Guadalajara (Home)
- Chivas are a much improved team in 2025-2026, finishing 6th in the Apertura after earning 29 points in the regular phase.
- Jalisco’s most famous team are in the best form of their 2025-2026 campaign coming into this Liguilla, winning four of their last five games, a run that was capped by a 4-2 comeback victory over Monterrey and a 4-1 thrashing of Atlas.
- Gabriel Milito’s side have been high-intensity, possession-based footballers this season with a high pressing line and structured way of building from the back, as reflected in the current CD Chivas de Guadalajara vs Cruz Azul betting tips.
- Armando González has been Guadalajara’s talisman though, topping the scoring charts and netting the two most important goals in their comeback win over Monterrey in the season’s last game.
Cruz Azul (Away)
- Cruz Azul are one of the top seeds in the Liguilla (play-offs) after finishing 3rd in the league with 35 points (W10, D5, L2) and have won three of the last four Liga MX competitive games against Guadalajara.
- La Máquina finished third in the opening season phase, six points better than Guadalajara, and enter this Liguilla campaign with the emotional commitment of dedicating their play-off run to first-choice goalkeeper Kevin Mier after he was ruled out for the rest of the season with a fractured tibia.
- Ángel Sepúlveda has brought experience and a reliable scoring record to Cruz Azul (seven league goals this season), but the best goals in the team have come from the likes of Efraín Álvarez and Roberto Alvarado who have played a dynamic role in linking the midfield with the forwards, something to keep an eye on for the CD Chivas de Guadalajara vs Cruz Azul betting tips.
- Nicolás Larcamón’s side are vertical, transition footballers who press opponents well and like to attack at pace when they win the ball back, so they should be able to challenge Chivas on Wednesday.
Head-to-Head
Cruz Azul have a slight edge in the head-to-head record ( W3, D1, L1 ), which is an important factor in our CD Chivas de Guadalajara vs Cruz Azul prediction.
Key Players
- Armando González has been Guadalajara’s talisman though, topping the scoring charts and netting the two most important goals in their comeback win over Monterrey in the season’s last game.
- Ángel Sepúlveda has brought experience and a reliable scoring record to Cruz Azul (seven league goals this season), but the best goals in the team have come from the likes of Efraín Álvarez and Roberto Alvarado who have played a dynamic role in linking the midfield with the forwards.
- Gabriel Fernández is the main goal threat for the visitors, notching multiple braces, but José Paradela is their playmaker and top assist provider.
Betting Insights
- Larcamón’s pragmatic approach has made La Máquina a consistently good, but rarely great team and this tie could test how creative he can be when the absence of Mier forces him to reshuffle his defense given key absences from the recent 2 - 3 defeat to Pumas. According to the latest CD Chivas de Guadalajara vs Cruz Azul betting tips, defensive weaknesses could play a pivotal role in this matchup.
- It should be a tight match with both sides looking to nick a first-leg advantage, so we’re taking Both Teams To Score in the first instance here with the odds priced at 2.06.
- As a result, we’re going for a 1 - 1 draw in the correct score market, but you can never fully trust the bookmakers to get the odds right when these two meet, so a 2 - 1 Chivas victory in the Draw No Bet market has been added to the selections in the knowledge that the hosts are capable of getting out in front if they play well.
Prediction
- We’re going for a 1 - 1 draw in the correct score market.
- A 2 - 1 Chivas victory in the Draw No Bet market has been added to the selections.
