Santos Laguna 1-2 Cruz Azul — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Mexico - Primera, 4 Mar 2026

📅04/03/2026 · 🕒04:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-2 2nd Score 1-3
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
17%
5.91
Draw
17%
4.49
Away
66%
1.41
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
44%
2.33
Over 2.5
56%
1.54
Both Teams to Score
Yes
52%
1.75
No
48%
1.96
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
23%
4.52
2-3 Goals
40%
1.86
4-5 Goals
25%
2.67
6+ Goals
12%
7.08
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
8%
1/2
9%
1/X
4%
X/1
4%
X/2
25%
X/X
9%
2/1
4%
2/2
33%
2/X
4%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
17%
Home Win
14%
+2.7pp
17%
Draw
19%
-2.4pp
66%
Away Win
67%
-0.2pp
44%
Under 2.5
39%
+4.9pp
56%
Over 2.5
61%
-4.9pp
52%
BTTS Yes
53%
-1.5pp
48%
BTTS No
47%
+1.5pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Santos Laguna EU Bookmakers 17%
Head to Head
AWAY Cruz Azul EU Bookmakers 71%
+20% / +17% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -2% / -2%
1.32/1.90 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.53/0.50
-15% / +68% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -20% / +61%
40% Ball Possession 60%
11 Total Shots 18
4 Shots on Target 7
4 Corners 7
248 · 74% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 430 · 83%
18.1 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 23.9
16.3 Crosses 20.7
2.9 Yellow Cards 2.4
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Santos Laguna
1W-1D-4L
AWAY Cruz Azul
1.50 Avg Goals (FT) 1.83
1.14 xG 2.14
39% Ball Possession 61%
9 Total Shots 20
4 Shots on Target 7
4 Corners 8
273 Passes 462
79% Pass Accuracy 87%
18 Box Touches 28
13 Crosses 23
2 Yellow Cards 2
17.08.2025 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul 3-2 HT 2-1 Santos Laguna Santos Laguna MEK
20.02.2025 Santos Laguna Santos Laguna 0-1 HT 0-1 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul MEK
03.11.2024 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul 2-0 HT 1-0 Santos Laguna Santos Laguna MEK
10.03.2024 Santos Laguna Santos Laguna 3-0 HT 1-0 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul MEK
21.08.2023 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul 2-2 HT 2-1 Santos Laguna Santos Laguna MEK
30.04.2023 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul 3-2 HT 2-0 Santos Laguna Santos Laguna MEK
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Santos Laguna
1-2
AWAY Cruz Azul
0.54 xG 1.57
47% Ball Possession 53%
6 Total Shots 16
2 Shots on Target 7
2 Corners 4
237 Passes 279
74% Pass Accuracy 75%
9 Box Touches 29
14 Crosses 10
4 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Santos Laguna vs Cruz Azul
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Cruz Azul nicked a narrow win over Santos Laguna 2-1 away from home. Half-time: 0-1.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Cruz Azul as the likeliest winner at 66%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — over 2.5 goals (56%) came in.

On the day, Santos Laguna had 47% of the ball to Cruz Azul's 53%, shots finished 6-16, expected goals 0.54 to 1.57.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Cruz Azul led the recent series with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.50 goals for Santos Laguna and 1.83 for Cruz Azul.

What was the final score of Santos Laguna vs Cruz Azul?

Santos Laguna 1-2 Cruz Azul in the Mexico - Primera on 04/03/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Santos Laguna vs Cruz Azul?

Before kick-off our model rated an Cruz Azul win the most likely single outcome at about 66%, with the full match-result split Santos Laguna 17%, draw 17%, Cruz Azul 66%. The final score 1-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Cruz Azul), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Cruz Azul) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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