Puebla vs Universidad Nacional Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Puebla

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Puebla prepare for this game after a 1-1 Liga MX (Apertura) tied result versus Querétaro FC.

In that game, Puebla had 71% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Puebla was Diego de Buen (9'). For their opponents, Querétaro FC had 18 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Kevin Escamilla (96') was the scorer for Querétaro FC.

Puebla haven’t made the most of their chances of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 3 versus opponents over their previous six fixtures. In those games, Puebla have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them come to 8.

Their previous form shows that Puebla:

• are unbeaten in the league by Universidad Nacional in their previous 3 matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 home league matches.

Universidad Nacional

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Universidad Nacional will go into this match after a 3-2 Liga MX (Apertura) win with the eclipse of Atlético San Luis in their most recent fixture.

Over the course of their previous half-dozen outings, Universidad Nacional have helped themselves to the sum of 9 goals. Universidad Nacional have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. Over that period, their defenders have seen 11 goals scored by their opponents. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend can be sustained here.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Universidad Nacional:

• are winless against Puebla in away games against them for the last 6 league games. Not the best of away records.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 05/09/2020, both clubs have shared the honours with Puebla winning 2 of those games, Universidad Nacional 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

A combined total of 20 goals were scored between them in this period, with 9 for Los Camoteros and 11 netted by Pumas. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was Liga MX (Clausura) match day 10 on 05/03/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Universidad Nacional 2-4 Puebla.

On that occasion, Universidad Nacional had 42% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Goals were scored by Gustavo del Prete (11') and Eduardo Salvio (69').

At the other end, Puebla got 19 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Omar Fernández (31'), Ángel Robles (33', 85') and Federico Mancuello (90') scored.

The referee was César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos.

🗞️ Team News: Puebla

The Puebla boss Ricardo Carbajal doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match with a completely healthy squad available for selection.

📰 Team News: Universidad Nacional

Due to a fully injury-free squad available to select from, the Universidad Nacional manager Antonio Mohamed has zero fitness concerns at all before this match.

💭 Prediction

We feel that Universidad Nacional and Puebla could both end up scoring at least one each in what appears to be a good match-up, with little separating the two teams.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and there should be goals with a draw being quite a realistic outcome. That is why we are leaning toward a very competitive game with a 2-2 score at the end of this game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:57 19/09/2023