Necaxa prevails over Pumas UNAM 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

MEXICO CITY. Necaxa overcomes Pumas UNAM 3-1.

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Necaxa prevails over Pumas UNAM 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

MEXICO CITY. Necaxa defeats Pumas UNAM 3-1. Necaxa was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with A. Medina (20′), R. Aguirre (28′) and R. Aguirre (61′). Pumas UNAM reduced the distance with a goal (69′) by D. de Oliveira Barbosa, but there was not much to do for them. Pumas UNAM lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Estadio Olímpico de Universitario stadium in Mexico City on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Adonai Escobedo González with the collaboration of Enedina Caudillo Gómez and Mauricio Nieto Torres. The 4th official was Maximiliano Quintero Hernández. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.7 degrees Celsius or 74.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 28%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Pumas UNAM

1 - 3

Team 1

Necaxa

  • 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
  • 10 Total 8
  • 6 On Target 3
  • 4 Off Target 5
  • 2 Shots blocked 3
  • 99 Attack 107
  • 26 Dangerous attack 30
  • 99 Ball safe 95
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 4 Corners 1
Fouls
  • 7 Total 15
  • 1 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 6 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Pumas UNAM was in firm control of the ball 57% while Necaxa was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Necaxa was putting more pressure with 30 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Necaxa won the match.​

Pumas UNAM shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Necaxa shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Pumas UNAM received 1 yellow card (H. Meritao). On the other side, Necaxa received 4 yellow cards (D. Villalpando, F. Gonzalez, B. A. Garcia Caprizo and I. Dominguez).

Match Timeline

20'
28'
31'
33'
37'
46'
46'
Alek Álvarez- sub ->Rogerio
46'
55'
59'
61'
62'
62'
69'
72'
74'
78'
89'
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Pachuca
38
17
Tigres UANL
33
17
Atlas
27
17
América
26
17
Puebla
26
17
Guadalajara
26
17
Monterrey
26
17
Cruz Azul
25
17
Necaxa
23
17
Atlético San Luis
23
17
Pumas UNAM
22
17
Mazatlán
21
17
León
21
17
Santos Laguna
20
17
Toluca
19
17
Querétaro
17
17
Tijuana
17
17
Juárez
11
17

After this match, Pumas UNAM will stay with 11 points like Necaxa, Querétaro and Tijuana to gain in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Necaxa will have 14 points to lose in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga MX, Pumas UNAM will host Pachuca on the 1st of May with a 12-10 head to head in favor of Pachuca (20 draws).

Necaxa will host Guadalajara on the 30th of April with a 11-4 head to head in favor of Guadalajara (7 draws).

Pumas UNAM – Formation

Pumas UNAM
G
Alfredo Talavera 1.Mexico
5.8
D
Arturo Ortiz 25.Mexico
6.3
D
Nicolás Freire  23.Argentina
6.3
D
Alan Mozo 2.Mexico
5.8
D
J. Rodríguez Guemes 16.Mexico
6.4
78'
M
Favio Álvarez 10.Argentina
6.2
46'
M
Leonel López 17.Mexico
7.0
59'
M
Higor Meritão 8.Brazil
7.4
72'
M
Omar Islas 19.Mexico
6.4
46'
F
Rogério 21.Brazil
6.4
46'
F
J. Dinenno 9.Argentina
6.7
Substitutes
G
Julio González 20.Mexico
M
S. Trigos 194.Mexico
M
E. Velarde 18.Mexico
M
Cristian Battocchio 22.Italy
6.7
59'
M
R. Galindo 47.Mexico
M
Alek Álvarez 249.Mexico
7.1
46'
M
Jorge Ruvalcaba 198.Mexico
7.0
46'
F
Diogo de Oliveira 33.Brazil
7.3
46' Goals69'
F
E. Montejano 27.Mexico
F
Washington Corozo 31.Ecuador
6.6
78'

Pumas UNAM started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Andrés Luciano Lillini decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Pumas UNAM made 5 changes: F. Alvarez for J. Ruvalcaba (46′), Rogerio for A. Alvarez (46′), O. Islas for D. de Oliveira Barbosa (46′), L. Lopez for C. Battocchio (59′) and J. Rodriguez for W. Corozo (78′).

Necaxa – Formation

Necaxa
G
L. Malagón 1.Mexico
7.6
D
Fabricio Formiliano 14.Uruguay
6.8
D
Alexis Peña  4.Mexico
6.8
D
Idekel Domínguez 2.Mexico
7.1
55'
D
Brian García 17.Mexico
6.4
37'
M
Fernando González 24.Mexico
7.1
33'
M
Fernando Madrigal 6.Mexico
6.4
89'
M
Diéter Villalpando 11.Mexico
7.0
62' 31'
M
Alan Medina 7.Mexico
8.1
74' Goals20'
M
Heriberto Jurado 207.Mexico
7.1
89'
F
Rodrigo Aguirre 27.Uruguay
7.8
62' Goals28', 61'
Substitutes
G
E. Hernández 23.Mexico
D
Luis Quintana 20.Mexico
D
Fernando Meza  30.Argentina
M
Alonso Escoboza 22.Mexico
89'
M
Á. Araos 12.Chile
6.3
62'
M
Antonio López 19.Guatemala
89'
F
Facundo Batista 8.Uruguay
6.8
62'
F
Milton Giménez 9.Argentina
F
Luis García 28.Mexico
6.4
74'
F
Maximiliano Salas 10.Argentina

Necaxa started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Miguel de Jesús Fuentes Razo played with: .

Substitutions

Necaxa made 5 changes: D. Villalpando for A. Araos (62′), R. Aguirre for F. Batista (62′), A. Medina for L. Garcia (74′), F. Madrigal for A. Lopez (89′) and H. Jurado for A. Escoboza (89′).

Results of the day

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