Liga MX match preview: Puebla versus Monterrey

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

This could be an interesting match as Puebla have their presumed home advantage while Monterrey are ahead 9 points in the Liga MX table.

Insights:
  • Puebla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monterrey is in the best form (4-1-1)

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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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 Puebla crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Tijuana here at Estadio Cuauhtémoc in a Liga MX match. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Cruz Azul.

Puebla are traveling soon after this match as the Liga MX match at América awaits in four days.

The Puebla fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Puebla have conceded 13 from these games.

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Monterrey form and stats

4-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Monterrey in their Liga MX matches away.

The Monterrey goalkeeper Hugo Alfonso Gonzalez Duran is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 182 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Monterrey won their last game, 1-0 versus América played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Atlas with the score of 2-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Pumas UNAM in just four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Monterrey have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. Monterrey have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Monterrey - Puebla 2-2 earlier this season. Puebla-Monterrey H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Puebla three wins, Monterrey four wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MonterreyR. Funes Mori
R. Funes Mori
9 goals
PueblaS. Ormeño Zayas
S. Ormeño Zayas
8 goals
MonterreyN. Sánchez
N. Sánchez
6 goals

Puebla missing players

Monterrey missing players

Puebla Monterrey
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 2 10 20
8 3 1 Won W 0 5 10
4 3 1 Drew D 1 2 6
11 5 2 Lost L 1 3 4
28 15 6 Scored S 2 15 31
32 16 7 Conceded C 4 12 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
61% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 85%
43% 45% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 55%
30% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 30%
22% 27% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
52% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 75%
22% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 15%
26% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.9
4 1 1 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
10.1 11.3 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10.1 13.2
3.3 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.3 4.2
36% 38% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 45% 37%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Monterrey has the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Liga MX
  • Monterrey have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Monterrey haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Monterrey is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Puebla have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 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 América 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 Juárez 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 Atlético 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.