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Monterrey 1-0 Cruz Azul - December 05, 2018 / Liga MX 2018/2019

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Liga MX 2018/2019 - Semi-finals

Estadio BBVA Bancomer - Guadalupe - Mexico

December 05, 2018

36 721

1 - 0

Cruz Azul

Assist by Dorlan Pabón (header) Rodolfo Pizarro

logo Monterrey MON

4' - Goal Rodolfo Pizarro4

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50' - Yellow card Roberto Alvarado

56' - Substitution Edgaris substituted by Milton Caraglio

61' - Yellow card Adrian Aldrete

65' - Substitution Celso Ortizis substituted by César Montes65

68' - Yellow card Martín Cauteruccio

75' - Substitution Jesus Gallardois substituted by Aviles Hurtado75

77' - Substitution Elias Hernandezis substituted by Angel Mena

88' - Yellow card Dorlan Pabón photo Rogelio Funes Mori

88' - Yellow card Rogelio Funes Mori88

90' - Substitution Roberto Alvaradois substituted by Andrés Renteria

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Monterrey

1 - 0

Cruz Azul

Monterrey Cruz Azul

Team line-ups

Monterrey

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Funes Mori88

Rogelio Funes Mori

Mexico

B.date05/03/1991

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

17Gallardo75

Jesus Gallardo

Mexico

B.date15/08/1994

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft Midfielder

20Pizarro4

Rodolfo Pizarro

Mexico

B.date15/02/1994

Age24 years

H1m77

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

8Pabón88

Dorlan Pabón

Colombia

B.date24/01/1988

Age30 years

H1m68

positionOffensive Midfielder

16Ortiz65

Celso Ortiz

Paraguay

B.date26/01/1989

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

29Rodriguez

Carlos Rodriguez

Mexico

B.date03/01/1997

Age21 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

11Vangioni

Leonel Vangioni

Argentina

B.date05/05/1987

Age31 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

15Basanta

Jose Maria Basanta

Argentina

B.date03/04/1984

Age34 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

4Sánchez

Nicolás Sánchez

Argentina

B.date04/02/1986

Age32 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

33Medina

Stefan Medina

Colombia

B.date14/06/1992

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

1Barovero

Marcelo Barovero

Argentina

B.date18/02/1984

Age34 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Marcelo Barovero		34	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Jose Maria Basanta		34	371	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nicolás Sánchez		32	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Stefan Medina		26	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Leonel Vangioni		31	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Jesus Gallardo	75	24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Celso Ortiz	65	29	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Carlos Rodriguez		21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Rodolfo Pizarro	4	24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Dorlan Pabón	88	30	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Rogelio Funes Mori	88	27	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

104

Cruz Azul

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Cauteruccio68

Martín Cauteruccio

Uruguay

B.date14/04/1987

Age31 years

H1m79

positionStriker

11Hernandez77

Elias Hernandez

Mexico

B.date29/04/1988

Age30 years

H1m68

positionOffensive Midfielder

25Alvarado9050

Roberto Alvarado

Mexico

B.date07/09/1998

Age20 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

17Edgar56

Edgar

Spain

B.date02/01/1990

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

22Baca

Rafael Baca

Mexico

B.date11/09/1989

Age29 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

23Marcone

Iván Marcone

Argentina

B.date03/06/1990

Age28 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

16Aldrete61

Adrian Aldrete

Mexico

B.date14/06/1988

Age30 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

4Domínguez

Julio César Domínguez

Mexico

B.date08/11/1987

Age31 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

2Aguilar

Pablo Aguilar

Paraguay

B.date02/04/1987

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

27Madueña

Jose Madueña

Mexico

B.date29/05/1990

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

1Corona

José de Jesús Corona

Mexico

B.date26/01/1981

Age37 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	José de Jesús Corona		37	357	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Pablo Aguilar		31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Julio César Domínguez		31	445	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Adrian Aldrete	61	30	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Jose Madueña		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Iván Marcone		28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Rafael Baca		29	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Elias Hernandez	77	30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Edgar	56	28	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Roberto Alvarado	9050	20	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Martín Cauteruccio	68	31	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

121

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
24	G	Edson Resendez		22
3	D	César Montes	65	21	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Johan Vasquez		20
6	D	Edson Gutiérrez		22
255	M	Eric Cantu		19
18	M	Aviles Hurtado	75	31	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Luis Madrigal		25

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Guillermo Allison		28
5	D	Igor Lichnovsky		24
8	M	Javier Salas		25
14	M	Josué Dominguez		19
9	F	Milton Caraglio	56	30	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Andrés Renteria	90	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Angel Mena	77	30	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dorlan Pabón

Aviles Hurtado

OUT

Jesus Gallardo

César Montes

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Diego Alonso

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Alonso vs Cruz Azul

3 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 05, 2018

Alonso vs Caixinha

1 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 05, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Pedro Caixinha

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Caixinha vs Monterrey

7 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 05, 2018

Caixinha vs Alonso

4 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 05, 2018

Referee

Cesar Arturo Ramos

16 victories	8 draws	14 losses	Monterrey38 matches	General total	Cruz Azul50 matches	26 victories	7 draws	17 losses
2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Monterrey4 matches	Season total	Cruz Azul5 matches	2 victories	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on April 13, 2024					Latest figure on March 02, 2024

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Key figures

No Monterrey manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Diego Alonso has done less than 1.07 goals conceded per game .

Monterrey keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 28/08/2018). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/02/2017-14/10/2017 time period (21 matches).

End of streak for Monterrey after 10 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Cruz Azul (since 16/08/2014). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 20/07/2013 (9 matches)

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMonterrey 1-0 Querétaro09/10/2018

VMonterrey 2-1 Deportivo Toluca20/10/2018

LMonterrey 0-2 Cruz Azul31/10/2018

VMonterrey 2-0 Veracruz03/11/2018

VMonterrey 3-1 Atlas24/11/2018

VMonterrey 1-0 Santos Laguna28/11/2018

Overall

LMonterrey 0-2 Cruz Azul31/10/2018

VMonterrey 2-0 Veracruz03/11/2018

DNecaxa 1-1 Monterrey10/11/2018

VMonterrey 3-1 Atlas24/11/2018

VMonterrey 1-0 Santos Laguna28/11/2018

VSantos Laguna 0-2 Monterrey01/12/2018

Current form

Away

LPachuca 3-1 Cruz Azul29/09/2018

LQuerétaro 2-0 Cruz Azul20/10/2018

VMonterrey 0-2 Cruz Azul31/10/2018

VPumas de la UNAM 1-2 Cruz Azul04/11/2018

VAtlético Morelia 0-2 Cruz Azul23/11/2018

VQuerétaro 0-2 Cruz Azul28/11/2018

Overall

VMonterrey 0-2 Cruz Azul31/10/2018

VPumas de la UNAM 1-2 Cruz Azul04/11/2018

VCruz Azul 2-1 Lobos BUAP10/11/2018

VAtlético Morelia 0-2 Cruz Azul23/11/2018

VQuerétaro 0-2 Cruz Azul28/11/2018

DCruz Azul 1-1 Querétaro01/12/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	3
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Drawless streak	10	3
Scoring streak	3	5
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	8
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	9	0
Scoring streak	4	6
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

317	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	301
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	20
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
11	Victories (Competition total)	13
7	Victories (Home / Away)	5
3	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	30
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	14
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.47	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.7
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (2 times)

Bookings

38	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
2	Red cards (Competition total)	5
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	4

Key players

Nicolás Sánchez	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Elias Hernandez
Nicolás Sánchez	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Pablo Aguilar
Nicolás Sánchez	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Milton Caraglio
Nicolás Sánchez	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dorlan Pabón	8 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Elias Hernandez
Dorlan Pabón	7 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Adrian Aldrete
Rogelio Funes Mori	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 3 assists during the last 4 matches	Elias Hernandez

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

24 v

20 d

17 l

86 gf

81 ga

Away

61 matches

8 v

21 d

32 l

64 gf

116 ga

Total

122 matches

32 v

41 d

49 l

150 gf

197 ga

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

32 v

21 d

8 l

116 gf

64 ga

Away

61 matches

17 v

20 d

24 l

81 gf

86 ga

Total

122 matches

49 v

41 d

32 l

197 gf

150 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	July 21, 1976
Home	5 - 1	July 21, 1976

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	March 11, 1995
Away	5 - 1	May 04, 2013

Latest head to head

October 31, 2018 - Copa México Apertura 2018

Monterrey

0 - 2

Cruz Azul

October 06, 2018 - Liga MX 2018/2019

Cruz Azul

2 - 1

Monterrey

February 14, 2018 - Liga MX 2017/2018

Monterrey

2 - 2

Cruz Azul

August 26, 2017 - Liga MX 2017/2018

Cruz Azul

1 - 1

Monterrey

January 21, 2017 - Liga MX 2016/2017

Cruz Azul

2 - 2

Monterrey

Best historical scorers against Cruz Azul

Humberto Suazo	8 goals	2008 - 2012
Aldo De Nigris	5 goals	2009 - 2012
Dorlan Pabón	5 goals	2014 - 2017
Luis Pérez	2 goals	2008 - 2008
César Delgado	2 goals	2011 - 2013
Walter Erviti	2 goals	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Monterrey

Christian Gimenez	7 goals	2011 - 2016
César Villaluz	6 goals	2007 - 2011
Emanuel Villa	6 goals	2009 - 2012
Francisco Fonseca	5 goals	2005 - 2005
Jorge Benítez	3 goals	2016 - 2016
Mariano Pavone	3 goals	2013 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cruz Azul

Jose Maria Basanta	20 matches	2008 - 2018
Luis Pérez	20 matches	2004 - 2012
Jonathan Orozco	20 matches	2007 - 2016
Humberto Suazo	15 matches	2007 - 2014
Walter Ayoví	15 matches	2009 - 2017
Severo Meza	13 matches	2005 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Monterrey

Julio César Domínguez	26 matches	2007 - 2018
José de Jesús Corona	21 matches	2009 - 2018
Gerardo Torrado	19 matches	2007 - 2015
Christian Gimenez	15 matches	2010 - 2017
Rogelio Chávez	14 matches	2005 - 2015
César Villaluz	13 matches	2007 - 2011