PUEBLA. Cruz Azul snatched a late win Puebla 1-0 after U. Antuna scored a penalty (90′). Cruz Azul was truly better in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc stadium in Puebla on Friday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Katia Itzel García with the collaboration of Christian Kiabek Espinosa Zavala and Leonardo Javier Castillo Rodríguez. The 4th official was Diego Montaño Robles. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 26.57 degrees Celsius or 79.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Cruz Azul was in firm control of the ball 69% while Puebla was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cruz Azul had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cruz Azul won the encounter.
Puebla shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Cruz Azul shot 24 times, 5 on target, 17 off target.
Cards
Puebla received 5 yellow cards (Fernando Navarro, Sebastián Olmedo, Alberto Herrera, Lucas Cavallini and Pablo González). On the opposite side, Cruz Azul didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Puebla stays with 5 points to sit in the 18th place. On the other side, Cruz Azul will has 17 points like Atlas to hold in the 14th place.
Next matches
Puebla – Formation
Puebla started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).
The manager Andrés José Carevic Ghelfi decided to play with the following team: Jesús Rodríguez
, Gustavo Ferrareis , Sebastián Olmedo , Efraín Orona , Brayan Angulo , Luis García , Diego de Buen , Pablo González , Alberto Herrera , Ángel Robles and Santiago Ormeño .The home team had on the bench: Fernando Navarro
, Lucas Cavallini , Gabriel Carabajal, Lucas de los Santos , Kevin Velasco , Gastón Silva, Carlos Baltazar , Miguel Fraga, Miguel Sansores and Martín Barragán.Substitutions
Puebla made 5 changes: Ángel Robles for Kevin Velasco (66′), Luis García for Carlos Baltazar (65′), Santiago Ormeño for Lucas Cavallini (56′), Alberto Herrera for Carlos Vargas (83′) and Pablo González for Fernando Navarro (82′).
Player of the match: Jesús Rodríguez
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Puebla was the goalkeeper: Jesús Rodríguez. His rating is 7.75. He performed 4 saves.
Cruz Azul – Formation
Cruz Azul started with a 3-3-2-2 line-up (3-3-2-2).
Martin Anselmi played with: Kevin Mier
, Willer Ditta , Carlos Salcedo , Gonzalo Piovi , Carlos Rodríguez , Ignacio Rivero , Lorenzo Faravelli , Alexis Gutiérrez , Camilo Cándido , Uriel Antuna and Carlos Rotondi .The following players were sitting on the bench: Andrés Gudiño, É. Lira
, Ángel Sepúlveda , R. Huescas , Carlos Vargas , Raymundo Rubio, Amaury Morales Rosas, Mauro Zaleta, Bryan Javier Gamboa Galarza and M. Levy.Substitutions
Cruz Azul made 4 changes: Carlos Salcedo for Ángel Sepúlveda (63′), Lorenzo Faravelli for É. Lira (75′), Alexis Gutiérrez for R. Huescas (82′) and Camilo Cándido for Lucas de los Santos (82′).
Player of the match: Gonzalo Piovi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cruz Azul was Gonzalo Piovi even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is
with 101 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.
- Querétaro – Mazatlán – 0-2
- Necaxa – Santos Laguna – 2-0
- Puebla – Cruz Azul – 0-1
- Pachuca – Guadalajara – 0-1