With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Liga Ascenso game of the season. Mineros de Zacatecas look forward to welcoming Venados in front of their home support.
Venados could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa MX game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Pachuca. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
It's quite the trip for Venados when visiting Mineros de Zacatecas as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
Mineros de Zacatecas form and stats
A strong away win for Mineros de Zacatecas against Cafetaleros de Tapachula the last match, as R. Nurse were on target. Prior to that, an away loss at Atlante.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Mineros de Zacatecas have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won 7 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Last season, Mineros de Zacatecas's league statistics were 6 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss, resulting in a 2nd position in the Liga Ascenso. Over these 14 matches they scored 17 goals and conceded 9. Playing at home last season Mineros de Zacatecas managed 5-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 5 conceded.
Venados form and stats
Three consecutive losses in away matches means Venados are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Venados play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Pachuca. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Atletico Zacatepec in the Liga Ascenso.
Venados are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Let's have a look at how Venados performed last season in the Liga Ascenso: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 12 and conceded 13 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 7/8 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Mineros de Zacatecas and Venados have met before this season: Venados - Mineros de Zacatecas 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mineros de Zacatecas 6 wins, 4 draws and Venados 0 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Pérez Ruiz 4 goals |  R. Nurse Anguiano 3 goals |   F. Uscanga Gutiérrez 3 goals |
Mineros de Zacatecas missing players
Venados missing players
| Mineros de Zacatecas | Venados | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 21 |
| 81% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 69% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 57% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 29% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 44% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 44% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 4 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.1 | 3.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 10 | 7.7 | 6.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 120 | 67 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 40 | 99 |
| 61 | 28 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 14 | 34 |
| 26% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 41% |
- Mineros de Zacatecas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mineros de Zacatecas have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Venados have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Venados have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Venados have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Venados haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Correcaminos UAT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cimarrones de Sonora | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Venados | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Celaya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Mineros de Zacatecas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Universidad Guadalajara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Atletico Zacatepec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Zacatepec FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Atlante | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Cafetaleros de Tapachula | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Tampico Madero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Dorados | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |