📊 Form Guide

Puebla

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Puebla will be looking for an improved result here after the 3-2 Liga MX (Clausura) defeat in their last game at the hands of CD Guadalajara.

In that match, Puebla had 49% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Puebla, the goals were scored by Diego de Buen (89') and Alberto Herrera (93'). Guadalajara got 18 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Javier Hernández (34'), Érick Gutiérrez (57') and Roberto Alvarado (59') scored for CD Guadalajara.

Matches featuring Puebla have usually been absorbing affairs of late with high scoring expected. Over their past 6 games, a grand total of 28 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 4.67 goals per game) with 10 of these accredited to Puebla.

Heading into this contest, Puebla are without a home win in the past 4 league matches. Their fans aren't happy.

Cruz Azul

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Cruz Azul head into the clash following a 2-1 Liga MX (Clausura) win to beat Monterrey in their last match.

In that game, Cruz Azul had 53% possession and 16 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Cruz Azul was Uriel Antuna (49', 70'). At the other end, Monterrey had 3 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Víctor López (67') was the scorer for Monterrey.

Throughout their 6 latest matches, Martín Anselmi's Cruz Azul have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 6 times, giving them the goals per game average of 1.

Leading up to this clash, Cruz Azul:

• have not been beaten by Puebla in away games against them for the last 5 league games. A very decent away record against them.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 17/01/2021 shows us that Puebla have won 3 of them & Cruz Azul 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.

18 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 10 for Los Camoteros and 8 netted by La Máquina Azul. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The previous league fixture between these sides was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 17 on 13/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Cruz Azul 1-2 Puebla.

On that day, Cruz Azul had 56% possession and 19 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer was Willer Ditta (45').

On the other side, Puebla got 11 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Guillermo Martínez (20') and Gastón Silva (59') scored.

The referee was Luis Santander.

🗞️ Team News: Puebla

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just the lone fitness concern for the Puebla boss Andrés Carevic to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Facundo Waller (Knee injury) will miss out.

It’s our opinion that Los Camoteros may well use a 4-3-3 system for this one, utilising J. Iván Rodríguez, Gustavo Ferrareis, Efraín Orona, Sebastián Olmedo, Brayan Angulo, Kevin Velasco, Pablo Gonzalez, Diego De Buen, M. Angel Sansores, Lucas Cavallini and Alberto Herrera.

📰 Team News: Cruz Azul

Thanks to a mainly full-strength group, there’s only the one fitness worry for the Cruz Azul gaffer Martín Anselmi to be concerned about. Gabriel Fernández (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be playing here.

We’re of the thinking that La Máquina Azul could decide to play in a 4-3-3 lineup, settling for Kevin Mier, Carlos Salcedo, Willer Ditta, Gonzalo Piovi, Camilo Cándido, Carlos Rodriguez, Lorenzo Faravelli, Ignacio Rivero, Alexis Gutiérrez, Uriel Antuna and C. Rodolfo Rotondi.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Puebla would be disappointed if they were not to score against this Cruz Azul outfit, although just one goal possibly won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a close game with a 1-2 winning score for Cruz Azul at the end of the match. It’s a very tough call.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 02:13 13/04/2024