Puebla vs Monterrey Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form has been shaky for both

Puebla's wider sample makes for grim reading: just 6 wins from 20 matches across competitions, with 11 defeats in that stretch. Their last few Liga MX outings brought a draw against Atlante and back-to-back defeats, including a home loss to Toluca.

Puebla: 20 completed matches; Monterrey: 20 completed matches.

Puebla

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

26

Conceded

40

Difference

-14

Monterrey

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

35

Conceded

29

Difference

+6

Monterrey's numbers look healthier on the surface, 9 wins from 20 with only 6 losses, but their recent run has been patchy too. A win over Cruz Azul was followed by a goalless draw with Tigres, and they've also dropped points in cup competition along the way.

Neither side arrives with real momentum, though Monterrey's underlying numbers are a touch more solid.

Comparative Team Statistics: Puebla vs Monterrey

Head-to-head has tilted towards Monterrey

Looking back over recent meetings between these two, Monterrey have had the better of it. Their last visit to Puebla brought a 2-1 win at home for Monterrey back in April, and the meeting before that in Puebla ended 4-2 to the visitors.

Go back further and Puebla have had their moments at home too, including a couple of narrow wins, but the pattern in recent seasons clearly favours Monterrey more often than not.

Recent history leans towards Monterrey, though Puebla have shown they can win at home in this fixture before.

Barely a point separates them

Puebla sit 8th with 14 points from 9 games, while Monterrey are just below in 10th on 13 points from one fewer match played. Goal difference is fairly even for both, with Puebla on 11 for and against, and Monterrey scoring a bit more freely at 14 for, 10 against.

This looks like a genuinely tight match on paper, with little separating the two in league terms.

Ocampos leads the goal threat

Monterrey's L. Ocampos has been their standout attacking player, with 5 goals in 7 matches, while D. Rossi has chipped in with 3 assists in the same span. Puebla's main scoring threat has been E. Mustre, with 3 goals in 6 games.

Puebla:

Penalty cards:

I. Moreno x 1

Monterrey:

Best scorers:

L. Ocampos - 5

H. Cuypers - 3

Best assist providers:

D. Rossi - 3

J. Corona - 2

Penalty cards:

C. Salcedo x 1 x 2

S. Medina x 1 x 1

On the discipline side, Monterrey's C. Salcedo and S. Medina have both picked up a red card apiece in a small sample of matches, which is worth keeping an eye on given how tight this fixture could be.

Ocampos looks like the player most likely to decide this one if Monterrey create chances.