Can Toluca beat Puebla in Estadio Nemesio Díez clash?

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 21.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nemesio Díez (31000 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Liga MX table so far. Here's the Toluca - Puebla latest:

Insights:
  • Puebla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Toluca form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Nemesio Díez as Toluca have scored 14 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Liga MX are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A. Canelo was the last player to score a league goal for Toluca and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Toluca haven't scored in 215 minutes.

The Toluca crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Pachuca here at Estadio Nemesio Díez in a Liga MX match. Preceding that game was the away draw at Atlético San Luis that finished 0-0.

Toluca have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Nemesio Díez with 14 goals in 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Toluca's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Puebla form and stats

4 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Puebla playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season.

Puebla might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Atlas proved too strong as Puebla slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Cuauhtémoc. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Tigres UANL.

Puebla have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Puebla have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Puebla - Toluca 4-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Toluca wins - draws - Puebla wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TolucaA. Canelo
A. Canelo
14 goals
PueblaS. Ormeño Zayas
S. Ormeño Zayas
13 goals
TolucaM. Estrada Martínez
M. Estrada Martínez
6 goals

Toluca missing players

Puebla missing players

Toluca Puebla
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 2 15 31
11 9 2 Won W 2 6 11
6 2 0 Drew D 0 2 7
12 3 2 Lost L 0 7 13
40 24 4 Scored S 2 16 37
41 13 4 Conceded C 0 19 37
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
72% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 53% 58%
52% 43% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 39%
38% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 26%
28% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 16%
59% 43% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 47% 48%
31% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 27% 26%
21% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 1.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 4 5
 
10.8 11.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 9.3 10.1
3.8 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.9 3.3
37% 41% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 37% 37%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Puebla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Puebla haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Leon 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 Juarez 17 4 7 6 16 19 9 3 4 2 6 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -3 19
14 Mazatlán 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 Querétaro 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.