Cruz Azul Shots on Target Stats 2026/2027

Cruz Azul Shots on Target Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Cruz Azul are averaging 7.1 shots on target per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 12.3 total SOT on average. That puts them 2nd of 18 for team SOT per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Juárez, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Cruz Azul players hit the most shots on target?

Nicolás Ibáñez leads with 13 shots on target across 9 qualifying appearances (1.44/g, 78% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every Cruz Azul player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.

How does Cruz Azul's SOT profile look this season?

Cruz Azul are averaging 7.1 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 5.2 for a match-total of 12.3. That ranks 2nd of 18 for team SOT in their primary competition. They take 20.4 shots per game and create 14.7 key passes per game.

How is the SOT matchup read calculated?

SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Juárez, the page weights each Cruz Azul attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.

What's the difference between shots and shots on target?

Cruz Azul take 20.4 shots per game and put 7.1 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.

Where do these SOT stats come from?

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.

How is conversion (Goals/SOT) useful?

Cruz Azul are currently converting 27% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.

Cruz Azul player shots on target rates

Player	Position	Apps	Shots on target	Per game	1+ hit rate
Alán Montes	defender	1	1	1	100%
Nicolás Ibáñez	attacker	9	13	1.44	78%
Agustín Palavecino	midfielder	9	9	1	78%
Gabriel Fernández	attacker	7	9	1.29	71%
Luka Romero	attacker	6	3	0.5	50%
Carlos Rotondi	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Jeremy Márquez	midfielder	9	5	0.56	44%
José Paradela	midfielder	9	8	0.89	44%
Osinachi Ebere	attacker	6	3	0.5	33%
Omar Campos	defender	10	3	0.3	30%
Jesús Orozco Chiquete	defender	10	3	0.3	30%
Carlos Rodríguez	midfielder	10	3	0.3	30%
Andrés Montaño	midfielder	4	2	0.5	25%
Willer Ditta	defender	9	2	0.22	22%
Érik Lira	midfielder	6	1	0.17	17%
Kevin Mier	goalkeeper	8	0	0	0%
Amaury García	midfielder	5	0	0	0%
Alan Mozo Rodríguez	defender	4	0	0	0%
Gonzalo Piovi	defender	4	0	0	0%
Rogelio González	midfielder	3	0	0	0%
Andrés Gudiño	goalkeeper	2	0	0	0%
Jorge Luis Rodarte Barragán	defender	1	0	0	0%

Cruz Azul shots on target match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team shots on target	Opposition shots on target	Match total	Top player
12 Oct 2026	Liga MX	Pumas UNAM	Away	3-3	6	5	11	Andrés Montaño (2)
26 Sep 2026	Liga MX	Toluca	Home	3-3	7	7	14	Gabriel Fernández (4)
20 Sep 2026	Liga MX	Monterrey	Away	1-0	4	5	9	Omar Campos (1)
13 Sep 2026	Liga MX	América	Home	4-3	10	10	20	Agustín Palavecino (2)
6 Sep 2026	Liga MX	Santos Laguna	Home	1-0	8	1	9	José Paradela (3)
29 Aug 2026	Liga MX	Necaxa	Away	1-3	8	4	12	Nicolás Ibáñez (2)
23 Aug 2026	Liga MX	Atlas	Home	0-2	5	5	10	Nicolás Ibáñez (2)
17 Aug 2026	Liga MX	Tijuana	Away	2-1	6	4	10	Nicolás Ibáñez (2)
2 Aug 2026	Liga MX	Atlante	Home	2-3	10	7	17	Nicolás Ibáñez (4)
22 Jul 2026	Liga MX	Puebla	Home	2-1	7	4	11	Osinachi Ebere (2)

Cruz Azul shots on target 2026/2027: last 10 games

Shots on target for per game: 7.1
Shots on target against per game: 5.2
Match total shots on target per game: 12.3
Games: 10
League rank for match shots on target: 1 of 18

Cruz Azul Shots on target for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	6	7.83	100%	100%	100%	83%	83%
Away	4	6	100%	100%	75%	75%	25%
Overall	10	7.1	100%	100%	90%	80%	60%

Cruz Azul Shots on target against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	6	5.67	83%	83%	67%	50%	50%
Away	4	4.5	100%	100%	50%	0%	0%
Overall	10	5.2	90%	90%	60%	30%	30%

Cruz Azul Match total 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %
Home	6	13.5	100%	100%	100%	83%	67%
Away	4	10.5	100%	100%	100%	75%	50%
Overall	10	12.3	100%	100%	100%	80%	60%

Cruz Azul Team shots on target 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target / match	7.1	7.83	6
Total shots / match	20.4	20.67	20
Share of shots on target	35%	38%	30%
Goals per shot on target	27%	26%	29%
Shots on target per goal	3.7	3.9	3.4
Shots on target over 2.5	100%	100%	100%
Shots on target over 3.5	100%	100%	100%
Shots on target over 4.5	90%	100%	75%
Shots on target over 5.5	80%	83%	75%
Shots on target over 6.5	60%	83%	25%

Cruz Azul Shots on target against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Shots on target against	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target against / match	5.2	5.67	4.5
Shots on target against over 2.5	90%	83%	100%
Shots on target against over 3.5	90%	83%	100%
Shots on target against over 4.5	60%	67%	50%
Shots on target against over 5.5	30%	50%	0%
Shots on target against over 6.5	30%	50%	0%

