The Venados manager C. Gutiérrez Barriga attacks this game with the team placed 10th so far. In the visitors dressing room Celaya and their manager H. Altamirano Escudero are in 8th place before this match.
Venados and Celaya should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Celaya when visiting Venados as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
Venados form and stats
Venados have collected 3 points from their Liga Ascenso home games so far after 1-0-0.
In their previous game, the manager C. Gutiérrez Barriga led his Venados to a defeat in the Liga Ascenso match away at Mineros de Zacatecas. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Olímpico Carlos Iturralde Rivero. A Copa MX defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Pachuca.
Venados were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Venados's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Celaya form and stats
0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Celaya playing as the away team in the Liga Ascenso this season.
Two away games in a row for Celaya, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Atletico Zacatepec in the Liga Ascenso. A 0-3 defeat away at Monterrey before that.
Celaya have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Celaya - Venados 0-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Venados one win, three draws and Celaya five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Marín Sánchez 4 goals |   F. Uscanga Gutiérrez 3 goals |  L. Sánchez Rodríguez 3 goals |
Venados missing players
Celaya missing players
| Venados | Celaya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 25 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 87% | 71% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 84% |
| 67% | 57% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 42% |
| 60% | 43% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 27% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 13% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 60% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 16% |
| 27% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 53% |
| 27% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 47% |
| 3.4 | 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| 5.9 | 4.9 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 105 | 59 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 56 | 153 |
| 35 | 20 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 22 | 56 |
| 40% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 32% |
- Celaya have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Celaya have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Venados 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 | Mineros de Zacatecas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Correcaminos UAT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Cimarrones de Sonora | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Alebrijes de Oaxaca | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Atletico Zacatepec | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Atlante | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Tampico Madero | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Celaya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Universidad Guadalajara | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Venados | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Cafetaleros de Tapachula | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Dorados | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |