Cruz Azul vs. Club Necaxa Prediction, Picks, Odds March 16

Cruz Azul vs. Club Necaxa Betting Prediction 

Cruz Azul

At home, Cruz Azul is a resilient group only losing once and conceding two goals in 6 matches. Of any home side in Liga MX, La Máquina owns the third-best goal differential at plus eight. Versus Club Necaxa as the visitors, Cruz Azul has only allowed the opposition to grab all three points once in the last seven occasions.

After a slow start to the Clausura, attacking winger Uriel Antuna is the player of focus heading into this tie. Leading the squad in goals with five, since the start of February, Antunq has not gone back-to-back matches without scoring a goal. Since he failed to find the back of the net last week, look for him to be a contributing factor in this clash.

Club Necaxa

Los Electricistas enters this bout ranked in the middle of the pack in the Clausura when it comes to away performances. They have picked up six points after five away showings. Impressively Necaxa is currently only one of five teams who have endured less than two losses on the road this year. Discipline will be a key factor if they have any shot at nabbing a road result, accumulating 29 yellow cards which is the third most by a team in that category.

Jose Paradela the highly talented attacking midfielder will be one of the deciding factors in how Club Necaxa performs on Saturday. In last weekends contest the Argentine appeared in 87 minutes of action were he was limited to one shot towards the target. There is no better time for the 25-year-old to break out of his slump as he has not featured on the scorer’s sheet in five straight matches.

Cruz Azul vs. Club Necaxa - My Pick

These two sides could not be bigger polar opposites when it comes to both teams to score market. Cruz Azul has currently featured in three matches where both teams found the back of the net. On the other hand, Club Necaxa has almost perfected both teams to score market in this current campaign, with yes hitting 82 percent of the time.

Cruz Azul will be out with center-back Willer Aditya, due to being shown a straight red card in his previous appearance. With the line juggling going on and a key piece missing, that increases the chances that Cruz Azul could concede. The visiting team has shown that they are capable of bagging a goal averaging 1.6 goals scored on the road.

• When: Saturday, March 16, 7 p.m ET

• Where: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes

• TV: Univision, Telemundo, Fox Sports, ESPN, Vix and Sling TV