Evenly matched teams: Cimarrones de Sonora vs Morelia match preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Thu 11.February
Match begins: 03:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Héroe de Nacozari (21175 seats)

The Cimarrones de Sonora & Morelia managers G. Pereyra Vázquez and R. Valiño are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Liga de Expansión MX league table.

Insights:
  • Cimarrones de Sonora has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Morelia is in the best form (5-0-1)

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

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

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Cimarrones de Sonora form and stats

Cimarrones de Sonora, who have the most points (18) at home in Liga de Expansión MX, have been outstanding at home so far in the Liga de Expansión MX with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Cimarrones has four draws from their last four matches. Cimarrones de Sonora have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Cimarrones manager G. Pereyra Vázquez and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Venados in the Liga de Expansión MX. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Celaya that ended 2-2.

Goals decide football matches and Cimarrones are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 7 league matches. Cimarrones have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Morelia form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Morelia playing as the away team in the Liga de Expansión MX this season.

Morelia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. 10 goals have been conceded by Morelia in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Morelia - Cimarrones 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Cimarrones won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Morelia has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / four

Top Goalscorers

CimarronesÁ. López Sandoval
Á. López Sandoval
6 goals
Cimarrones de SonoraM. Vallejo Navarro
M. Vallejo Navarro
5 goals

Cimarrones de Sonora missing players

Morelia missing players

Cimarrones de Sonora Morelia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 10 20
9 6 1 Won W 1 4 11
5 2 2 Drew D 0 4 5
6 2 0 Lost L 1 2 4
32 19 5 Scored S 2 15 31
24 12 4 Conceded C 2 13 22
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
85% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 75%
50% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 55%
30% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 20%
15% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 15%
60% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 70% 60%
30% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.8 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.3 2.4
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.4 10.3 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.9 8.9
3.9 4.4 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.8 4.2
41% 43% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 31% 37%
Key stats in Liga de Expansión MX this season:
  • Cimarrones de Sonora has the most points (18) at home in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Cimarrones de Sonora has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Cimarrones de Sonora have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cimarrones de Sonora have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Cimarrones de Sonora haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Morelia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Morelia is in the best form (5-0-1)

  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 15 9 5 1 21 10 7 5 2 0 10 3 8 4 3 1 11 7 11 35
2 Atlante 15 9 1 5 25 14 8 5 1 2 12 5 7 4 0 3 13 9 11 32
3 Cimarrones de Sonora 15 9 1 5 25 16 7 6 0 1 14 6 8 3 1 4 11 10 9 30
4 Morelia 15 7 5 3 24 18 7 4 1 2 12 8 8 3 4 1 12 10 6 29
5 Cancun 15 7 3 5 19 14 8 4 1 3 11 7 7 3 2 2 8 7 5 27
6 Tampico Madero 15 6 5 4 14 12 7 2 3 2 7 6 8 4 2 2 7 6 2 26
7 Mineros de Zacatecas 15 6 5 4 24 19 8 4 2 2 13 8 7 2 3 2 11 11 5 25
8 Tepatitlan de Morelos 15 6 5 4 20 15 8 5 2 1 16 7 7 1 3 3 4 8 5 24
9 Tapatio 15 5 6 4 20 14 8 4 2 2 13 8 7 1 4 2 7 6 6 22
10 Tlaxcala 15 5 3 7 13 22 8 3 2 3 8 11 7 2 1 4 5 11 -9 20
11 Venados 15 4 4 7 14 21 7 2 3 2 8 9 8 2 1 5 6 12 -7 17
12 Pumas Tabasco 15 3 5 7 20 30 7 0 3 4 8 16 8 3 2 3 12 14 -10 17
13 Dorados 15 3 5 7 18 27 8 1 3 4 8 12 7 2 2 3 10 15 -9 16
14 Universidad Guadalajara 15 3 4 8 17 21 7 1 4 2 8 8 8 2 0 6 9 13 -4 15
15 Zacatepec FC 15 4 1 10 15 25 8 2 1 5 9 14 7 2 0 5 6 11 -10 15
16 Correcaminos UAT 15 3 4 8 17 28 7 3 1 3 10 11 8 0 3 5 7 17 -11 13

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.