Balanced ball game between Puebla and Monterrey expected

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Cuauhtémoc (51726 seats)

Home team gets the points, the away team runs away as victors or a score draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table teams Puebla and Monterrey clash at Estadio Cuauhtémoc.

Insights:
  • Puebla have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Liga MX
  • Monterrey have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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

The story so far in the Liga MX for Puebla at their home stadium (Estadio Cuauhtémoc) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Puebla, who played 1-1 against Atlas. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Cuauhtémoc). Maia, defender, was given a rating of 7.84/10 in that game, top of the team. Maia hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Queretaro.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Puebla have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost four.

Early season league goal statistics from Puebla's 9 home games: 9 goals, 9 conceded.

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Monterrey form and stats

Monterrey have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga MX, after 1-5-3 (9 played).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Monterrey playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were four Monterrey wins, six draws and four defeats.

12 goals have been conceded by Monterrey in these games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the result Monterrey - Puebla 1-1 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Puebla two wins, five draws and Monterrey three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MonterreyR. Funes Mori
R. Funes Mori
8 goals
MonterreyM. Meza
M. Meza
5 goals

Puebla missing players

Monterrey missing players

Puebla Monterrey
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 14 4 Played P 3 12 23
10 5 0 Won W 1 3 7
9 6 3 Drew D 2 6 11
6 3 1 Lost L 0 3 5
29 18 5 Scored S 6 18 30
24 15 7 Conceded C 3 14 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 83%
80% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 70%
20% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 35%
12% 21% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 26%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 4%
48% 64% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 52%
32% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 35%
20% 14% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 30%
 
4.6 5.5 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.6 4.7
5.6 4.4 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.7 4.2
2.4 2.1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.3
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
13.7 15.2 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.1 13.1
4.2 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.4 4.5
28% 26% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 34% 29%
 
12.4 9.9 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 11.5 11
3.8 2.6 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.8 3.9
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Monterrey have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Puebla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Puebla have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Liga MX
  • 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 América 17 10 5 2 21 10 9 7 2 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 8 8 11 35
2 Atlas 17 8 5 4 21 10 9 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 3 1 13 5 11 29
3 Leon 17 8 5 4 20 14 8 3 3 2 11 6 9 5 2 2 9 8 6 29
4 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 26 14 9 4 5 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 11 9 12 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 9 3 23 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 24
6 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 22 8 3 4 1 13 9 9 3 2 4 9 13 0 24
7 Puebla 17 6 6 5 16 16 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 24
8 Cruz Azul 17 5 8 4 21 17 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 23
9 Monterrey 17 5 7 5 19 16 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 1 5 3 9 12 3 22
10 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 4 3 0 22
11 Pumas UNAM 17 5 6 6 17 23 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -6 21
12 Atletico San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlán 17 5 5 7 18 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 20
14 Necaxa 17 6 2 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 20
15 Pachuca 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 8 2 1 5 9 14 -2 18
16 Juarez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Queretaro 17 3 6 8 11 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 3 12 -8 15
18 Tijuana 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 1 2 5 7 16 -11 15

Read more about Liga MX

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.