Cruz Azul 1-0 Puebla — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Mexico - Primera, 18 Jan 2026

📅18/01/2026 · 🕒06:05 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-1
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
55%
1.57
Draw
25%
3.94
Away
20%
4.75
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
46%
2.03
Over 2.5
54%
1.71
Both Teams to Score
Yes
58%
1.81
No
42%
1.9
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
24%
3.63
2-3 Goals
41%
1.8
4-5 Goals
23%
3.11
6+ Goals
12%
10.5
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
30%
1/2
5%
1/X
9%
X/1
16%
X/2
10%
X/X
10%
2/1
8%
2/2
6%
2/X
6%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
55%
Home Win
60%
-4.7pp
25%
Draw
22%
+3.0pp
20%
Away Win
18%
+1.6pp
46%
Under 2.5
45%
+0.8pp
54%
Over 2.5
55%
-0.8pp
58%
BTTS Yes
51%
+7.1pp
42%
BTTS No
49%
-7.1pp
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 64%
Head to Head
AWAY Puebla EU Bookmakers 21%
-3% / +10% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +4% / -25%
1.75/1.04 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.01/1.59
+0% / -7% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +0% / -2%
54% Ball Possession 46%
15 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 5
338 · 81% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 269 · 77%
24.6 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 17.6
21.7 Crosses 16.6
1.8 Yellow Cards 2.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Cruz Azul
4W-1D-1L
AWAY Puebla
1.83 Avg Goals (FT) 0.83
1.84 xG 0.87
60% Ball Possession 40%
16 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 2
439 Passes 265
86% Pass Accuracy 77%
23 Box Touches 10
24 Crosses 15
2 Yellow Cards 3
01.11.2025 Puebla Puebla 0-3 HT 0-1 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul MEK
26.01.2025 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul 1-1 HT 1-1 Puebla Puebla MEK
19.10.2024 Puebla Puebla 1-2 HT 1-1 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul MEK
13.04.2024 Puebla Puebla 0-1 HT 0-0 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul MEK
13.11.2023 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul 1-2 HT 1-1 Puebla Puebla MEK
18.02.2023 Puebla Puebla 1-3 HT 0-1 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul MEK
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Cruz Azul
1-0
AWAY Puebla
73% Ball Possession 27%
35 Total Shots 5
10 Shots on Target 0
10 Corners 4
440 Passes 127
87% Pass Accuracy 69%
POST-MATCH Cruz Azul vs Puebla
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Cruz Azul nicked a narrow win over Puebla 1-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As we said in the preview, our model had Cruz Azul as the likeliest winner at 55%, and the 1-0 landed on that lead. The goals read — both teams to score (58%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Cruz Azul had 73% of the ball to Puebla's 27%, shots finished 35-5.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Cruz Azul had the better of it with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.83 goals for Cruz Azul and 0.83 for Puebla.

What was the final score of Cruz Azul vs Puebla?

Cruz Azul 1-0 Puebla in the Mexico - Primera on 18/01/2026. 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 Puebla?

Before kick-off our model rated a Cruz Azul win the most likely single outcome at about 55%, with the full match-result split Cruz Azul 55%, draw 25%, Puebla 20%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Cruz Azul) — while Over 2.5, BTTS Yes went the other way.

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