Can Celaya outdo Mineros de Zacatecas in Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés clash?

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Wed 30.March
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés (32300 seats)

The league standings shows that 7 points split the pair of opponents in this Liga de Expansión MX game. Celaya have both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Celaya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the most conceded goals (28) in Liga de Expansión MX

Mineros de Zacatecas could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga de Expansión MX game only three sleeps ago.

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Celaya form and stats

Celaya are steadily winning Liga de Expansión MX games and points here at Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Guillermo Allison Revuelta not having conceded a league goal in 195 minutes.

The Celaya club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Tapatio and win 5-0.

Before that match, a win away at Dorados.

This is expected to be a close game, with Celaya perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Celaya as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Celaya has won five of these, drawn three and lost four.

The Celaya fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Celaya are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.

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Mineros de Zacatecas form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Mineros de Zacatecas, who have the most conceded goals (28) in Liga de Expansión MX, playing as the away team in the Liga de Expansión MX this season.

Zacatecas failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Tlaxcala that ended with defeat 3-4.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Tampico Madero wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mineros de Zacatecas playing away and similar expectations, we found 24 relevant matches. Results were seven Mineros de Zacatecas wins, ten draws and seven defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Mineros de Zacatecas's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. Zacatecas struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H meeting ended Mineros de Zacatecas - Celaya 3-1, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Celaya three wins, three draws and Mineros de Zacatecas four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

CelayaD. Jiménez Hernández
D. Jiménez Hernández
11 goals
CelayaR. Marín Sánchez
R. Marín Sánchez
9 goals
CelayaF. Illescas Mariñelarena
F. Illescas Mariñelarena
8 goals

Celaya missing players

Mineros de Zacatecas missing players

Celaya Mineros de Zacatecas
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 3 15 30
13 7 2 Won W 2 6 13
10 7 3 Drew D 1 2 3
10 2 0 Lost L 0 7 14
43 26 5 Scored S 8 23 45
32 12 1 Conceded C 2 21 43
94% 88% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
64% 69% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 70%
42% 50% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 63%
21% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 47% 37%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 20%
48% 50% 20% BTTS BTTS 33% 53% 53%
33% 44% 80% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 33%
24% 19% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
4.1 4.4 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.9 5.2
5.1 5.1 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.2 5.7
2.2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.8 2.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
8 8.6 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 8.6 9.6
3.7 4.1 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.4 4.3
35% 39% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 35% 35%
 
8.9 8.2 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 7.3 9.9 8.8
3.6 3.4 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 4.9 4.1
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 at home.
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the most conceded goals (28) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the most scored goals in the first half (24) 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 Tepatitlan 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 Alebrijes 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

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.