Santos Laguna 0-1 Cruz Azul — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Mexico - Primera, 20 Feb 2025

📅20/02/2025 · 🕒06:05 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-2 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
28%
5.34
Draw
29%
4.34
Away
43%
1.46
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
42%
2.23
Over 2.5
58%
1.59
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
1.75
No
49%
1.96
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
24%
4.26
2-3 Goals
36%
1.85
4-5 Goals
29%
2.76
6+ Goals
11%
7.77
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
13%
1/2
7%
1/X
8%
X/1
9%
X/2
13%
X/X
14%
2/1
6%
2/2
24%
2/X
6%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
28%
Home Win
16%
+12.3pp
29%
Draw
20%
+8.9pp
43%
Away Win
64%
-21.2pp
42%
Under 2.5
41%
+1.4pp
58%
Over 2.5
59%
-1.4pp
51%
BTTS Yes
53%
-2.5pp
49%
BTTS No
47%
+2.5pp
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 19%
Head to Head
AWAY Cruz Azul EU Bookmakers 69%
+12% / +12% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -15% / -16%
1.32/1.93 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.51/1.00
-14% / +19% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -35% / -37%
42% Ball Possession 58%
11 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 6
258 · 74% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 442 · 81%
16.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 24.8
16.9 Crosses 20.2
2.9 Yellow Cards 2.2
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Santos Laguna
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Cruz Azul
2.17 Avg Goals (FT) 1.33
1.44 xG 1.98
40% Ball Possession 60%
14 Total Shots 18
5 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 7
263 Passes 422
76% Pass Accuracy 83%
21 Box Touches 26
15 Crosses 19
3 Yellow Cards 2
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
07.08.2022 Santos Laguna Santos Laguna 4-0 HT 1-0 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul MEK
28.02.2022 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul 1-2 HT 0-1 Santos Laguna Santos Laguna MEK
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Santos Laguna
0-1
AWAY Cruz Azul
0.34 xG 1.73
45% Ball Possession 55%
7 Total Shots 16
2 Shots on Target 5
7 Corners 10
327 Passes 427
83% Pass Accuracy 86%
21 Box Touches 23
19 Crosses 21
2 Yellow Cards 3
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 1-0 away from home.

As we said in the preview, our model had Cruz Azul as the likeliest winner at 43%, and the 1-0 landed on that lead. The goals read — over 2.5 goals (58%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Santos Laguna had 45% of the ball to Cruz Azul's 55%, shots finished 7-16, expected goals 0.34 to 1.73 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold Cruz Azul's control.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Santos Laguna had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 2.17 goals for Santos Laguna and 1.33 for Cruz Azul.

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

Santos Laguna 0-1 Cruz Azul in the Mexico - Primera on 20/02/2025. 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 43%, with the full match-result split Santos Laguna 28%, draw 29%, Cruz Azul 43%. The final score 0-1 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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