Cruz Azul are averaging 19.5 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 36.2 total tackles on average. That puts them 2nd of 18 for team tackles per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player tackle-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Santos Laguna, and a full match-by-match log.
Agustín Palavecino leads with 31 tackles across 9 qualifying appearances (3.44/g, 100% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Cruz Azul player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Cruz Azul are averaging 19.5 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 16.7 for a match-total of 36.2. That ranks 2nd of 18 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 17.73 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.22 take-ons/g).
Tackle matchup blends the defender's tackles per game (50%), the opposition attacker's take-on rate (30%), and the defender's underlying tackle propensity (20%). For the upcoming fixture against Santos Laguna, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Cruz Azul's defenders.
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. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their tackle rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted by 5-minute substitutions.
We count attempted tackles per Sportmonks' definition. That matches what Bet365 settles 1+ tackles markets on, so the page's hit-rate and the bookmaker's pricing are aligned.
| Player | Position | Apps | Tackles | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agustín Palavecino | midfielder | 9 | 31 | 3.44 | 100% |
| Carlos Rotondi | attacker | 6 | 12 | 2 | 100% |
| Rogelio González | midfielder | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Alán Montes | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Willer Ditta | defender | 9 | 23 | 2.56 | 89% |
| Gonzalo Piovi | defender | 7 | 15 | 2.14 | 86% |
| Omar Campos | defender | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 80% |
| Jesús Orozco Chiquete | defender | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 80% |
| Érik Lira | midfielder | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 75% |
| Amaury García | midfielder | 7 | 13 | 1.86 | 71% |
| Jeremy Márquez | midfielder | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 70% |
| Andrés Montaño | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Osinachi Ebere | attacker | 9 | 7 | 0.78 | 56% |
| Carlos Rodríguez | midfielder | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 50% |
| Nicolás Ibáñez | attacker | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| José Paradela | midfielder | 10 | 7 | 0.7 | 30% |
| Luka Romero | attacker | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 29% |
| Gabriel Fernández | attacker | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Kevin Mier | goalkeeper | 9 | 1 | 0.11 | 11% |
| Andrés Gudiño | goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Necaxa | Away | 1-3 | 17 | 18 | 35 | Agustín Palavecino (4) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Atlas | Home | 0-2 | 26 | 18 | 44 | Agustín Palavecino (6) |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Tijuana | Away | 2-1 | 16 | 21 | 37 | José Paradela (3) |
| 2 Aug 2026 | Atlante | Home | 2-3 | 10 | 31 | 41 | Omar Campos (3) |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Puebla | Home | 2-1 | 21 | 14 | 35 | Jeremy Márquez (6) |
| 18 Jul 2026 | Atlético San Luis | Away | 2-3 | 24 | 13 | 37 | Gonzalo Piovi (4) |
| 25 May 2026 | Pumas UNAM | Away | 1-2 | 27 | 13 | 40 | Agustín Palavecino (5) |
| 22 May 2026 | Pumas UNAM | Home | 0-0 | 24 | 16 | 40 | Agustín Palavecino (6) |
| 17 May 2026 | Guadalajara | Away | 1-2 | 15 | 9 | 24 | Agustín Palavecino (4) |
| 14 May 2026 | Guadalajara | Home | 2-2 | 15 | 14 | 29 | Willer Ditta (5) |