February 27th features a match where Chivas plays host to Puebla in a clash of these two mismatched Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. Chivas sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against León. Victor Dávila scored the first goal for León in the 18th minute, then Cristian Calderon got the equalizer for Chivas in the 81st minute on a feed from Isaac Brizuela. Chivas is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while puebla sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Monterrey. Diego De Buen struck first for Puebla in the 3rd minute on a feed from Federico Mancuello, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Monterrey couldn’t muster any offence and Puebla ran away with the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Puebla should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Chivas and Puebla last played eachother at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc on the 21st of November. Puebla and Chivas battled to a 2-2 draw. Isaac Brizuela scored the first goal for Chivas in the 6th minute, but Christian Tabó got the equalizer for Puebla in the 20th minute .
Puebla hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Pablo Parra and Carlos Joel Salcedo Hernandez, and they each have 1 goal. Vega Rojas has been the most prolific scorer on Chivas in his last five matches with 2 goals.