Puebla vs León match preview: Even contest expected at Estadio Cuauhtémoc

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 16.July
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Cuauhtémoc (51726 seats)

Another action-packed fixture in the Liga MX. Puebla is in the 1st place from playing two games. They welcome León who are placed 4th from two matches.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Puebla form and stats

1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Puebla have to build on here at Estadio Cuauhtémoc in the Liga MX.

Puebla's last game was hosting Santos Laguna (placed 8th) and winning 1-0. Defender de Buen got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Buen hit two key passes and won 8 of 10 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Mazatlan and winning 4-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Puebla perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Puebla as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Puebla has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

At Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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León form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Liga MX, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 8 matches.

León delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Pumas UNAM (placed 11th) in their previous fixture. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Pumas UNAM. León were trailing 0-3 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 3-3, with Yorio scoring the equalizer. Yorio, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.45. Yorio scored two goals.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Atletico San Luis with the score of 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with León playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 6 León wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

León have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Puebla five wins, zero draws and León five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten duels. Mena loves to meet Puebla and have scored 7 goals in these encounters.

Top Goalscorers

LeónL. Di Yorio
L. Di Yorio
3 goals
PueblaG. Ferrareis
G. Ferrareis
1 goals
PueblaA. Escoto Ruiz
A. Escoto Ruiz
1 goals

Puebla missing players

León missing players

Puebla León
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 1 0 Scored S 0 2 5
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.5 10 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 4
6 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 4
2.5 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.5 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 12.5
5.5 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 9 7
45% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 36%
 
4 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 15.5
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 5
Puebla Last season León
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 21   Played P   20 40
14 6   Won W   8 16
14 11   Drew D   4 11
12 4   Lost L   8 13
50 27   Scored S   18 46
46 24   Conceded C   22 44
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
78% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 68%
35% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 42%
22% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   10% 10%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
57% 67%   BTTS BTTS   35% 45%
25% 19%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 32%
18% 14%   Failed to Score F T   30% 30%
 
4.6 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.4
5.5 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4.9
3 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
10 4   Red cards R C   5 10
 
13.9 14   Shots (avg) S (   9.9 11.8
4.2 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.6
30% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 32%
 
13.3 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   14.3 12.7
4 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 4.8

  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 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 3 6
2 Pachuca 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 Juarez 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4
4 León 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
5 Toluca 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
6 Monterrey 2 1 0 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 3
7 Cruz Azul 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 3
8 Santos Laguna 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Tigres UANL 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Atletico San Luis 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
11 Pumas UNAM 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
12 Atlas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 America 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
14 Guadalajara 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Tijuana 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
16 Necaxa 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Queretaro 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Mazatlan 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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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.