Home advantage could prove decisive in Celaya - Cimarrones de Sonora battle

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés (32300 seats)

These two squads are satisfied with a nice season so far and games like this could be key. Read up on Celaya - Cimarrones de Sonora!

Insights:
  • Celaya have the most clean sheets (12) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Cimarrones de Sonora have the most points from losing position (11) in Liga de Expansión MX

These teams have little in common geographically as Cimarrones de Sonora have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Celaya form and stats

Home games in the Liga de Expansión MX have been a walk in the park for Celaya so far, with 21 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Celaya after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Celaya supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Cimarrones de Sonora and win 3-1.

Before that, Celaya played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Cimarrones de Sonora.

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 Celaya have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 21 games) they have won 13 times, drawn 8 and lost 0.

A decent goal production from Celaya in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Celaya have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cimarrones de Sonora form and stats

Playing away, Cimarrones de Sonora have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Liga de Expansión MX this season. Cimarrones de Sonora has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Cimarrones de Sonora are travelling again after losing away to Celaya in their previous match (1-3).

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Celaya.

We have checked recent matches where Cimarrones have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 19 games were 3 victories, 9 draws and 7 defeats.

The visiting Cimarrones de Sonora have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 9 games. 12 goals have been conceded by Cimarrones in these games.

Head 2 Head

Celaya have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when facing Cimarrones de Sonora.

Celaya - Cimarrones de Sonora 3-1 was the output when this pair of sides previously met, some time ago this season. These clubs fought fiercely when they last met. Both Ramirez (Celaya) and Reyes (Cimarrones de Sonora) were each shown a red card. The matches between these teams have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Cimarrones de SonoraD. Jiménez Hernández
D. Jiménez Hernández
12 goals
CelayaR. Marín Sánchez
R. Marín Sánchez
11 goals
Cimarrones de SonoraE. Torres Ulloa
E. Torres Ulloa
6 goals

Celaya missing players

Cimarrones de Sonora missing players

Celaya Cimarrones de Sonora
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 4 11 21
15 9 2 Won W 1 3 9
3 0 0 Drew D 1 3 7
3 1 0 Lost L 2 5 5
33 18 4 Scored S 5 12 33
14 7 1 Conceded C 7 17 22
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
62% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 86%
38% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 45% 52%
24% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 29%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
33% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 64% 57%
57% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 33%
19% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 18% 19%
 
5.2 5.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 3.6
3.9 3.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.4 4.8
3.3 3.6 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
6.5 6.3 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4.2 4.9 6
3.1 3.3 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.5 3.1
50% 55% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 43% 50%
 
5.8 5.5 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.8 6.6 6.5
2.2 2.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.1 3
Key stats in Liga de Expansión MX this season:
  • Celaya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Celaya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Celaya have the most clean sheets (12) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Celaya have the most points (21) at home in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Celaya haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cimarrones de Sonora have the most points from losing position (11) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Cimarrones de Sonora have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Cimarrones de Sonora 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 Celaya 17 12 2 3 28 13 8 7 0 1 14 6 9 5 2 2 14 7 15 38
2 Atlante 17 9 7 1 34 14 8 6 2 0 17 4 9 3 5 1 17 10 20 34
3 Universidad Guadalajara 17 9 4 4 26 13 8 4 3 1 15 6 9 5 1 3 11 7 13 31
4 Cimarrones de Sonora 17 8 6 3 29 16 8 5 3 0 18 4 9 3 3 3 11 12 13 30
5 Dorados 17 8 3 6 23 20 9 4 2 3 13 10 8 4 1 3 10 10 3 27
6 Morelia 17 7 5 5 23 17 9 5 3 1 14 6 8 2 2 4 9 11 6 26
7 Venados 17 7 4 6 21 20 8 4 1 3 13 9 9 3 3 3 8 11 1 25
8 Mineros de Zacatecas 17 6 5 6 27 29 9 4 3 2 16 12 8 2 2 4 11 17 -2 23
9 Tapatio 17 6 4 7 22 27 8 5 2 1 11 5 9 1 2 6 11 22 -5 22
10 Tepatitlan de Morelos 17 5 6 6 22 23 9 4 2 3 15 12 8 1 4 3 7 11 -1 21
11 Zacatepec FC 17 4 8 5 21 16 9 3 4 2 17 9 8 1 4 3 4 7 5 20
12 Durango 17 4 8 5 23 28 9 4 5 0 16 7 8 0 3 5 7 21 -5 20
13 Correcaminos UAT 17 5 4 8 19 22 9 3 3 3 12 12 8 2 1 5 7 10 -3 19
14 Tlaxcala 17 5 4 8 14 26 8 4 1 3 8 10 9 1 3 5 6 16 -12 19
15 Raya2 17 4 6 7 16 22 8 1 3 4 7 12 9 3 3 3 9 10 -6 18
16 CA La Paz 17 4 5 8 22 32 8 4 4 0 17 9 9 0 1 8 5 23 -10 17
17 Cancun 17 3 5 9 8 22 9 2 2 5 6 11 8 1 3 4 2 11 -14 14
18 Pumas Tabasco 17 2 4 11 14 32 9 2 2 5 6 13 8 0 2 6 8 19 -18 10

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.