Cruz Azul 2-1 Leon — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Mexico - Primera, 16 Apr 2025

📅16/04/2025 · 🕒06:05 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 1-2
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
51%
1.75
Draw
24%
3.72
Away
25%
3.71
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
47%
2.18
Over 2.5
53%
1.62
Both Teams to Score
Yes
53%
1.61
No
47%
2.16
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
24%
4.16
2-3 Goals
43%
1.85
4-5 Goals
22%
2.86
6+ Goals
11%
8.34
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
30%
1/2
6%
1/X
7%
X/1
11%
X/2
8%
X/X
12%
2/1
10%
2/2
11%
2/X
5%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
51%
Home Win
53%
-1.9pp
24%
Draw
24%
+0.8pp
25%
Away Win
24%
+1.0pp
47%
Under 2.5
42%
+5.3pp
53%
Over 2.5
58%
-5.3pp
53%
BTTS Yes
58%
-5.1pp
47%
BTTS No
42%
+5.1pp
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 Cruz Azul EU Bookmakers 57%
Head to Head
AWAY Leon EU Bookmakers 27%
-1% / +7% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +0% / +6%
1.71/0.90 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.11/1.42
-10% / +4% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +1% / -3%
58% Ball Possession 42%
16 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 3
387 · 84% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 258 · 76%
22.9 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 18.2
19.7 Crosses 13.5
1.8 Yellow Cards 2.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Cruz Azul
5W-1D-0L
AWAY Leon
1.50 Avg Goals (FT) 0.67
1.69 xG 0.86
49% Ball Possession 50%
16 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 5
323 Passes 325
79% Pass Accuracy 80%
25 Box Touches 15
22 Crosses 20
2 Yellow Cards 2
15.09.2024 Leon Leon 1-2 HT 1-1 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul MEK
22.02.2024 Leon Leon 2-3 HT 0-2 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul MEK
29.10.2023 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul 1-0 HT 1-0 Leon Leon MEK
09.04.2023 Leon Leon 0-0 HT 0-0 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul MEK
09.10.2022 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul 1-0 HT 0-0 Leon Leon MEK
16.09.2022 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul 2-1 HT 0-0 Leon Leon MEK
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Cruz Azul
2-1
AWAY Leon
2.01 xG 0.49
62% Ball Possession 38%
23 Total Shots 7
8 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 4
476 Passes 270
87% Pass Accuracy 78%
31 Box Touches 9
40 Crosses 5
1 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Cruz Azul vs Leon
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Cruz Azul edged past Leon 2-1. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Cruz Azul as the likeliest winner at 51%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 53% and both teams to score was close to even at 53%.

On the day, Cruz Azul had 62% of the ball to Leon's 38%, shots finished 23-7, expected goals 2.01 to 0.49 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold Cruz Azul's control.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Cruz Azul had the better of it with 5 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.50 goals for Cruz Azul and 0.67 for Leon.

What was the final score of Cruz Azul vs Leon?

Cruz Azul 2-1 Leon in the Mexico - Primera on 16/04/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Cruz Azul vs Leon?

Before kick-off our model rated a Cruz Azul win the most likely single outcome at about 51%, with the full match-result split Cruz Azul 51%, draw 24%, Leon 25%. The final score 2-1 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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