Tijuana vs Puebla: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 02:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Caliente (27333 seats)

This is where the action is, this is Liga MX and this is Tijuana - Puebla. Prepare with our thorough match guide!

Insights:
  • All of Tijuana's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Puebla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

This should be an exciting game with lots of fun and energy as both sides are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Tijuana form and stats

Tijuana must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Liga MX games here at Estadio Caliente. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Caliente.

Tijuana faced defeat in their previous match, away at Toluca (1-3). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points in three league games. Lértora (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.3/10. Lértora had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Mazatlán in a game that was won 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tijuana handle that role? We have found 21 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Tijuana has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. From these home matches, Tijuana have conceded only 2 goals.

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Puebla form and stats

Playing away, Puebla have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Liga MX this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Toluca (placed 1st) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Goalkeeper Silva made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Toluca. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Attacker Fernández got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Fernández scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 21 total).

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Atlético San Luis.

Puebla are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

After this away game Puebla return home for a Liga MX game against Necaxa. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Puebla has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. In the opposite end, Puebla have conceded 6 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these participants: Tijuana won five, Puebla were winners in two and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

TijuanaL. Rodríguez
L. Rodríguez
2 goals
PueblaM. Barragán Negrete
M. Barragán Negrete
2 goals
TijuanaV. Guzmán Olmedo
V. Guzmán Olmedo
1 goals

Tijuana missing players

Puebla missing players

Tijuana Puebla
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 1 4 7
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 4
3 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
8 4 0 Scored S 2 7 9
8 2 2 Conceded C 2 6 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 57%
29% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 14%
43% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 57%
29% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
29% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 29%
 
4.1 6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.5 6
6.4 3.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.2 5.6
2.9 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.2 3
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.9 8.7 1 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.5 11.3
3.1 3.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.8 3.7
36% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 47% 35%
 
13.4 5.7 3 Shots against (avg) S A 22 15.5 11.4
4.4 2.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6 4.3
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • All of Tijuana's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Puebla have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Puebla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Puebla have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Puebla haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Tijuana have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Tijuana 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 Toluca 8 5 2 1 14 8 4 3 1 0 9 5 4 2 1 1 5 3 6 17
2 Monterrey 7 5 1 1 17 8 3 3 0 0 9 3 4 2 1 1 8 5 9 16
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 7 4 0 3 8 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 2 0 2 4 4 1 12
6 Santos Laguna 6 3 1 2 11 7 4 3 1 0 10 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 4 10
7 Puebla 7 2 4 1 9 7 3 1 2 0 2 1 4 1 2 1 7 6 2 10
8 Tijuana 7 3 1 3 8 8 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 1 1 2 4 6 0 10
9 León 7 2 3 2 10 13 3 1 1 1 6 6 4 1 2 1 4 7 -3 9
10 Pumas UNAM 6 1 5 0 7 6 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 8
11 Cruz Azul 7 2 2 3 9 13 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 5 9 -4 8
12 Juarez 8 1 4 3 6 7 4 0 3 1 3 4 4 1 1 2 3 3 -1 7
13 Atlas 7 2 1 4 9 11 3 2 0 1 7 5 4 0 1 3 2 6 -2 7
14 America 6 2 1 3 7 9 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 3 4 8 -2 7
15 Atlético San Luis 8 1 4 3 5 7 4 0 1 3 2 5 4 1 3 0 3 2 -2 7
16 Mazatlán 7 1 3 3 7 11 4 1 1 2 5 7 3 0 2 1 2 4 -4 6
17 Guadalajara 7 0 5 2 4 6 4 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 4 5 -2 5
18 Querétaro 7 0 2 5 6 15 3 0 1 2 3 7 4 0 1 3 3 8 -9 2

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.