PUEBLA. Puebla was in the end too much to handle for Tijuana with the goal of Kevin Velasco (8′), Guillermo Martínez (37′) and Lucas Cavallini (53′ own).
The match was played at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc stadium in Puebla on Friday and it started at 10:10 pm local time. The referee was César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos with the help of Jorge Antonio Sánchez Espinoza and Erick Durón Martínez. The 4th official was Maximiliano Quintero Hernández. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 22.93 degrees Celsius or 73.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Puebla was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Tijuana that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Tijuana was more pushing with 60 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Puebla found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Puebla shot 13 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Tijuana shot 22 times, 6 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Puebla received 1 yellow card (Jesús Rodríguez). Regarding the opposition, Tijuana received 1 yellow card (Rodrigo Godinez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Puebla will have 7 points like Monterrey, León and Querétaro to move down in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Tijuana will stay with 5 points to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga MX, Puebla will play away with Cruz Azul on the 13th of November with a 12-8 head to head record in favor of Cruz Azul (13 draws).
Tijuana will host Pachuca on the 11th of November with a 10-9 head to head record in favor of Pachuca (6 draws).
Puebla – Formation
Puebla started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Eduardo Arce Peña decided to play with the following team: Jesús Rodríguez , Gustavo Ferrareis , Sebastian Olmedo , Gastón Silva , Brayan Angulo , Kevin Velasco , Pablo González , Diego de Buen , Daniel Álvarez , Martín Barragán and Guillermo Martínez .
The home team had on the bench: Efrain Orona, Gabriel Carabajal , Facundo Waller , Alberto Herrera, Luis Garcia, Carlos Baltazar , Daniel Aguilar , Diego Zago Gravito, Miguel Fraga and Miguel Sansores.
Substitutions
Puebla made 4 changes: Daniel Álvarez for Facundo Waller (63′), Martín Barragán for Gabriel Carabajal (69′), Kevin Velasco for Carlos Baltazar (69′) and Brayan Angulo for Daniel Aguilar (80′).
Best player: Guillermo Martínez
The player that probably impressed the most for Puebla was Guillermo Martínez.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 16.
Tijuana – Formation
Tijuana started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
Miguel Ernesto Herrera Aguirre played with: Antonio Rodríguez , Kevin Balanta , Rodrigo Godinez , Rafael Fernández , Diego Barbosa , Fernando Madrigal , Christian Rivera , Francisco Contreras , Silvio Martínez , Kevin Castañeda and Carlos Gonzalez .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Rodrigo Parra, Lucas Cavallini , Aarón Mejía , Eduardo Armenta , Iván Tona, Jesús Vega , Jesús Corona, Abraham Flores, Carlos Galicia and Daniel Vázquez Contreras.
Substitutions
Tijuana made 4 changes: Silvio Martínez for Lucas Cavallini (46′), Kevin Castañeda for Eduardo Armenta (69′), Diego Barbosa for Aarón Mejía (69′) and Francisco Contreras for Jesús Vega (69′).
Best player: Christian Rivera
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Tijuana was Christian Rivera.
His rating is with 54 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 20.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.