📏 Form Guide

Club Tijuana

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Club Tijuana will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 0-1 Liga MX (Clausura) victory versus FC Juárez.

In that game, Club Tijuana managed 27% possession and 6 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Club Tijuana was Raúl Zúñiga (88'). At the other end, FC Juárez got 15 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

Fixtures with Club Tijuana have proved to be exciting encounters recently with a lot of goalmouth action expected. Over their past half dozen games, a total of 20 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 9 of those coming from Club Tijuana. With no two games being the same, we will just have to wait and see whether such a trend might persist in this match or not.

Their past results show that Club Tijuana:

• haven't won against Puebla in their last 5 league matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 8 matches in the league. Such a poor run.

Puebla

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Cruz Azul in Liga MX (Clausura) action, Puebla will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Puebla managed 31% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Cruz Azul had 24 shots at goal with 5 on target. Uriel Antuna (94') was the scorer for Cruz Azul.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Puebla, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The average number of goals per match in that time is 4.17, with the number of goals averaged by Puebla standing at 1.67.

Pre-game facts show that Puebla:

• have left without a victory over Club Tijuana when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
• have not lost to Club Tijuana in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
• are without a win away from home in their last 7 league games.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 23/01/2021 shows us that Club Tijuana have won 1 of these & Puebla 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 23 overall which averages out at 3.83 goals per meeting.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 7 on 02/09/2023 when the final score was Puebla 3-0 Club Tijuana.

That time, Puebla managed 53% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Goals were scored by Kevin Velasco (8') and Guillermo Martínez (37').

Club Tijuana got 22 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Lucas Cavallini (53' Own goal) scored.

The referee was César Ramos.

🗞️ Team News: Club Tijuana

The Club Tijuana manager Miguel Herrera has a full complement, with no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash thanks to a completely healthy group to choose from.

In our view, Xoloitzcuintles should go for a 5-4-1 formation for this game and select J. Antonio Rodriguez, Aarón Mejía, Kevin Balanta, Rafael Fernandez, Nicolás Díaz, Francisco Contreras, Domingo Blanco, Christian Rivera, Eduardo Armenta, Efrain Álvarez and Carlos González.

🗞️ Team News: Puebla

Due to a mostly full-strength squad, there is only the sole fitness problem for the Puebla boss Andrés Carevic to contend with. Facundo Waller (Knee injury) won’t be playing here.

We are inclined to think that Los Camoteros will likely play in a 4-4-2 lineup, giving starts to J. Iván Rodríguez, Gustavo Ferrareis, Efraín Orona, Sebastián Olmedo, Brayan Angulo, Kevin Velasco, Pablo Gonzalez, Diego De Buen, Alberto Herrera, Santiago Ormeño and Lucas Cavallini.

⚡ Prediction

It looks to us that Club Tijuana will most probably dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.

At the other end, Puebla won’t find it easy getting on the scoresheet but do we see them being dangerous at times, too.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a comfortable 3-1 winning score for Club Tijuana when the full-time whistle blows.

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

Peter Guest, 03:07 20/04/2024