Balanced ball game between Puebla and Atlas expected

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 03:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Cuauhtémoc (51726 seats)

Atlas travel to Puebla and Estadio Cuauhtémoc brimming with confidence, but the team playing at home is no pushover. More information on the match here!

Insights:
  • Puebla have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Liga MX
  • Atlas have the most clean sheets (14) in Liga MX

This could be an engrossing game with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!

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Puebla form and stats

Puebla have collected 12 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 3-3-3.

It's back home for Puebla, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Queretaro away with the result 2-0. Segovia and Maia found the net in that victory. Defender Maia got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.23/10. Maia scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 10 of 16 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Tijuana in a game that was won 3-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Puebla have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost four.

Early season league goal statistics from Puebla's 9 home games: 9 goals, 9 conceded.

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Atlas form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Atlas playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season.

Atlas are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Santos Laguna. Nervo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.83. The defender Nervo scored one goal and won 5 of 6 duels.

Prior to that result Atlas won their away game at America. The scoreline was 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Atlas in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Atlas, five draws and two defeats.

Atlas are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Atlas - Puebla 0-1 was the outcome when these contenders previously played each other, some time ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Puebla victories, zero draws and four Atlas wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AtlasJ. Furch
J. Furch
9 goals
AtlasJ. Quiñones Quiñones
J. Quiñones Quiñones
5 goals

Puebla missing players

Atlas missing players

Puebla Atlas
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 13 5 Played P 5 13 27
10 5 2 Won W 3 6 13
8 5 2 Drew D 2 5 8
6 3 1 Lost L 0 2 6
28 17 5 Scored S 8 19 32
23 14 4 Conceded C 2 9 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 85% 85%
79% 77% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 54% 52%
21% 38% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 23% 19%
12% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 15% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 15% 7%
46% 62% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 38% 30%
33% 23% 20% Clean Sheets C S 80% 54% 52%
21% 15% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 23% 33%
 
4.7 5.6 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.9 4.6
5.6 4.5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.3 3.9
2.3 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2.1
5 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.3 14.7 16 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 11.7 13
4.2 4.9 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.4 4.4
28% 27% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 33% 27%
 
12.2 9.2 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 11.5 10.4
3.8 2.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.3 2.7
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Atlas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Atlas have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Atlas have the most clean sheets (14) in Liga MX
  • Atlas have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Liga MX
  • Puebla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Puebla have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Liga MX
  • Puebla have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 17 10 5 2 21 10 9 7 2 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 8 8 11 35
2 Atlas 17 8 5 4 21 10 9 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 3 1 13 5 11 29
3 Leon 17 8 5 4 20 14 8 3 3 2 11 6 9 5 2 2 9 8 6 29
4 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 26 14 9 4 5 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 11 9 12 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 9 3 23 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 24
6 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 22 8 3 4 1 13 9 9 3 2 4 9 13 0 24
7 Puebla 17 6 6 5 16 16 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 24
8 Cruz Azul 17 5 8 4 21 17 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 23
9 Monterrey 17 5 7 5 19 16 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 1 5 3 9 12 3 22
10 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 4 3 0 22
11 Pumas UNAM 17 5 6 6 17 23 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -6 21
12 Atlético San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlán 17 5 5 7 18 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 20
14 Necaxa 17 6 2 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 20
15 Pachuca 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 8 2 1 5 9 14 -2 18
16 Juarez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Queretaro 17 3 6 8 11 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 3 12 -8 15
18 Tijuana 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 1 2 5 7 16 -11 15

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.