Guadalajara manager Martínez looking for three points in Puebla showdown

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 11.September
Match begins: 02:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio AKRON (45000 seats)

Liga MX: The middle-of-the-table placements illustrates the road Guadalajara and Puebla have taken so far. Both teams are eager to play; bring it on!

Insights:
  • Guadalajara have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Liga MX
  • Puebla have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Liga MX

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Guadalajara form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga MX, Guadalajara, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Liga MX, have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio AKRON.

A good away victory last time out for Guadalajara, who won 2-1 against Tijuana (placed 13th). Defender Olivas got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Olivas scored one goal and won 2 of 7 duels.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Toluca the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Guadalajara handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Guadalajara, as the Liga MX home game vs Tigres UANL is only three days away.

Guadalajara aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio AKRON in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games. Guadalajara have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Puebla form and stats

The visitors are W1-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Puebla, who have now gone eleven games without a victory.

There were no winners in Puebla's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Pachuca (placed 4th). It looked so good for Puebla vs Pachuca, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Goalkeeper Silva made a total of nine saves, making him a hero against Pachuca. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Querétaro that ended 1-1.

Puebla are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 9 of this club's last 11 league games.

Puebla has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. Puebla struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Guadalajara won one, Puebla triumphed in five and we saw four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

PueblaM. Barragán Negrete
M. Barragán Negrete
6 goals
GuadalajaraÁ. Zaldívar Caviedes
Á. Zaldívar Caviedes
3 goals
GuadalajaraE. Vega Rojas
E. Vega Rojas
2 goals

Guadalajara missing players

Puebla missing players

Guadalajara Puebla
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 1 7 13
4 2 0 Won W 1 1 2
7 4 1 Drew D 0 5 10
2 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
15 5 0 Scored S 4 12 20
9 3 1 Conceded C 2 11 18
69% 57% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
54% 29% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 77%
38% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 46%
23% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 43% 46%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 29% 15%
46% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 77%
46% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
38% 57% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 15%
 
4.8 5.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.9 5
4.7 3.7 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 10 6.1 5.1
2.9 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.8
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15 15.9 16 Shots (avg) S ( 5 10.3 12.5
5.2 5.3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.3 4.5
22% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 40% 34%
 
12.2 10.9 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 2 15.1 13.2
3.8 3.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 6 4.5
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Guadalajara have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Liga MX
  • Guadalajara have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Liga MX
  • Puebla have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Puebla have scored at least twice as many goals away as Guadalajara have scored home.
  • Puebla have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Liga MX
  • Puebla have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Puebla haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 America 13 9 1 3 29 11 6 5 1 0 15 2 7 4 0 3 14 9 18 28
2 Monterrey 14 8 4 2 26 13 6 4 2 0 12 5 8 4 2 2 14 8 13 28
3 Santos Laguna 13 8 1 4 27 15 7 6 1 0 19 7 6 2 0 4 8 8 12 25
4 Pachuca 13 7 4 2 19 11 8 5 2 1 11 5 5 2 2 1 8 6 8 25
5 Tigres UANL 13 7 3 3 16 10 7 5 1 1 12 5 6 2 2 2 4 5 6 24
6 Toluca 14 6 4 4 20 19 7 3 3 1 11 10 7 3 1 3 9 9 1 22
7 Guadalajara 13 4 7 2 15 9 7 2 4 1 5 3 6 2 3 1 10 6 6 19
8 Necaxa 13 5 2 6 15 20 6 3 0 3 8 11 7 2 2 3 7 9 -5 17
9 Puebla 13 2 10 1 20 18 6 1 5 0 8 7 7 1 5 1 12 11 2 16
10 Mazatlán 13 3 6 4 14 16 7 2 2 3 8 11 6 1 4 1 6 5 -2 15
11 León 13 4 3 6 18 24 6 3 1 2 11 11 7 1 2 4 7 13 -6 15
12 Atlético San Luis 14 3 6 5 11 17 7 2 2 3 6 7 7 1 4 2 5 10 -6 15
13 Tijuana 14 4 3 7 14 21 7 2 1 4 8 12 7 2 2 3 6 9 -7 15
14 Juarez 13 2 7 4 12 13 6 0 5 1 6 7 7 2 2 3 6 6 -1 13
15 Pumas UNAM 13 2 7 4 16 22 8 2 4 2 10 13 5 0 3 2 6 9 -6 13
16 Cruz Azul 13 3 3 7 18 31 6 2 1 3 9 10 7 1 2 4 9 21 -13 12
17 Atlas 14 2 4 8 14 22 6 2 2 2 8 7 8 0 2 6 6 15 -8 10
18 Querétaro 14 1 5 8 13 25 7 1 3 3 7 10 7 0 2 5 6 15 -12 8

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Liga MX is the top division in the Mexican football league system. Each season the league has two tournaments, Apertura (opening) and Clausura (closing). This means that the Liga MX has two champions per season. The Liga MX is the fourth most attended football league in the world.