Necaxa fights Puebla face-off

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes (25500 seats)

Here's everything you must be aware of, and then some, before watching the Necaxa - Puebla game!

Insights:
  • Necaxa have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Liga MX
  • Puebla have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

Not a lot of time to rest for the host team, as they had a Liga MX match only four days back. This match was also played here at Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Puebla have had more rest.

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Necaxa form and stats

0 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Necaxa have to build on here at Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes in the Liga MX.

Necaxa's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Cruz Azul (placed 15th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated through four league rounds. The forward Monreal won the honour of being "man of the match" for Necaxa with the rating of 7.84/10. Monreal hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 7 of 13 times.

Before that, Necaxa played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Pachuca.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Necaxa handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Both teams to score! That has been the case in 5 league rounds in a row for this club. Will it happen again?

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Necaxa here at Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). Necaxa have conceded 9 from these games.

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Puebla form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Puebla playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season.

There were no winners in Puebla's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Monterrey (placed 9th). Rodríguez had red hot gloves after the game against Monterrey, shaping the outcome of the game with seven saves made. Angulo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender Angulo served one assist, hit four key passes and won 5 of 11 duels.

Prior to that result Puebla won their away game at Atlas. The scoreline was 3-2.

We have checked recent matches where Puebla have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Puebla have conceded 8 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Necaxa won three games, three matches ended in a draw and Puebla managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

NecaxaF. Batista Ochoa
F. Batista Ochoa
4 goals
PueblaG. Martínez Ayala
G. Martínez Ayala
4 goals
PueblaD. De Buen Juárez
D. De Buen Juárez
3 goals

Necaxa missing players

Puebla missing players

Necaxa Puebla
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 2 5 11
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
5 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
5 3 0 Lost L 1 2 5
12 3 0 Scored S 1 5 13
18 9 0 Conceded C 2 8 16
91% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 82%
36% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 45%
27% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 18%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 18%
64% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 55%
9% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
36% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 27%
 
3.5 4.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.6 4
7.7 6.6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.2 5.9
2.5 3.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.6 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.6 10.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 10.4 13.5
3.2 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.2 4.5
34% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 24% 27%
 
16.3 13.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 18.8 19.5
5.3 3.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.8 6.5
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Necaxa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Necaxa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Necaxa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Necaxa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Necaxa have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Liga MX
  • Necaxa have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Liga MX
  • Necaxa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Necaxa have yet to win a game at home.
  • Necaxa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Puebla have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • 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 America 11 7 3 1 24 10 8 5 2 1 18 6 3 2 1 0 6 4 14 24
2 Tigres UANL 11 6 3 2 23 12 6 4 2 0 15 5 5 2 1 2 8 7 11 21
3 Atletico San Luis 10 6 1 3 21 13 6 4 1 1 14 6 4 2 0 2 7 7 8 19
4 Pumas UNAM 11 5 3 3 18 14 5 3 2 0 10 4 6 2 1 3 8 10 4 18
5 Toluca 11 3 6 2 16 11 6 2 3 1 10 6 5 1 3 1 6 5 5 15
6 Juarez 10 4 3 3 18 16 5 2 2 1 10 6 5 2 1 2 8 10 2 15
7 Atlas 10 4 3 3 11 9 4 2 1 1 6 3 6 2 2 2 5 6 2 15
8 Guadalajara 11 4 3 4 13 15 6 3 1 2 8 6 5 1 2 2 5 9 -2 15
9 Monterrey 9 4 2 3 12 10 3 2 0 1 5 3 6 2 2 2 7 7 2 14
10 Santos Laguna 10 4 2 4 17 20 6 3 1 2 8 10 4 1 1 2 9 10 -3 14
11 Leon 10 3 3 4 12 13 5 3 1 1 9 4 5 0 2 3 3 9 -1 12
12 Puebla 11 3 3 5 13 16 6 2 1 3 8 8 5 1 2 2 5 8 -3 12
13 Queretaro 11 3 3 5 12 21 5 0 3 2 5 7 6 3 0 3 7 14 -9 12
14 Tijuana 10 3 2 5 14 15 5 3 1 1 12 7 5 0 1 4 2 8 -1 11
15 Cruz Azul 11 3 2 6 15 20 4 0 1 3 5 10 7 3 1 3 10 10 -5 11
16 Pachuca 11 2 5 4 8 21 5 2 2 1 6 6 6 0 3 3 2 15 -13 11
17 Mazatlan 11 2 4 5 14 19 5 1 2 2 6 9 6 1 2 3 8 10 -5 10
18 Necaxa 11 1 5 5 12 18 5 0 2 3 3 9 6 1 3 2 9 9 -6 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.