In this 16th week match, on Saturday Apr 23rd, Puebla plays host to Necaxa in a clash of the Liga MX. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Puebla is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against León. Fernando Aristeguieta struck first for Puebla in the 43rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, León was frustrated by Puebla’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Puebla ended the match with the shutout victory. Puebla is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while necaxa sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-2 win against Atlético San Luis. Milton Giménez struck first for Necaxa in the 20th minute on a feed from Fernando Madrigal, then Germán Berterame tied it up for Atlético San Luis in the 34th minute , but fortunately for Necaxa it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Necaxa is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Oct 16th, Necaxa hosted Puebla in their last match together. Puebla took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Guillermo Martinez Ayala scored the first goal for Puebla in the 87th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Necaxa couldn’t manage to score, and Puebla took the shutout win.
Rodrigo Aguirre has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 5 goals for Necaxa. Both Martín Barragán and Israel Reyes have been the hottest scorers for Puebla in the last five each having scored 2 goals.