AGUASCALIENTES. Puebla snatched a late win Necaxa 1-0 after G. Martinez scored just 1 goal (87′). Necaxa was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes stadium in Aguascalientes on Saturday and it started at 12:00 am local time. The referee was Fernando Guerrero Ramírez with the help of José Alfredo López Cruz and Eduardo Acosta Orea. The 4th official was . The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 25 degrees Celsius or 76.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Necaxa had a strong ball possession 61% while Puebla was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Puebla was more aggressive with 37 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Puebla won the match.​

Necaxa shot 14 times, 2 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Puebla shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Necaxa didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Puebla didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Necaxa will stay with 13 points to stay in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Puebla will have 15 points like Santos Laguna and Juárez to move up in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga MX, Necaxa will play away against Toluca on the 21st of October with a 8-4 head to head record in favor of Toluca (8 draws).

Puebla will host Mazatlán on the 20th of October with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Puebla (0 draws).

Necaxa – Formation

Necaxa started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Pablo Adrián Guede Barriero decided to play with the following team: Luis Malagón (7.7), Luis Quintana (6.6), Julio González (7.0), Agustín Oliveros (7.0), Alan Medina (6.1), Fernando González (6.7), Jonathan Gonzalez (6.6), Luis Garcia (6.8), Alex Zendejas (7.2), Maximiliano Salas (6.6) and Sergio Bareiro (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Édgar Hernández, Arturo Palma (6.8), Alfredo Gutierrez, Alonso Escoboza (6.8), Mauro Quiroga (6.5), Brian García, Rodrigo Aguirre (6.5), Facundo Batista (6.1), Ángel Sepúlveda and Fernando Arce Jr..

Substitutions

Necaxa made 5 changes: J. Gonzalez for R. Aguirre (46′), S. Bareiro for A. Palma (46′), L. Garcia for M. Quiroga (60′), M. Salas for A. Escoboza (60′) and A. Medina for F. Batista (86′).

Best player: Luis Malagón​

The most impressive player for Necaxa was the goalkeeper: Luis Malagón. His rating is 7.65. He performed 5 saves.

Puebla – Formation

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

On the opposite side, Nicolás Ricardo Larcamón played with: Jesús Rodríguez (7.3), Emanuel Gularte (7.1), Israel Reyes (7.6), Juan Pablo Segovia (7.2), Gustavo Ferrareis (7.3), George Corral (6.1), Javier Salas (6.9), Lucas Maia (8.2), Pablo Parra (7.1), Christian Tabó (6.4) and Maximiliano Araújo (6.8).

They had on the bench: Martín Lagunes, Alberto Herrera (6.8), Ángel Robles, Dieter Villalpando, Ramón Juárez, Daniel Álvarez (6.8), Raúl Castillo, Diego de Buen (6.2) and Guillermo Martinez (7.4).

Substitutions

Puebla made 4 changes: G. Corral for G. Martinez (46′), P. Parra for D. Alvarez (62′), M. Araujo for A. Herrera (84′) and J. Salas for D. De Buen (84′).

Best player: Lucas Maia​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Puebla was Lucas Maia even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 36 passes (69% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Necaxa – Puebla – 0-1
• Mazatlán – Atlas – 1-0
• Monterrey – León – 0-1