Cruz Azul Match shots on target 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Match shots on target / match	12.3	13.5	10.5
Match shots on target over 6.5	100%	100%	100%
Match shots on target over 7.5	100%	100%	100%
Match shots on target over 8.5	100%	100%	100%
Match shots on target over 9.5	80%	83%	75%
Match shots on target over 10.5	60%	67%	50%

Cruz Azul 1st-half shots on target for 2026/2027 (from 4 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	3	2	67%	67%	0%
Away	1	3	100%	100%	0%
Overall	4	2.25	75%	75%	0%

Cruz Azul 1st-half shots on target against 2026/2027 (from 4 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	3	2.67	100%	67%	0%
Away	1	2	100%	0%	0%
Overall	4	2.5	100%	50%	0%

Cruz Azul 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 4 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %
Home	3	4.67	100%	67%	67%	33%
Away	1	5	100%	100%	100%	0%
Overall	4	4.75	100%	75%	75%	25%

Cruz Azul shots on target match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
12 Oct	Liga MX	Pumas UNAM (A)	3-3	6	5	11	-
26 Sep	Liga MX	Toluca (H)	3-3	7	7	14	-
20 Sep	Liga MX	Monterrey (A)	1-0	4	5	9	-
13 Sep	Liga MX	América (H)	4-3	10	10	20	-
6 Sep	Liga MX	Santos Laguna (H)	1-0	8	1	9	-
29 Aug	Liga MX	Necaxa (A)	1-3	8	4	12	-
23 Aug	Liga MX	Atlas (H)	0-2	5	5	10	3
17 Aug	Liga MX	Tijuana (A)	2-1	6	4	10	5
2 Aug	Liga MX	Atlante (H)	2-3	10	7	17	5
22 Jul	Liga MX	Puebla (H)	2-1	7	4	11	6

Liga MX shots on target table 2026/2027: every team's shots on target per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
1	Cruz Azul	11	7.36	5.18	12.55	100%
2	América	10	7.4	4.7	12.1	90%
3	Necaxa	11	4.91	5.91	10.82	73%
4	Toluca	11	6.27	4.45	10.73	55%
5	Monterrey	10	6.1	4.5	10.6	90%
6	Santos Laguna	11	4.73	5.73	10.45	73%
7	Atlante	11	5	5.36	10.36	64%
8	Guadalajara	11	5.64	4.27	9.91	64%
9	Pachuca	11	4.64	5.09	9.73	64%
10	Tigres UANL	11	4.91	4.73	9.64	64%
11	Atlético San Luis	11	4.18	5.36	9.55	64%
12	León	11	5.27	4.09	9.36	64%
13	Tijuana	10	4	5.3	9.3	60%
14	Juárez	11	2.55	6.73	9.27	55%
15	Querétaro	10	4.1	4.6	8.7	40%
16	Pumas UNAM	11	4.18	4.36	8.55	36%
17	Atlas	11	3.91	4.64	8.55	36%
18	Puebla	11	4.27	4.18	8.45	64%

Cruz Azul shots on target against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026/2027

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Vs top six	11	5.64	4.82	10.45	64%
Vs top half	23	5.39	4.35	9.74	61%
Vs bottom half	32	6.84	3.13	9.97	72%
Vs bottom six	22	7.5	3	10.5	77%

Cruz Azul shots on target per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Liga MX	2026/2027	11	7.36	5.18	12.55	100%
Liga MX	2025/2026	44	5.95	3.25	9.2	59%
Liga MX	2024/2025	42	5.12	3.1	8.21	48%

Cruz Azul next three opponents: shots on target per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their shots on target for	Their shots on target against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sun 18 Oct 03:00	Juárez (home)	9.27	2.55	6.73	10	1.8	8.2
Thu 22 Oct 03:00	Pachuca (away)	9.73	4.64	5.09	11.4	6	5.4
Mon 26 Oct 01:00	Querétaro (away)	8.7	4.1	4.6	9.2	3.6	5.6

Cruz Azul players with the most games of 1+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Nicolás Ibáñez	attacker	8	11	73%
2	Agustín Palavecino	midfielder	7	10	70%
3	Gabriel Fernández	attacker	7	11	64%
4	Luka Romero	attacker	6	10	60%
5	Jeremy Márquez	midfielder	5	10	50%

Cruz Azul players with the most games of 2+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Nicolás Ibáñez	attacker	5	11	45%
2	José Paradela	midfielder	3	10	30%
3	Gabriel Fernández	attacker	3	11	27%
4	Agustín Palavecino	midfielder	2	10	20%
5	Jeremy Márquez	midfielder	2	10	20%

Cruz Azul players with the most games of 3+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Carlos Rotondi	attacker	1	3	33%
2	José Paradela	midfielder	1	10	10%
3	Gabriel Fernández	attacker	1	11	9%
4	Nicolás Ibáñez	attacker	1	11	9%

Juárez shots on target match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
10 Oct	Liga MX	Tijuana (H)	1-1	6	4	10	-
28 Sep	Liga MX	León (A)	2-1	1	3	4	-
19 Sep	Liga MX	Tigres UANL (H)	2-0	5	5	10	-
14 Sep	Liga MX	Santos Laguna (A)	2-1	5	10	15	-
5 Sep	Liga MX	Pachuca (H)	0-2	1	4	5	-
31 Aug	Liga MX	Toluca (A)	4-0	2	10	12	-
22 Aug	Liga MX	América (H)	1-2	3	10	13	7
16 Aug	Liga MX	Monterrey (A)	6-1	1	10	11	9
1 Aug	Liga MX	Pumas UNAM (H)	1-5	3	5	8	4
25 Jul	Liga MX	Guadalajara (A)	1-0	0	8	8	3