Week 8 brings us a match on Aug 13th where Tijuana and Puebla will play a match in Tijuana in a meeting of these two evenly matched Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 31 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. Tijuana sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Toluca. Lopez Rodriguez struck first for Tijuana in the 23rd minute, but Carlos González got the equalizer for Toluca in the 34th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 49th minute on a goal by Jean Meneses to cap off a wild match. Tijuana is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while puebla sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Toluca. Omar Fernández struck first for Puebla in the 17th minute, then Andres Mosquera tied it up for Toluca in the 83rd minute on a feed from Fernando Navarro earning Toluca a comeback draw. Puebla is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Puebla won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Omar Fernández has been the most effective weapon for Puebla lately. The midfielder has netted two goals in his last five matches. Tijuana hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Montecinos Naranjo and Lisandro López, and they each have 1 goal.