Cruz Azul Aims to Maintain Lead in Liga MX Apertura 2024 Against Struggling Querétaro

On Friday, during the fifth round of the tournament of the Liga MX Apertura 2024, Cruz Azul is going to meet Querétaro. The time of starting the match is set at 19:00 Central Mexico Time. The match is promising to be rather important for both teams as it will be the first one after the pause made for the Leagues Cup.

Significance of the Match

Cruz Azul will be fighting to keep the first position in the tournament and maintain its status of a tournament leader. Querétaro will be playing for the opportunity to get out of the dissary, because its results during this season can hardly be called good or decent. In particular, Querétaro has suffered five consecutive defeats.

Match Quality

Cruz Azul has been demonstrating rather high quality of play throughout this season. This team is currently the sub-leader and it has not suffered any defeat in the current Apertura tournament. The strong squad includes such notable players as K. Mier, W. Ditta, and G. Giakoumakis. It is reasonable to preserve the balance of forces in the field and think that Cruz Azul will achieve victory, taking into account the poor quality of play provided by Querétaro during this season.

Struggle of Querétaro

Querétaro is likely to be starring at A. Loba and G. Allison in the third duel. Meanwhile, this team is yet to win a single match during the current tournament. As a result, it remains at the bottom of the tournament’s table. The frontrunners are playing rather unsuccessfully at the moment, whereas the rate of the bookmakers for the victory of the leading team is barely higher than 1.30. It is evident that leading experts consider this outcome unlikely.

Overall Match Prediction

The confrontation history between Querétaro and Cruz Azul shows that both teams have won their matches in previous seasons. Nevertheless, the current state of teams is different. The match is promising to become quite entertaining, and the victory of Cruz Azul will not be a particular sensation.

The growing youth under the guidance of Iván Alonso, the sports director of Cruz Azul, is quite impressive. The team of Sub 23 has also managed to beat Querétaro with a 3-2 score and keep the 100 percent reliability of its positions in this category. This demonstrates that, in the future, Cruz Azul will be dominating Mexican football, becoming a serious opponent for other Latin American teams as well in this sport.

Hopefully, the confrontation will be very interesting, and the victory will be achieved by the strongest.