Soccer betting preview: Tapatío welcomes Alebrijes in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Tue 22.March
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio AKRON (45000 seats)

This match stars two contenders dwelling in the cellar of the Liga de Expansión MX, Tapatío holding 16th position and Alebrijes sitting at 15th. A decent chance for one of the squads to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Tapatío have the fewest scored goals (11) in Liga de Expansión MX

Both squads have had enough days rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face fixture!

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Tapatío form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Liga de Expansión MX this season. Tapatío have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Estadio AKRON.

The regulars are hoping that Tapatío will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Cancun.

Before that, Tapatío had a home game versus Correcaminos UAT which ended with a victory 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Tapatío have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tapatío as they are travelling to their away game against Celaya in the Liga de Expansión MX. That match is three days after this one.

Tapatío have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Tapatío has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Alebrijes form and stats

There's been little loot from Alebrijes's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Liga de Expansión MX. Alebrijes only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 4 draws.

Alebrijes are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Tlaxcala.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Celaya.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Alebrijes playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Alebrijes wins, three draws and two defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Alebrijes are hosting Dorados in the Liga de Expansión MX only four days away.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the teams met previously this campaign; Alebrijes - Tapatío 0-1. Statistics for the preceeding three meetings featuring these two participants are: two wins for Tapatío, zero draws and one win for Alebrijes. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

AlebrijesJ. Cruz González
J. Cruz González
6 goals
TapatíoS. Martínez Vidrio
S. Martínez Vidrio
4 goals
AlebrijesL. Echeverría Pacheco
L. Echeverría Pacheco
4 goals

Tapatío missing players

Alebrijes missing players

Tapatío Alebrijes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 4 13 27
9 5 1 Won W 2 3 9
8 4 2 Drew D 1 5 10
11 4 0 Lost L 1 5 8
23 13 3 Scored S 5 12 28
34 16 2 Conceded C 5 16 28
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 89%
64% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 63%
36% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 31% 33%
11% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 11%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
39% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 56%
36% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 26%
36% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 30%
 
3.6 4.4 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.9 5.1
4.8 4.5 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 4.6 4.4
2.6 2.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.6 2.7
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
6.7 7.4 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8.6 9.1
2.6 2.9 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 2.9 3.4
32% 34% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 32% 31%
 
8.4 8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12 8.3 7.3
3.9 3.6 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4 3.2
Key stats in Liga de Expansión MX this season:
  • Tapatío have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tapatío have the fewest scored goals (11) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Tapatío have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Tapatío have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Tapatío have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 Alebrijes 16 3 7 6 14 17 8 2 3 3 8 9 8 1 4 3 6 8 -3 16
16 Tapatío 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.