Pachuca vs Cruz Azul Predictions: Experts Reveal Best Bets in Liga MX Clausura Semi-Finals 2020-21

Pachuca will be facing Cruz Azul to Estadio Hidalgo for the first leg of their competition in Liga MX Clausura semi-finals 2020-2021.

The Pachuca Football Club is looking forward to winning their first title in five years after their huge loss to Club America in the last round, according to a Sportskeeda report.

On the other hand, winners of the league phase, Cruz Azul, are looking to bring home the title after years of not clinching one their own. Their last winning title was way back in 1997.

Cruz Azul have reportedly been on more dominant sides with 23 wins, while Pachuca have beaten them on 16 occasions in 48 games between the sides.

Pachuca vs. Cruz Azul

Experts predict that both teams will push forward as The Gophers are ready to lean on the home-court advantage, while Cruz Azul have been looking to prove a goal. Both teams are seen to score in the latest competition, according to The Stats Zone report.

Best bets were also reported to be for Pachuca against Cruz Azul. Pachuca had been on an impressive run with an 8-2-2 in their last twelve matches and scoring 26 goals in the game's duration, CBS Sports reported.

Pachuca had also scored at least three goals in three straight games before Sunday's second-leg loss. Striker Roberto de La Rosa and center forward Ismael Sosa are also the notorious finishers of the team, with a combine for 11 goals over the two Liguillas.

Meanwhile, Cruz Azul had dominated Liga Mx throughout the Clausura, with their 13-2-2 and 26 goals. It also had a plus-15 goal differential as compared to Pachuca's plus-1.

Cruz Azul had also won six of its eight Clausura road matches, which totals an average of just 0.25 goals. The team had also managed to won three straight against Los Tuzos.

The league's top scorer, Jonathan Rodriguez, had 21 goals over the past year in 31 matches. He also had five assists. Luis Romo has 10, which tied for the league's most.

Goalkeeper Jose Corona commanded Liga MX with 14 clean sheets in 31 matches. He also had an 81.5 save percentage.

C.F. Pachuca was founded as Pachuca Athletic Club by a group of Cornish miners from Cornwall, England in 1901. They then earned the nickname "Los Tuzos" by fans and has become one of the founding members of the Mexican Prime Division a few years after the team was formed.

The most recent title for the Los Tuzos was in the 2016 Clausura, qualifying for the 2016-17 Concacaf Champions League. They would then finish third-place at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup, which is their best-ever finish in the appearances, according to an MNUFC report.

Cruz Azul was founded under the name Club Deportivo Cruz Azul in March 1927. The team was just an amateur team at the time.

In 1997, the team earned its eighth and most recent championship under coach Luis Fernando Tena, after a last-minute penalty kick scored by Carlos Hermosillo, according to a Popular Timelines report.

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