CF Pachuca vs Puebla: result, lineups & analysis — Liga MX


Tuesday, 18 August 2026 at 03:06 UTC
🏟 Estadio Miguel Hidalgo · Pachuca de Soto
🎯 Final analysis grade
4/10✓ Got right: The analysis correctly backed over 2.5 goals, although it treated the market as only moderate support. It also recognised that Pachuca had greater shot volume and could expose the flanks by pushing its full-backs forward, a dynamic consistent with Puebla's 2.27 xG from transitions.
✗ Missed: The home-team favoritism was overstated, while Puebla's low average xG understated its actual threat in this match: the visitors produced 2.27 xG, virtually equal to Pachuca's 2.25, and won through greater efficiency. The analysis also did not give enough weight to the risk that Pachuca's volume would lead to wastefulness, as it recorded 22 shots but only four on target.
Post-match self-grade of our pre-match analysis (1-10). Feeds the system’s learning loop.
📊 Market expectation (1X2)
Market heat 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Odds movement ±8pts
De-vigged implied probability · for analysis only, not betting advice.
📐 Statistical score reference
Poisson reference based only on season goal averages. It is not the full-analysis prediction or betting advice.
🎓 Coaches / Formations
🔬 Advanced data (averages)
Per-game averages in this competition · FootyStats / API-Football
📈 Recent form
- 2026-09-12 · (A) 3–0 vs Atlante FC
- 2026-09-05 · (A) 2–0 vs FC Juarez
- 2026-08-29 · (H) 1–1 vs Guadalajara Chivas
- 2026-08-23 · (A) 1–1 vs Atletico San Luis
- 2026-08-18 · (H) 2–3 vs Puebla
- 2026-09-12 · (A) 1–0 vs Necaxa
- 2026-08-30 · (A) 0–2 vs Club America
- 2026-08-23 · (H) 3–2 vs Santos Laguna
- 2026-08-18 · (A) 3–2 vs CF Pachuca
- 2026-08-01 · (H) 1–1 vs Guadalajara Chivas
🆚 Head-to-head
- 2026-08-18 · CF Pachuca 2–3 Puebla
🧑⚖️ Referee
A. Barba
Referee averages in this competition · 1 games · PK Sport
✅ Confirmed lineups · CF Pachuca [4-2-3-1]
API-Football · 18 Aug 2026, 02:44 UTC
- 25Carlos Moreno
- 14Carlos Sánchez
- 4Eduardo Bauermann
- 2Sergio Barreto
- 6Mauricio Isais
- 30Sergio Rodríguez
- 10Elías Montiel
- 29Kenedy
- 26Alan Bautista
- 11Oussama Idrissi
- 23Salomón Rondón
✅ Confirmed lineups · Puebla [4-2-3-1]
API-Football · 18 Aug 2026, 02:44 UTC
- 28Daniel Gutierrez
- 12Iker Moreno
- 5Facundo Almada
- 4Juan Pablo Vargas
- 7Fernando Monarrez
- 24Alejandro Organista
- 21Sergio Sanabria
- 26Kevin Velasco
- 27Brayan Garnica
- 11Emiliano Gómez
- 29Eduardo Mustre
⚡ Key intel: favorable & unfavorable factors
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Analysis based on public data and market signals. For analysis only — not betting advice.
Data: Sportmonks / API-Football · pksport.net