Apertura - Puebla v Cruz Azul

First leg of the serie.

During the season the team played at Azul stadium and Cruz Azul claim a 4-0 victory.

Puebla

Puebla closed the tournament in a awful way with two consecutive defeats, against Cruz Azul in away (4-0) and in home to Toluca (0-2). Being unable to score in any of those matches. Prior to this the team have claim three consecutive victories, but against mediocre teams, from those 3 teams ( Morelia, Indios Ciudad Juarez, and Atlas), just Monarcas Morelia is playing playoffs.

With 8 draws is the king of the draw, near 50% of their matches ended in draws. Is the worst home side of the one disputing playoffs, with just 3 victories, 4 draws and remarks that just 1 defeat in home. Is the team with fewer defeats in the tournament.

From Puebla remarks this great sacrifice and their playing style despite their limited squad. The team is united despite the lack of support from administration that didn't give them a prize for accomplishing playoffs.

Their bench has limited alternatives if the opposite team accomplish to close their attacking ways.

The absence of MF Rodrigo Salinas will be sensible as he has maintain on the starting lineup during the tournament and was expelled in the last match.

If FW Carlos Ruiz doesn't recover for this match (as expected) Puebla will suffer a big blow to their chances as FW Ruiz is their best striker and the scorer leader of the team.

Suspended:

MF Rodrigo Salinas

Injured:

FW Carlos Ruiz (doubtfoul)

DF Sergio Perez (doubtfoul)

DF ORlando Rincon

Cruz Azul

Close the tournament with no draws, take 6 defeats (3 in home and 3 in away), but won in 11 matches. Is the best away team with 5 victories and 3 defeats, scored 14 goals and allowed just 8.

Carries a streak of 4 consecutive victories, against Atlante, Pachuca, Puebla and Chivas. In that 4 matches the team allowed just 3 goals and collect 1 cleansheet.

Has the scorer leader of the competition in FW Emmanuel Villa, with 17 goals in 17 matches, an average of 1 goal per match. In 17 matches just in 6 was unable to score. This was possible due to the good passes of MF Jaime Lozano.

Their defense isn't the best but close in a great form and National Team member GK Corona together with future National team member DF Rogelio Chavez provide solid support for the team.

injured:

DF Horacio Cervantes

FW Alejandro Vela

Match

Due to position in the overall table, Puebla needs to win the serie to proceed,something Cruz Azul doesn't need as with a tie in the overall score they will be on semifinals. Puebla will go out in this match to look to obtain the advantage that allows them a comfortable visit to Azul stadium next week.

Prediction

A tight match, where Cruz Azul carries the lead due to the overall position advantage. Cruz Azul should continue with their good defense and even are capable of taking a good result here as inform FW Emmanuel Villa has showed what he is capable of doing. Puebla will not be as easy as last match between them, but with the absence of Carlos Ruiz the team is really diminish and looks really hard for them to obtain something from this match.

Pick : Cruz Azul
Odds : 1.87
Stake : 8 / 10
Bookmaker : VCbet
Match Result : 4-4
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