GUADALAJARA. Puebla defeated Atlas. Atlas lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Estadio Jalisco stadium in Guadalajara on Friday and it started at 4:00 am local time. The referee was Ismael Rosario Lopez Peñuelas with the support of Marco Antonio Bisguerra Mendiola and Jonathan Maximiliano Gómez Olmos. The 4th official was Hector Salvador Solorio Arreola. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 29.36 degrees Celsius or 84.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 22%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Atlas had a strong ball possession 60% while Puebla was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Atlas was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Puebla managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Atlas shot 18 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Puebla shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Atlas received 1 yellow card (Jordy Caicedo). On the opposite side, Puebla received 5 yellow cards (Lucas Paul De los Santos, Guillermo Martínez, Brayan Angulo, Gustavo Ferrareis and Jesús Rodríguez).

Standings

After playing this match, Atlas will stay with 15 points like Juárez and Pumas UNAM to sit in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Puebla will have 11 points like León, Santos Laguna and Querétaro to soar in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga MX, Atlas will host Necaxa on the 11th of November with a 11-8 head to head record in favor of Atlas (6 draws).

Puebla will play away agasint Cruz Azul on the 13th of November with a 12-8 head to head stats in favor of Cruz Azul (13 draws).

Atlas – Formation

Atlas started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Benjamin Mora decided to play with the following team: Camilo Vargas (6.4), José Abella (6.4), Hugo Nervo (6.4), Gaddi Aguirre (6.7), Luis Reyes (6.7), Juan Zapata (8.2), Aldo Rocha (6.3), Jaziel Martínez (6.8), Augusto Solari (6.6), Jordy Caicedo (7.5) and Jorge Rodríguez (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: José Hernández, Anderson Santamaría, Édgar Zaldívar, Mateo García (6.4), Mauro Manotas (6.8), Jeremy Márquez (7.0), Carlos Robles, Christopher Trejo (6.8), Eduardo Aguirre (6.7) and José Lozano.

Atlas could not rely on the presence of Mauro Manotas (injured).

Substitutions

Atlas made 5 changes: Augusto Solari for Eduardo Aguirre (46′), Jaziel Martínez for Mateo García (46′), Juan Zapata for Jeremy Márquez (78′), Jordy Caicedo for Mauro Manotas (83′) and Aldo Rocha for Christopher Trejo (83′).

Best player: Juan Zapata​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Atlas was Juan Zapata.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 43 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

Puebla – Formation

Puebla started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Eduardo Arce Peña played with: Jesús Rodríguez (7.0), Gustavo Ferrareis (7.0), Sebastian Olmedo (7.0), Gastón Silva (7.5), Brayan Angulo (7.0), Kevin Velasco (6.7), Pablo González (7.0), Diego de Buen (7.8), Daniel Álvarez (6.8), Carlos Baltazar (7.3) and Guillermo Martínez (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Efrain Orona (6.7), Gabriel Carabajal (7.5), Lucas Paul De los Santos (6.8), Luis Garcia (6.8), Daniel Aguilar, Diego Zago Gravito, Miguel Fraga, Miguel Sansores, Martín Barragán and Samuel Andani González Naranjo.

Puebla could not rely on the presence of Gabriel Carabajal (injured) and Efrain Orona (injured).

Substitutions

Puebla made 4 changes: Daniel Álvarez for Gabriel Carabajal (23′), Carlos Baltazar for Lucas Paul De los Santos (57′), Kevin Velasco for Luis Garcia (85′) and Sebastian Olmedo for Efrain Orona (85′).

Best player: Diego de Buen​

The most impressive player for Puebla was Diego de Buen.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 37 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.​

• Atlas – Puebla – 2-3