Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Juárez in 12th and Puebla in 11th place.
It's no vacation for neither Juárez nor Puebla as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
These teams have little in common geographically as Puebla have to travel 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Juárez form and stats
Juárez, who have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Liga MX, have played 4 Liga MX games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Juárez are returning here after visiting Toluca in a Liga MX game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Darío Lezcano scored the goal(s). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Santos Laguna.
Enrique Palos loved the game against Toluca. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Juárez have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won four times, drawn zero and lost one.
The lack of attacking qualities in Juárez means that they have only scored 2 goals in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Juárez are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Puebla form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Puebla playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Puebla's last three away games as they have all been lost.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Liga MX home defeat versus América with 2-3 on the scoreboard. A 1-4 defeat away at Pumas UNAM before that.
A huge disappointment for Puebla in their last match (vs América). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat.
Puebla are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Puebla have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Puebla have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Juárez-Puebla H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Juárez one win, Puebla one win, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Lezcano 4 goals |   S. Ormeño Zayas 4 goals |  A. Escoto Ruiz 3 goals |
Juárez missing players
Puebla missing players
| Juárez | Puebla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 56% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 11% |
| 22% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 4.6 | 1.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 95 | 33 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 51 | 94 |
| 30 | 11 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 22 | 37 |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 32% | 38% |
- Juárez have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Puebla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Puebla have scored at least twice as many goals away as Juárez have scored home.
- Puebla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pumas UNAM | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Cruz Azul | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | América | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | León | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Pachuca | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Monterrey | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Toluca | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 9 | Querétaro | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Tigres UANL | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Puebla | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Juárez | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Tijuana | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 14 | Santos Laguna | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Atlas | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Mazatlán | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 17 | Atlético San Luis | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 8 |