A total of eight rounds of games are played and both Puebla and Necaxa are at the right end of the league table. Get this show on the road!
- Puebla have not yet lost a game at home.
- Necaxa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
It's no vacation for neither Puebla nor Necaxa as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Puebla form and stats
Puebla must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Liga MX games here at Estadio Cuauhtémoc. The last three games played by Puebla, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Puebla drew their last game, 3-3 away at Tijuana (placed 7th). Late drama in the game against Tijuana as Puebla were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Reyes popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. Reyes (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.11/10. Reyes scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 31 successful passes (of 34 total).
1-1 away at Toluca before that.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Puebla handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The manager Larcamón will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Atlas in only four days.
Puebla have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. Puebla have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Necaxa form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Necaxa playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season.
Necaxa might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Monterrey proved too strong as Necaxa slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes. Attacker Garnica got a player rating of 7.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Garnica scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Prior to that result Necaxa won their away game at Atletico San Luis. The scoreline was 2-1.We have checked recent matches where Necaxa have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Guadalajara in just three days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Necaxa has managed 4 goals and let in 4 from 4 matches.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for Puebla, three draws and three wins for Necaxa. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Giménez 3 goals |  G. Ferrareis 2 goals | I. Reyes Romero 2 goals |
Puebla missing players
Necaxa missing players
| Puebla | Necaxa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 88% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 5.8 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 5.6 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 12.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.1 |
| 40% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 36% |
| 11.8 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.5 | 13.2 |
| 4.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
- Necaxa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Necaxa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Necaxa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Puebla have not yet lost a game at home.
- Puebla have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Puebla have won significantly more corners at 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 | Monterrey | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Toluca | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Tigres UANL | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Pachuca | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Necaxa | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Puebla | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Tijuana | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | America | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Mazatlán | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Leon | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | Atlas | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Pumas UNAM | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Atletico San Luis | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Cruz Azul | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 8 |
| 16 | Juarez | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | Guadalajara | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 18 | Querétaro | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 3 |
