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MEXICO CITY. América beats Cruz Azul 1-0 after J. Quiñones scored just 1 goal (4′). Cruz Azul was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (71%).​

The match was played at the Estadio Azteca stadium in Mexico City on Saturday and it started at 9:10 pm local time. The referee was Óscar Mejía García with the assistance of Alberto Morín Méndez and Jaime Daniel González Ramírez. The 4th official was Luis Alfredo García Rodríguez. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 23.98 degrees Celsius or 75.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 34%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Cruz Azul was in firm control of the ball 71% while América was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cruz Azul was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, América managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

América shot 8 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cruz Azul shot 14 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

América didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Cruz Azul received 3 yellow cards (Gonzalo Piovi, Carlos Salcedo and Carlos Rodríguez).

Standings

After this encounter, América has 18 points like Monterrey to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Cruz Azul will stays with 17 points like Atlas to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

América – Formation

América started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager André Soares Jardine decided to play with the following team: Luis Malagón (7.3), Israel Reyes (7.0), Igor Lichnovsky (7.1), Sebastián Cáceres (7.8), Salvador Reyes (7.0), Álvaro Fidalgo (7.3), Jonathan Dos Santos (7.0), Álex Zendejas (7.0), Diego Valdés (7.3), Julián Quiñones (7.9) and Henry Martín (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Luis Fuentes, Kevin Álvarez (6.7), Brian Rodríguez (6.3), Jonathan Rodríguez (6.8), Santiago Naveda (6.7), Cristian Calderón, Illian Hernández, Javairô Dilrosun, Óscar Jiménez and Ramón Juárez (6.8).

América could not rely on the presence of Jonathan Rodríguez (injured).

Substitutions

América made 5 changes: Julián Quiñones for Jonathan Rodríguez (69′), Álex Zendejas for Santiago Naveda (77′), Sebastián Cáceres for Ramón Juárez (85′), Henry Martín for Kevin Álvarez (77′) and Diego Valdés for Brian Rodríguez (85′).

Player of the match: Julián Quiñones​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for América was Julián Quiñones.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 19 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 14.

Cruz Azul – Formation

Cruz Azul started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Martin Anselmi played with: Kevin Mier (7.3), Carlos Salcedo (7.1), Érik Lira (7.3), Gonzalo Piovi (7.3), Rodrigo Huescas (7.1), Carlos Rodríguez (7.1), Lorenzo Faravelli (6.8), Carlos Rotondi (7.0), Uriel Antuna (7.1), Alexis Gutiérrez (7.3) and Ángel Sepúlveda (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Andrés Gudiño, Rafael Guerrero, C. Cándido, Ignacio Rivero (6.7), Carlos Vargas, Amaury Morales Rosas (6.4), Jorge Luis García Rivas, Mauro Zaleta (6.8), Bryan Javier Gamboa Galarza and M. Levy (6.7).

Substitutions

Cruz Azul made 2 changes: Carlos Rotondi for Ignacio Rivero (69′) and Alexis Gutiérrez for Mauro Zaleta (85′).

Player of the match: Érik Lira​

The most impressive player for Cruz Azul was Érik Lira.

His rating is 7.3 with 100 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.​

• Tigres UANL – Atlas – 1-1
• Guadalajara – Pumas UNAM – 3-1
• América – Cruz Azul – 1-0
• Toluca – Tijuana – 2-0