Evenly matched teams: Veracruz vs Puebla match preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Date: Wed 30.October
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Luis Pirata Fuente (30000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Liga MX, Veracruz holding 19th place and Puebla lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

It's no vacation for neither Veracruz nor Puebla 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.

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Veracruz form and stats

Veracruz's results here at Estadio Luis Pirata Fuente in the Liga MX have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Veracruz's last game was hosting Puebla (placed 18th) and winning 1-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Tijuana.

This is expected to be a close game, with Veracruz perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Veracruz as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Veracruz has won 6 of these, drawn 1 and lost 5.

Veracruz has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Veracruz are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (16 from 8 played).

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Puebla form and stats

Puebla, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga MX, have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Liga MX, after 1-3-4 (8 played). Three has not been a lucky number for Puebla as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Toluca match. Puebla seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Puebla play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Veracruz (placed 19th). A 0-2 defeat away at América before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Puebla in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Puebla, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Puebla as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Puebla have conceded 13 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Veracruz - Puebla 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Veracruz, 1 draw and 3 wins for Puebla. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

VeracruzB. Carrasco
B. Carrasco
3 goals
VeracruzC. Kazim-Richards
C. Kazim-Richards
3 goals
PueblaL. Cavallini
L. Cavallini
3 goals

Veracruz missing players

Puebla missing players

Veracruz Puebla
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 2 8 15
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
4 3 1 Drew D 1 3 4
10 4 1 Lost L 1 4 8
9 8 2 Scored S 3 7 14
36 16 3 Conceded C 4 13 27
93% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 80%
47% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 47%
33% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 33%
27% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 13%
40% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 67%
13% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 7%
53% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 27%
 
3.1 3.4 1 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.1
4.5 4.1 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 9.5 6.9 5.7
1.8 2.1 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.7
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
Key stats this season:
  • Puebla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Veracruz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Veracruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Veracruz
All Liga MX Copa MX
All Home Away Home vs low
06-10-19 LM León 1 - 1 Veracruz
13-10-19 CM Veracruz 0 - 1 Toluca
19-10-19 LM Veracruz 1 - 3 Tigres UANL
23-10-19 CM Veracruz 1 - 0 Zacatepec FC
26-10-19 LM Tijuana 2 - 0 Veracruz
30-10-19 LM Veracruz 1 - 0 Puebla
03-11-19 LM Monterrey 02:06 Veracruz
06-11-19 CM Zacatepec FC 02:00 Veracruz
09-11-19 LM Veracruz 04:00 América
24-11-19 LM Guadalajara 04:00 Veracruz
Puebla
All Liga MX Copa MX
All Home Away Away vs low
02-10-19 CM Puebla 0 - 1 Morelia
06-10-19 LM Toluca 1 - 1 Puebla
19-10-19 LM Puebla 0 - 1 Atlas
24-10-19 CM Cimarrones de Sonora 1 - 1 Puebla
27-10-19 LM América 2 - 0 Puebla
30-10-19 LM Veracruz 1 - 0 Puebla
02-11-19 LM Puebla 02:00 Pumas UNAM
06-11-19 CM Puebla 02:00 Cimarrones de Sonora
09-11-19 LM Morelia 02:00 Puebla
23-11-19 LM Puebla 02:00 Necaxa

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Santos Laguna 15 9 3 3 33 21 8 7 1 0 24 5 7 2 2 3 9 16 12 30
2 Necaxa 15 8 4 3 30 18 8 3 4 1 18 9 7 5 0 2 12 9 12 28
3 América 16 7 7 2 26 20 8 5 3 0 18 8 8 2 4 2 8 12 6 28
4 Querétaro 15 8 3 4 26 15 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 4 2 2 14 6 11 27
5 León 14 7 5 2 31 20 7 3 4 0 14 10 7 4 1 2 17 10 11 26
6 Tigres UANL 14 6 6 2 23 13 7 3 3 1 14 7 7 3 3 1 9 6 10 24
7 Pumas UNAM 15 6 3 6 19 16 8 5 1 2 15 6 7 1 2 4 4 10 3 21
8 Tijuana 14 6 3 5 24 27 7 4 3 0 13 8 7 2 0 5 11 19 -3 21
9 Atlas 16 6 3 7 18 22 8 3 1 4 9 9 8 3 2 3 9 13 -4 21
10 Morelia 14 6 2 6 20 19 7 3 1 3 8 7 7 3 1 3 12 12 1 20
11 Pachuca 14 5 3 6 26 22 7 3 0 4 11 10 7 2 3 2 15 12 4 18
12 Cruz Azul 15 3 8 4 20 20 7 2 4 1 13 9 8 1 4 3 7 11 0 17
13 Monterrey 14 5 2 7 17 20 7 4 1 2 11 9 7 1 1 5 6 11 -3 17
14 Atlético San Luis 15 5 2 8 19 25 8 1 2 5 7 13 7 4 0 3 12 12 -6 17
15 Toluca 14 4 4 6 13 16 7 3 1 3 8 7 7 1 3 3 5 9 -3 16
16 Guadalajara 14 4 4 6 19 23 6 3 1 2 10 7 8 1 3 4 9 16 -4 16
17 Juárez 14 4 2 8 11 18 7 3 1 3 8 7 7 1 1 5 3 11 -7 14
18 Puebla 15 3 4 8 14 27 7 2 1 4 7 14 8 1 3 4 7 13 -13 13
19 Veracruz 15 1 4 10 9 36 8 1 3 4 8 16 7 0 1 6 1 20 -27 7

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