Puebla vs América: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Cuauhtémoc (51726 seats)

Puebla will plan to operate their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opposition. The team playing at home are currently 13 points behind América.

Insights:
  • Puebla have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Liga MX
  • América have the most scored goals (36) in Liga MX

This has all the signs of an absorbing game with lots of action and excitement as both sides are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Puebla form and stats

3 victories, 5 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Puebla have to build on here at Estadio Cuauhtémoc in the Liga MX. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Cuauhtémoc.

A nice win for Puebla last time playing, versus Pumas UNAM. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Cortizo scoring for the victors.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Tigres UANL.

Sports bettors should know that 9 of the most recent 10 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.

A decent goal production from Puebla in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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América form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (36) in Liga MX, on their Liga MX travels is 5 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for América as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

The followers enjoyed América's previous game versus Guadalajara (placed 8th), a 2-1 win played at home. The attacker Martín got a match rating of 8.21 in that game. Martín scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Santos Laguna.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 11 of this club's 12 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

América have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

América have pulled off a sequence of 10 consecutive matches without defeat (8-2-0) when playing Puebla.

The matches between these teams have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

AméricaH. Martín Mex
H. Martín Mex
10 goals
PueblaM. Barragán Negrete
M. Barragán Negrete
8 goals
AméricaJ. Rodríguez Portillo
J. Rodríguez Portillo
6 goals

Puebla missing players

América missing players

Puebla América
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
4 3 2 Won W 1 5 11
10 5 1 Drew D 0 0 2
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 3
24 12 5 Scored S 4 16 36
21 9 3 Conceded C 4 10 16
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
75% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 81%
50% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 75%
38% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 31%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 25%
75% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
12% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 44%
19% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
5 5.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 5.9 5.6
4.9 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.4 4.1
2.9 2.9 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 13.8 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13.4 16.1
4.4 4.9 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.2 5.8
34% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 38% 39%
 
13.8 12.5 14 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 12.9 12.5
4.4 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.6 3.9
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • América have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • América have the most scored goals (16) away in Liga MX
  • América have the most scored goals (36) in Liga MX
  • América have the the best goal difference (+20) in Liga MX
  • América haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • América is in the best form (5-1-0) in Liga MX
  • Puebla have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Puebla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Puebla have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Liga MX

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 América 16 11 2 3 36 16 8 6 2 0 20 6 8 5 0 3 16 10 20 35
2 Monterrey 16 10 4 2 29 13 7 5 2 0 14 5 9 5 2 2 15 8 16 34
3 Pachuca 16 9 4 3 28 15 9 6 2 1 17 6 7 3 2 2 11 9 13 31
4 Santos Laguna 16 9 3 4 35 21 8 7 1 0 21 7 8 2 2 4 14 14 14 30
5 Tigres UANL 16 8 3 5 21 14 8 5 1 2 12 6 8 3 2 3 9 8 7 27
6 Toluca 16 6 6 4 23 22 8 3 4 1 13 12 8 3 2 3 10 10 1 24
7 Puebla 16 4 10 2 24 21 8 3 5 0 12 9 8 1 5 2 12 12 3 22
8 Guadalajara 16 5 7 4 18 15 9 3 4 2 7 7 7 2 3 2 11 8 3 22
9 Leon 16 6 3 7 23 27 7 4 1 2 14 12 9 2 2 5 9 15 -4 21
10 Cruz Azul 16 6 3 7 24 33 8 4 1 3 13 11 8 2 2 4 11 22 -9 21
11 Necaxa 16 5 4 7 19 25 8 3 1 4 11 15 8 2 3 3 8 10 -6 19
12 Atletico San Luis 16 4 6 6 15 20 8 2 2 4 7 9 8 2 4 2 8 11 -5 18
13 Mazatlan 16 3 8 5 17 21 8 2 3 3 9 12 8 1 5 2 8 9 -4 17
14 Juarez 16 3 7 6 14 17 8 1 5 2 8 9 8 2 2 4 6 8 -3 16
15 Tijuana 16 4 4 8 16 28 8 2 2 4 9 13 8 2 2 4 7 15 -12 16
16 Pumas UNAM 16 2 8 6 20 28 9 2 4 3 11 15 7 0 4 3 9 13 -8 14
17 Atlas 16 2 4 10 15 27 7 2 2 3 9 10 9 0 2 7 6 17 -12 10
18 Queretaro 16 1 6 9 17 31 8 1 4 3 10 13 8 0 2 6 7 18 -14 9

Read more about Liga MX

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.