capability when playing at home.

Best goalscorer from América

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Henry Martin so far in the competition. With 9 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team América to achieve victorious results this season.

Cruz Azul

Current leaderboard

To reach this playoff stage, Cruz Azul first needed a good campaign in the groups of this Apertura tournament. In this tournament phase, the club earned 42 points and placed 1st in the table.

Cruz Azul analysis

The Cruz Azul team also fought hard to get to this semifinal of the Liga MX. Reaching the top four in a tightly contested tournament is quite tricky, so we can expect a match with both teams giving everything in this game. CoachMartin Anselmi's team beat Tijuana in the quarterfinals with a score of 3-0 after 90 minutes, and comes to this semifinal also highly motivated.

Cruz Azul boasts one of the most efficient attacks in the league, particularly in away games. The league average for goals scored by visiting teams is 1.04 per game, but Cruz Azul scores an impressive 2.38 goals per game on the road. This demonstrates the team's effective offensive strategy as visitors.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Liga MX.

By producing a possession average of 60.18%, Cruz Azul tries to control the match. Generally, teams with possession above 50% impose dominance on their opponents.

Cruz Azul is a more offensive team than América, having 1828 attacks vs. 1698 from América, having scored 39 times, in comparison, América converted into goal 27 times.

Best goalscorer from the Cruz Azul

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Ángel Sepúlveda is the player to highlight. Helping Cruz Azul with 10 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

In short, a much stronger team Cruz Azul, better placed in the competition, that usually wins and doesn't concede goals, against an irregular América that has difficulty converting and that comes from a sequence of balanced performances.

Score market betting suggestions

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Corners market betting suggestions

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 5.08 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

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