Cruz Azul are averaging 11 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 22.2 total fouls on average. That puts them 14th of 18 for team fouls per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player foul-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Santos Laguna, a profile of referee Maximiliano Quintero Hernández, and a full match-by-match log.
Amaury García leads with 13 fouls across 7 qualifying appearances (1.86/g, 86% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Cruz Azul player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Cruz Azul are averaging 11 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 11.2 for a match-total of 22.2. That ranks 14th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Cruz Azul pick up one yellow card every 0.191 fouls.
Foul matchup blends the defender's fouls per game (40%), the opposition attacker's fouls drawn per game (40%), and the team's underlying foul propensity (20%). For the upcoming fixture against Santos Laguna the page weights each Cruz Azul defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Cruz Azul fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their foul rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.
Maximiliano Quintero Hernández is the referee for this fixture. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alán Montes | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Amaury García | midfielder | 7 | 13 | 1.86 | 86% |
| Jesús Orozco Chiquete | defender | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 80% |
| Agustín Palavecino | midfielder | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 67% |
| Jeremy Márquez | midfielder | 10 | 10 | 1 | 60% |
| Carlos Rodríguez | midfielder | 10 | 10 | 1 | 60% |
| José Paradela | midfielder | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 60% |
| Gonzalo Piovi | defender | 7 | 7 | 1 | 57% |
| Willer Ditta | defender | 9 | 6 | 0.67 | 56% |
| Osinachi Ebere | attacker | 9 | 7 | 0.78 | 56% |
| Nicolás Ibáñez | attacker | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| Rogelio González | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Luka Romero | attacker | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 43% |
| Omar Campos | defender | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 40% |
| Andrés Montaño | midfielder | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Érik Lira | midfielder | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Carlos Rotondi | attacker | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Gabriel Fernández | attacker | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Kevin Mier | goalkeeper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Andrés Gudiño | goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Necaxa | Away | 1-3 | 14 | 15 | 29 | Agustín Palavecino (3) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Atlas | Home | 0-2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | Nicolás Ibáñez (2) |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Tijuana | Away | 2-1 | 15 | 13 | 28 | Jesús Orozco Chiquete (2) |
| 2 Aug 2026 | Atlante | Home | 2-3 | 11 | 11 | 22 | Willer Ditta (2) |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Puebla | Home | 2-1 | 11 | 7 | 18 | Luka Romero (3) |
| 18 Jul 2026 | Atlético San Luis | Away | 2-3 | 10 | 9 | 19 | Agustín Palavecino (2) |
| 25 May 2026 | Pumas UNAM | Away | 1-2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | Osinachi Ebere (2) |
| 22 May 2026 | Pumas UNAM | Home | 0-0 | 11 | 7 | 18 | Amaury García (4) |
| 17 May 2026 | Guadalajara | Away | 1-2 | 12 | 11 | 23 | Jeremy Márquez (2) |
| 14 May 2026 | Guadalajara | Home | 2-2 | 14 | 14 | 28 | Carlos Rodríguez (3) |