On the 11th of September, in this week 14 match, Puebla and Chivas will play a match in Zapopan in a meeting of these two Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. 8th placed Chivas is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Toluca. Neither Toluca nor Chivas could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Chivas is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 9th placed Puebla, recorded a 1-1 draw against Querétaro. Ariel Nahuelpán struck first for Querétaro in the 22nd minute on a feed from Pablo Barrera, then Jozy Altidore got the equalizer for Puebla in the 75th minute on a feed from Jordi Cortizo earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Puebla’s top weapon lately has been Martín Barragán, who has three goals in the last 5 matches. Angel Zaldívar has been the most prolific scorer on Chivas in the last five matches with two goals.