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

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Wed 20.July
Match begins: 00:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico Andrés Quintana Roo (20000 seats)

This has the looks of quite the action-packed meeting at Estadio Olímpico Andrés Quintana Roo in the Liga de Expansión MX. Cancún is in 13th place and host Tlaxcala in 14th place. Read all about the fixture here!

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

0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga de Expansión MX numbers at home for Cancún so far this season.

Vela was the last player to score a league goal for Cancún and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Cancún haven't scored in 206 minutes.

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

Preceding that match was the home game against Raya2 that was lost 0-1.

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 Cancún have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Early season league goal statistics from Cancún's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.

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Tlaxcala form and stats

0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Tlaxcala in their Liga de Expansión MX matches away.

Tlaxcala aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 183 league minutes without a goal. Morales was the last player to find the net.

Tlaxcala's previous game was their home loss versus Dorados (0-2).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Morelia wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Tlaxcala have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Tlaxcala has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Last five meetings between these participants: Cancún won two, Tlaxcala triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

CancúnA. Sánchez Silva
A. Sánchez Silva
1 goals
CancúnC. Vela Alatorre
C. Vela Alatorre
1 goals
TlaxcalaL. Morales Rojas
L. Morales Rojas
1 goals

Cancún missing players

Tlaxcala missing players

Cancún Tlaxcala
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 67%
 
3 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 4.3
5.3 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 5.3
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.3 3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 10
2.3 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3.7
29% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 18%
 
6 3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 8
2 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 4
Cancún Last season Tlaxcala
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 18   Played P   17 33
10 5   Won W   3 10
7 5   Drew D   5 10
18 8   Lost L   9 13
32 19   Scored S   15 33
44 20   Conceded C   27 41
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
57% 56%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 70%
43% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 33%
20% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 18%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 6%
49% 50%   BTTS BTTS   47% 42%
20% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 27%
37% 33%   Failed to Score F T   47% 39%
 
5.6 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.9
4.3 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4.3
2.4 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.5
2 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
8.3 10.1   Shots (avg) S (   6.8 8.9
3.5 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.6
25% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 28%
 
8.5 7.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.1 10.2
3.2 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlante 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 9
2 Tapatio 3 3 0 0 9 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 3 5 9
3 Raya2 3 3 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 9
4 Correcaminos UAT 3 2 0 1 9 6 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
5 Cimarrones de Sonora 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 6
6 Universidad Guadalajara 3 1 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 5
7 Zacatepec FC 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 5
8 Venados 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 4
9 Celaya 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 3
10 Dorados 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 3
11 Morelia 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 -1 3
12 Tepatitlan de Morelos 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Cancún 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 3
14 Tlaxcala 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
15 Mineros de Zacatecas 3 1 0 2 4 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 3
16 CA La Paz 3 0 2 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 2
17 Durango 3 0 1 2 4 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 8 -4 1
18 Pumas Tabasco 3 0 0 3 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0

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.