Liga de Expansión MX preview: Can Cancún edge out victory against Raya2?

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Thu 24.February
Match begins: 01:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico Andrés Quintana Roo (20000 seats)

This game involves two squads residing in the lower parts of the Liga de Expansión MX, Cancún holding 17th spot and Raya2 sitting at 14th. A good chance for one of the contenders to boost their situation.

Insights:
  • Cancún have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Raya2 have the fewest points (6) away in Liga de Expansión MX

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Cancún form and stats

With 1 Liga de Expansión MX win, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Cancún are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Cancún hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Zacatepec FC, Tlaxcala, Cancún, Tapatio and Tepatitlán de Morelos), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

In their previous game, the manager Baudena led his Cancún to a defeat away at Morelia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Olímpico Andrés Quintana Roo.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Tepatitlán de Morelos in a game that was won 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cancún handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, one draw and four defeats.

Cancún have scored 7 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cancún have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Raya2 form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Raya2 so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Guajardo, the Raya2 manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

There were no winners in Raya2's previous match, the home game that ended 3-3 vs Correcaminos UAT.

A 0-1 defeat away at Mineros de Zacatecas before that.

We have checked recent matches where Raya2 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were two victories, one draw and two defeats.

Raya2's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent game: Raya2 - Cancún 1-2.

Top Goalscorers

CancúnD. Delgadillo Pulido
D. Delgadillo Pulido
7 goals
Raya2J. Machado Siqueiros
J. Machado Siqueiros
7 goals
CancúnA. Zaragoza Meneses
A. Zaragoza Meneses
4 goals

Cancún missing players

Raya2 missing players

Cancún Raya2
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 2 11 24
6 3 1 Won W 0 2 7
4 2 0 Drew D 2 3 6
14 7 1 Lost L 0 6 11
23 13 3 Scored S 1 9 24
35 15 3 Conceded C 1 15 26
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 91% 92%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 54%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 33%
21% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 12%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 12%
58% 58% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 46%
8% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 29%
38% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 33%
 
5.4 6.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5 5.1
4.1 3.2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 4.4 5
2.2 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 2.5
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
8.5 10 8 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 7.4 7.7
3.6 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.4
25% 26% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 26% 29%
 
8.9 6.9 3 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.9 8.4
3.3 2.8 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 4.1 3.5
Key stats in Liga de Expansión MX this season:
  • Cancún have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Cancún have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Cancún have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Cancún have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Cancún have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cancún haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Raya2 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Raya2 have the fewest points (6) away 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 Tepatitlán 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 Cancún 16 3 4 9 14 22 8 1 2 5 7 10 8 2 2 4 7 12 -8 15

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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.