Football betting preview: Puebla vs Atlas

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Cuauhtémoc (51726 seats)

With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Puebla fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Atlas.

Insights:
  • Atlas have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Liga MX

Puebla and Atlas should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Puebla form and stats

With 2 Liga MX wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Puebla are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The spoils were shared in Puebla's previous game, also at home. Visiting Tigres UANL travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Before that match, a win away at León.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Puebla handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and two defeats.

The Puebla fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Atlas form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Atlas so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Jairo Torres and Renato Ibarra secured the home win 2-0 against Juarez in their previous game. Before that, Atlas secured a home win against Atletico San Luis with the score 3-1.

We have checked recent matches where Atlas have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were three victories, four draws and seven defeats.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Atlas have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Atlas - Puebla 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Puebla won five games, one match ended with a draw and Atlas has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

PueblaS. Ormeño Zayas
S. Ormeño Zayas
13 goals
AtlasV. Malcorra
V. Malcorra
5 goals
PueblaD. Álvarez López
D. Álvarez López
4 goals

Puebla missing players

Atlas missing players

Puebla Atlas
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 13 26
11 5 2 Won W 1 2 6
7 5 1 Drew D 2 6 8
12 5 1 Lost L 1 5 12
37 21 8 Scored S 3 9 20
36 17 4 Conceded C 3 13 27
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 77% 88%
60% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 46% 54%
40% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 23% 23%
27% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 15% 12%
17% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 4%
50% 53% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 46% 42%
27% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 75% 38% 31%
27% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2 2.2
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 7
 
10.2 11.1 12 Shots (avg) S ( 16.5 11.5 12.7
3.3 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.8 3.2
37% 37% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 24% 24%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Atlas have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Liga MX
  • Atlas have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Liga MX
  • Puebla have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Atlas have scored 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 León 17 12 4 1 27 14 8 7 1 0 15 7 9 5 3 1 12 7 13 40
2 Pumas UNAM 17 8 8 1 29 17 9 5 4 0 19 8 8 3 4 1 10 9 12 32
3 America 17 9 5 3 31 22 9 6 2 1 19 9 8 3 3 2 12 13 9 32
4 Cruz Azul 17 9 2 6 23 16 8 5 1 2 12 6 9 4 1 4 11 10 7 29
5 Monterrey 17 8 5 4 26 21 8 4 3 1 13 9 9 4 2 3 13 12 5 29
6 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 27 16 9 4 4 1 15 8 8 3 3 2 12 8 11 28
7 Guadalajara 17 7 5 5 20 17 9 4 3 2 11 9 8 3 2 3 9 8 3 26
8 Santos Laguna 17 7 4 6 24 20 8 5 2 1 14 5 9 2 2 5 10 15 4 25
9 Pachuca 17 6 7 4 18 14 9 3 3 3 11 10 8 3 4 1 7 4 4 25
10 Necaxa 17 7 3 7 16 20 9 4 1 4 10 12 8 3 2 3 6 8 -4 24
11 Toluca 17 6 3 8 23 28 8 5 1 2 14 9 9 1 2 6 9 19 -5 21
12 Puebla 17 6 2 9 22 25 8 2 2 4 12 13 9 4 0 5 10 12 -3 20
13 Juarez 17 4 7 6 16 19 9 3 4 2 6 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -3 19
14 Mazatlan 17 4 4 9 24 31 8 3 2 3 11 13 9 1 2 6 13 18 -7 16
15 Tijuana 17 4 3 10 12 27 9 4 2 3 9 9 8 0 1 7 3 18 -15 15
16 Atlas 17 3 5 9 13 20 8 2 1 5 5 8 9 1 4 4 8 12 -7 14
17 Queretaro 17 3 4 10 23 28 8 3 2 3 15 11 9 0 2 7 8 17 -5 13
18 Atletico San Luis 17 3 2 12 16 35 9 2 2 5 9 18 8 1 0 7 7 17 -19 11

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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.