Puebla vs. CD Guadalajara - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to determination connected from past week's decision to Cruz Azul, Puebla invited CD Guadalajara to Estadio Cuauhtemoc connected Friday nighttime looking to unafraid maximum points successful their archetypal location lucifer of the Liga MX season.

Both sides person had mixed starts to the embryonic Apertura campaign, claiming 3 points from an disposable six, and they beryllium conscionable extracurricular the coveted apical 8 spots heading into the 3rd gameweek.

Match preview

Despite playing the last half-hour of their archetypal Apertura lucifer of the play with 10 men, Gerardo Espinoza's men held connected to beat Juarez 1-0 to commencement the play commendably.

Those battling qualities were incapable to spot them done past clip retired contempt Fernando Monarrez's 28th-minute extremity to enactment La Franja 1-0 up astatine Cruz Azul.

This time, the Sweet Potatoers were undone by conceding doubly astatine the extremity of each half, letting successful the equaliser successful the 44th infinitesimal and falling to Osinachi Ebere's 82nd-minute strike.

Unable to respond successful the last minutes, Espinoza's men participate the 3rd gameweek of the Apertura connected 3 points from 2 rounds, level with this weekend's visiting side.

While supporters volition anticipation for a instrumentality to winning ways, caller past does small to promote that aspiration.

Indeed, Chivas person had the amended of their hosts successful the past 3 meetings since a 1-0 decision successful October 2024.

The consequent matches person ended 1-0, 2-0 and 5-0 to Guadalajara, highlighting the chasm successful prime that Gabriel Milito volition look to support this weekend, arsenic Rojiblancos effort to assertion 4 consecutive victories successful this fixture.

The erstwhile centre-back is 12 months into the role, having coincidentally taken implicit successful May 2025 aft Espinoza near the erstwhile month, guiding the nine to a sixth-placed decorativeness successful the Apertura 2025 and 2nd successful the Clausura en way to a semi-final berth successful the latter's last signifier pursuing the regular season.

Maintaining those coveted positions is the bare minimum for Milito and his side, but their Apertura run got disconnected to a dilatory commencement erstwhile they fell to a 2-0 location decision to Toluca.

Not helped by Angel Sepulveda's sending-off aboriginal into the 2nd half, Chivas, already 1-0 down astatine the time, past fto successful different with 15 minutes of mean clip remaining.

However, Chivas Rayadas responded with a ascendant show that was not reflected successful their 1-0 last-gasp victory, highlighted by Roberto Alvarado's 96th-minute winner.

It was nary little than Chivas deserved successful a lucifer which saw them accrue 22 shots to Juarez's six, fashioning 4 opportunities deemed clear-cut, and the Guadalajara outfit purpose to prime up wherever they near disconnected to proceed their ongoing awesome tally against this weekend's location side.

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Team News

Having served his suspension for preventing a goalscoring accidental against Juarez successful gameweek one, Iker Moreno could instrumentality to the Puebla squad for this weekend's match.

New signing Alberto Herrera has already assisted successful gameweeks 1 and two, and the erstwhile Mazatlan midfielder seeks to person different affirmative effect for Los Camoteros astatine Chivas' expense.

While Sepulveda avoided much than a one-match suspension pursuing his reddish paper for convulsive behaviour successful matchday one, respective sources suggest that the forward's presumption is questionable for the play owed to an ankle injury.

As such, Alvarado could beryllium partnered up apical again by Armando Gonzalez, with the erstwhile scoring the game's lone extremity against Juarez successful gameweek two.

After failing to tuck distant promising goalscoring chances past clip out, Bryan Gonzalez volition look to marque the close interaction from near wing-back against Puebla.

Puebla imaginable starting lineup:

Gutierrez; Leyva, Almada, Vargas, Monarrez; Sanabria, Herrera; Velasco, Organista, Gomez; Hernandez

CD Guadalajara imaginable starting lineup:

Rangel; Romo, Castillo, Aguirre; F. Gonzalez; Ledezma, Gutierrez, Carrillo, B. Gonzalez; Alvarado, A. Gonzalez

We say: Puebla 0-2 CD Guadalajara

The hosts person struggled immensely successful this fixture implicit the past year, suffering 3 consecutive defeats without uncovering the backmost of the nett a azygous time.

With Herrera providing a spark for Los Camoteros, they volition undoubtedly airs a threat, but Chivas boast superior prime crossed the transportation and should yet cruise to a comfy distant victory.

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