Match Report
Puebla went into the game 9th in the table on 10 points; Santos Laguna sat 17th on 1 — a 9-point gap. Against a league average of 1.4 goals per team per game, Puebla ran at 1.5 scored and 1.5 conceded, Santos Laguna at 0.57 and 1.71.
Santos Laguna had been beaten in four straight games. Over the last five, Puebla had taken 10 of 15 points to Santos Laguna's 3.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 3 Puebla wins, 3 for Santos Laguna, 3 draws, at 2.11 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
Estadio Cuauhtémoc staged the fixture, a ground that holds 51,726. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Puebla: Eduardo Mustre Torres (9'), Eduardo Mustre Torres (53'), Carlos Baltazar (62') · Santos Laguna: Facundo Almada (4' og), Ezequiel Bullaude (51')
Key stats
Possession: Puebla 39% · Santos Laguna 61% · Total shots: 17-4 · On target: 7-2 · Corners: 6-7