Struggling Puebla will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Cruz Azul in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Puebla form and stats
Puebla have collected 5 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 1-2-2.
The Puebla goalkeeper Nicolas Vikonis Mureau is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 316 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga MX.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Tigres UANL in the Liga MX last time out and are looking for a win here. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Tijuana.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Puebla here at Estadio Cuauhtémoc in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). Puebla have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cruz Azul form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (23) in Liga MX, on their Liga MX travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Puebla. Cruz Azul has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Cruz Azul are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the Liga MX against Tijuana (placed 16th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Morelia with the score of 4-2.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Tijuana was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Cruz Azul create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 10 goals in 4 travels. Cruz Azul have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Cruz Azul - Puebla 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Puebla victories, five draws and two Cruz Azul wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Rodríguez Portillo 15 goals |  C. Tabó Hornos 5 goals | E. Hernández Jacuinde 5 goals |
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| Puebla | Cruz Azul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 26 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 12 | 18 | 48 |
| 38 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | 38 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 93% |
| 67% | 71% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 89% |
| 37% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 59% |
| 26% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 37% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 23% | 22% |
| 48% | 50% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 69% | 74% |
| 22% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 19% |
| 33% | 36% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 15% |
| 4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 285 | 159 | 69 | Total Shots | T S | 53 | 174 | 391 |
| 82 | 48 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 49 | 120 |
| 32% | 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 63% | 37% | 40% |
- Cruz Azul has the most scored goals (10) away
- Cruz Azul has the most scored goals (23)
- Cruz Azul has the the best goal difference (+9)
- Cruz Azul have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cruz Azul have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cruz Azul is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Puebla has the fewest conceded goals (7)
- Puebla has the fewest scored goals (6)
- Puebla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Cruz Azul | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Leon | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | America | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | Pumas UNAM | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Juarez | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Queretaro | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Pachuca | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Santos Laguna | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Atletico San Luis | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Necaxa | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Tigres UANL | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 13 | Puebla | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Morelia | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Toluca | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 16 | Tijuana | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Atlas | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 6 |
| 18 | Monterrey | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 4 |