MEXICO CITY. Pumas UNAM overcomes León 1-0 after P. Quispe scored just 1 goal (68′). Pumas UNAM was surely better in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

Alan Medina received a red card (64′)​. This red card was one of the reason why León lost the match.

The match was played at the Estadio Olímpico de Universitario stadium in Mexico City on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Quintero Huittrón with the collaboration of Enrique Isaac Bustos Díaz and Mayra Alejandra Mora Cerero. The 4th official was Mario Terrazas Chávez. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was hot at 27.38 degrees Celsius or 81.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 23%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Pumas UNAM had a superior ball possession 63% while León was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Pumas UNAM was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Pumas UNAM won the match​.

Pumas UNAM shot 18 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, León shot 11 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Pumas UNAM received 1 yellow card (Robert Ergas). Regarding the opposition, León received 1 yellow card (Edgar Guerra).

Also, León didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Alan Medina (León) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (64′).

Standings

After this match, Pumas UNAM has 23 points to hold in the 5th place. On the other side, León will stays with 20 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

Pumas UNAM – Formation

Pumas UNAM adopted the conservative line-up (4-5-1).

The manager Gustavo Alberto Lema decided to play with the following team: Julio González (7.8), Pablo Bennevendo (7.9), Nathan Silva (7.3), Lisandro Magallán (7.5), P. Monroy (6.8), Ulises Rivas (6.8), José Caicedo (7.1), Eduardo Salvio (7.0), P. Quispe (8.1), César Huerta (7.3) and Rogelio Funes Mori  (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: R. Galindo, Rodrigo López (7.1), Christian Tabó, Guillermo Martínez (6.7), Adrián Aldrete , A. Ávila, S. Trigos, Robert Ergas (6.7), Leo Suárez (7.5) and Gil Alcalá.

Substitutions

Pumas UNAM made 5 changes: Eduardo Salvio for Leo Suárez (60′), P. Monroy for Robert Ergas (60′), Ulises Rivas for Adrián Aldrete  (90′), Rogelio Funes Mori  for Guillermo Martínez (73′) and P. Quispe for Rodrigo López (73′).

Player of the match: P. Quispe​

The most impressive player for Pumas UNAM was P. Quispe.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 37 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

León – Formation

Also León adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Jorge Rodrigo Bava played with: Rodolfo Cota  (7.5), Luís Cervantes (6.7), Stiven Barreiro (6.7), Paul Bellón (7.3), William Tesillo (7.0), Andrés Guardado (6.7), Iván Rodríguez (6.6), Edgar Guerra (6.3), Alfonso Alvarado (6.8), Alan Medina (6.0) and Federico Viñas (7.9).

They had on the bench: Alfonso Blanco, Nicolás López (6.4), Elías Hernández (7.0), Ángel Mena (6.8), Gonzalo Nápoli, Adonis Frías (6.8), Osvaldo Rodríguez (6.8), Óscar Villa, Víctor Barajas García and Román Almanza.

Substitutions

León made 5 changes: Andrés Guardado for Adonis Frías (69′), Alfonso Alvarado for Elías Hernández (76′), Edgar Guerra for Nicolás López (76′), Iván Rodríguez for Osvaldo Rodríguez (86′) and William Tesillo for Ángel Mena (86′).

Player of the match: Federico Viñas​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for León was Federico Viñas.

His rating is 7.9 with 17 passes (44% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 20.

Results of the day

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

• Atlas – Atlético San Luis – 2-1
• Pumas UNAM – León – 1-0
• Juárez – Tijuana – 0-1