Estadio Cuauhtémoc: Puebla vs Tigres UANL Liga MX preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 03:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Cuauhtémoc (51726 seats)

Season ticket holders at Estadio Cuauhtémoc haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Puebla languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Tigres UANL will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

These teams have little in common geographically as Tigres UANL have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Puebla form and stats

Puebla have collected 4 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 1-1-2.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Nicolas Vikonis Mureau not having conceded a league goal in 226 minutes.

Puebla enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Tijuana's place. The match ended 1-0 with Christian Tabó scoring. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Toluca.

Puebla has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Puebla have conceded 4 in these home matches.

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Tigres UANL form and stats

Tigres UANL have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 4 away matches played so far in the Liga MX. It's all red in the travel logs of Tigres UANL, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Tigres UANL won their last game, 3-0 versus Pumas UNAM played at home. Before that, Tigres UANL secured a home win against Alianza with the score 4-2.

André-Pierre Gignac certainly enjoyed Tigres UANL's last game versus Pumas UNAM, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-0 victory.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Tigres UANL's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Tigres UANL have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Tigres UANL - Puebla 0-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Puebla victories, two draws and five Tigres UANL wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tigres UANLA. Gignac
A. Gignac
19 goals
Puebla
C. Tabó Hornos
5 goals
Tigres UANLJ. Aquino Carmona
J. Aquino Carmona
5 goals

Puebla missing players

Tigres UANL missing players

Puebla Tigres UANL
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 3 14 28
7 4 1 Won W 1 5 12
6 3 1 Drew D 2 4 9
13 6 3 Lost L 0 5 7
26 15 5 Scored S 4 15 40
38 19 9 Conceded C 2 15 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 89%
69% 77% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 75%
38% 54% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 43%
27% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 18%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
50% 54% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 54%
19% 15% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 32%
31% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 25%
 
4 4.2 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.4 4.9
6.3 5.6 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.4 3.8
1.9 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 1.4
6 4 4 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
280 155 64 Total Shots T S 39 127 325
81 47 20 Shots on Target S O 10 41 104
32% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 37% 38%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Puebla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Puebla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tigres UANL has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10)
  • Tigres UANL has the fewest dropped points from leading position (6)
  • Tigres UANL has the fewest points (0) 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 8 5 1 2 19 12 4 3 0 1 9 4 4 2 1 1 10 8 7 16
2 América 8 5 1 2 8 7 4 2 0 2 4 6 4 3 1 0 4 1 1 16
3 Leon 8 5 0 3 16 12 4 4 0 0 11 3 4 1 0 3 5 9 4 15
4 Juarez 8 4 2 2 17 11 4 2 1 1 10 7 4 2 1 1 7 4 6 14
5 Pumas UNAM 8 4 2 2 16 13 4 3 0 1 8 3 4 1 2 1 8 10 3 14
6 Santos Laguna 8 4 2 2 12 12 4 3 1 0 7 4 4 1 1 2 5 8 0 14
7 Queretaro 8 4 1 3 12 10 3 1 0 2 4 3 5 3 1 1 8 7 2 13
8 Guadalajara 8 3 3 2 10 9 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 1 2 1 3 5 1 12
9 Atlético San Luis 8 3 3 2 9 12 4 2 1 1 7 7 4 1 2 1 2 5 -3 12
10 Necaxa 8 3 2 3 15 12 4 1 2 1 7 6 4 2 0 2 8 6 3 11
11 Pachuca 8 3 2 3 8 9 4 2 2 0 4 1 4 1 0 3 4 8 -1 11
12 Tigres UANL 8 3 1 4 10 8 4 3 1 0 8 1 4 0 0 4 2 7 2 10
13 Puebla 8 3 1 4 6 7 4 1 1 2 4 4 4 2 0 2 2 3 -1 10
14 Toluca 8 2 3 3 13 14 4 1 1 2 9 9 4 1 2 1 4 5 -1 9
15 Morelia 8 2 2 4 11 15 4 0 1 3 4 8 4 2 1 1 7 7 -4 8
16 Tijuana 8 1 3 4 5 10 5 1 2 2 3 4 3 0 1 2 2 6 -5 6
17 Atlas 8 2 0 6 6 13 4 1 0 3 3 7 4 1 0 3 3 6 -7 6
18 Monterrey 8 0 3 5 7 14 4 0 2 2 4 6 4 0 1 3 3 8 -7 3

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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.