After the first game it's Puebla - Cruz Azul 3-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second Liga MX game of the season?
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Liga MX. That game was an away game at Mazatlán, so at least Puebla are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Puebla form and stats
Happy days for Puebla in their previous game, a Liga MX match away at Mazatlán (placed 17th) that ended with a 4-1 victory. Before that match, a win away at Atlético San Luis.
Last season, Puebla's league statistics were 4 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 18th position in the Liga MX. Over these 18 matches they scored 20 goals and conceded 31. Playing at home last season Puebla managed 3-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 15 conceded.
Cruz Azul form and stats
The Cruz goalkeeper Jose de Jesus Corona Rodriguez is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 208 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Jonathan Rodriguez and Alexis Gutierrez scored in Cruz's previous match, the home game against Santos Laguna that ended 2-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at América.
A heroic performance from Cruz in their game against Santos Laguna last time out. Things got complicated when Jonathan Rodriguez was sent off in the 79th minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 2-0 victory!
Let's have a look at how Cruz Azul performed last season in the Liga MX: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 8/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Puebla, five draws and two wins for Cruz Azul. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Arreola Argüello 1 goals | A. Escoto Ruiz 1 goals |  O. Martínez Arce 1 goals |
Puebla missing players
Cruz Azul missing players
| Puebla | Cruz Azul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| Puebla | Last season | Cruz Azul | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 19 | 49 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 22 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 86% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 57% | ||
| 25% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 21% | ||
| 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 71% | ||
| 25% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 21% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 14% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 294 | 159 | Total Shots | T S | 193 | 410 | ||
| 85 | 48 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 127 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Puebla | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Tigres UANL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Monterrey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Tijuana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Pumas UNAM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | América | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Atlético San Luis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Juárez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Guadalajara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | León | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Querétaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Pachuca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Atlas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Toluca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Santos Laguna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Mazatlán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | León | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | América | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Pumas UNAM | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Tigres UANL | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Juárez | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Morelia | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Puebla | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Pachuca | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Querétaro | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 13 | Atlético San Luis | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Necaxa | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | Toluca | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 | Tijuana | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
| 17 | Atlas | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 9 |
| 18 | Monterrey | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 5 |