Liga de Expansión MX preview: Can Mineros de Zacatecas edge out victory against Tlaxcala?

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Wed 20.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba (18000 seats)

The home supporters expect a victory in this game, and the home advantage could be decisive against a stumbling visitor. Mineros de Zacatecas are in 10th position while the guesting Tlaxcala sweat at 13th.

Insights:
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the most conceded goals (28) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Tlaxcala have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Liga de Expansión MX

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Mineros de Zacatecas form and stats

3 victories, 0 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Mineros de Zacatecas, who have the most conceded goals (28) in Liga de Expansión MX, have to build on here at Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba in the Liga de Expansión MX.

Mineros de Zacatecas's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Tlaxcala. The home side are looking to build on that result.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Atlante.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Zacatecas matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, zero draws and three defeats (from seven games).

Mineros de Zacatecas has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Zacatecas defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Tlaxcala form and stats

Tlaxcala have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Liga de Expansión MX, after 2-1-5 (8 played). Tlaxcala has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Two away games in a row for Tlaxcala, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Mineros de Zacatecas.

Before that, Tlaxcala secured a home win against Tampico Madero with the score 1-0.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Tlaxcala when being an outsider away as they are today, we find eight matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing one and winning three games.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Tlaxcala have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent past meeting involving both these participants is the Zacatecas - Tlaxcala 3-4 played not long ago this season. The ref pulled out his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the culprit was Becerril (Tlaxcala). Previous four meetings with these participants: Mineros de Zacatecas won one, Tlaxcala were winners in three and we saw zero draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals. The games between these sides have sometimes been brutal, having seen 2 red cards from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

ZacatecasJ. Vega Gastelum
J. Vega Gastelum
5 goals
Mineros de ZacatecasSávio
Sávio
5 goals
Mineros de ZacatecasJ. López López
J. López López
5 goals

Mineros de Zacatecas missing players

Tlaxcala missing players

Mineros de Zacatecas Tlaxcala
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 5 17 33
14 8 4 Won W 1 3 10
4 2 0 Drew D 1 5 10
16 7 1 Lost L 3 9 13
49 24 7 Scored S 3 15 33
48 23 3 Conceded C 6 26 40
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
71% 65% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 67%
62% 59% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 35% 33%
32% 24% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 18%
18% 18% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
56% 53% 20% BTTS BTTS 20% 47% 42%
32% 35% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 27%
18% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 47% 39%
 
5.1 5.2 3.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.5 4.8
5.6 4.3 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.2 4.2
2.4 1.9 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.5
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
8.9 9.9 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 6.6 8.8
4 3.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.8 3.6
36% 36% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 28%
 
8.6 7.4 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 9.8 10.1
3.9 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.8
Key stats in Liga de Expansión MX this season:
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the most conceded goals (28) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Mineros de Zacatecas is in the worst form (0-1-4)
  • Tlaxcala have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tlaxcala have the fewest clean sheets (2) away in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Tlaxcala have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Liga de Expansión MX

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dorados 16 11 4 1 34 13 9 7 1 1 21 8 7 4 3 0 13 5 21 41
2 Atlante 16 9 4 3 22 9 8 6 1 1 12 4 8 3 3 2 10 5 13 33
3 Morelia 16 8 4 4 22 18 9 4 3 2 13 12 7 4 1 2 9 6 4 32
4 Celaya 16 7 4 5 20 16 7 4 2 1 11 5 9 3 2 4 9 11 4 28
5 Pumas Tabasco 16 5 8 3 16 15 7 0 5 2 3 7 9 5 3 1 13 8 1 28
6 Universidad Guadalajara 16 7 4 5 21 18 7 4 2 1 11 6 9 3 2 4 10 12 3 27
7 Tampico Madero 16 4 10 2 23 18 9 2 5 2 14 13 7 2 5 0 9 5 5 24
8 Cimarrones de Sonora 16 6 3 7 22 22 7 3 1 3 9 7 9 3 2 4 13 15 0 24
9 Venados 16 6 3 7 17 19 9 4 2 3 12 7 7 2 1 4 5 12 -2 23
10 Mineros de Zacatecas 16 6 1 9 24 28 8 3 0 5 11 14 8 3 1 4 13 14 -4 21
11 Correcaminos UAT 16 5 4 7 19 27 8 3 3 2 11 11 8 2 1 5 8 16 -8 20
12 Tepatitlan de Morelos 16 4 6 6 17 20 8 3 2 3 10 11 8 1 4 3 7 9 -3 19
13 Tlaxcala 16 4 6 6 15 20 8 2 5 1 8 6 8 2 1 5 7 14 -5 19
14 Raya2 16 4 5 7 16 18 9 3 2 4 9 7 7 1 3 3 7 11 -2 18
15 Zacatepec FC 16 3 7 6 14 17 8 2 3 3 8 9 8 1 4 3 6 8 -3 16
16 Tapatio 16 3 5 8 11 27 7 1 2 4 6 14 9 2 3 4 5 13 -16 16
17 Cancun 16 3 4 9 14 22 8 1 2 5 7 10 8 2 2 4 7 12 -8 15

Read more about Liga de Expansión MX

The Ascenso MX, or Liga Ascenso, is the second level of the football league pyramid in Mexico. It has 15 teams competing in two league tournaments per year, the Apertura (opening) and the Clausura (closing). Only one team is promoted to the top league in Mexico, the Liga MX.