Football match preview: Cimarrones de Sonora vs Morelia

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Thu 27.January
Match begins: 03:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Héroe de Nacozari (21175 seats)

Liga de Expansión MX: Two sides in decent shape get together for this match. Morelia with a wee upper hand with their 3rd place in the standings?

Insights:
  • Cimarrones de Sonora is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Morelia is in the best form (4-1-1) in Liga de Expansión MX

It's quite the trip for Morelia when visiting Cimarrones de Sonora as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.

Morelia 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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Cimarrones de Sonora form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga de Expansión MX, Cimarrones de Sonora have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Cimarrones de Sonora with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Cancun game, 92 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Cimarrones haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 182 minutes ago. Saavedra scored that one.

Cimarrones de Sonora faced defeat in their previous match, away at Tlaxcala (0-1).

Prior to that, an away loss at Raya2.

There will be little rest for Cimarrones de Sonora after this match as they are travelling to Correcaminos UAT for a Liga de Expansión MX game in only three days.

The Cimarrones de Sonora fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches.

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Morelia form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga de Expansión MX matches, Morelia have produced an overall stat of 4-1-2 so far. Momentum is building for Morelia in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Morelia had fun at their own home (Estadio Héroe de Nacozari) last time out, beating Raya2 1-0. Ramírez scored.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Mineros de Zacatecas with the score of 2-1.

The schedule is very tough for Morelia now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga de Expansión MX game at Zacatepec FC is waiting in only three days.

Morelia find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head meeting ended Morelia - Cimarrones de Sonora 2-2, played this season. Data for the previous seven meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for Cimarrones de Sonora, one draw and four wins for Morelia. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

MoreliaD. Abella Calleja
D. Abella Calleja
5 goals
Cimarrones de SonoraE. Torres Ulloa
E. Torres Ulloa
4 goals

Cimarrones de Sonora missing players

Morelia missing players

Cimarrones de Sonora Morelia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 8 2 Played P 5 10 21
6 3 2 Won W 2 6 11
3 1 0 Drew D 2 2 5
10 4 0 Lost L 1 2 5
23 10 4 Scored S 7 17 31
26 9 1 Conceded C 6 9 23
95% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 70% 67%
58% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 60% 57%
26% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 30% 33%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 50% 52%
26% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 50% 38%
32% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
5.2 6.1 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5.5 5.9
4.7 3.2 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.4 4.7
2.5 2.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 11.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 9 10.6
4.3 5.5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 4.2 4.8
28% 23% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 40% 31%
 
8.8 9.6 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 8.8 8.6
3.5 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3.2 3.9
Key stats in Liga de Expansión MX this season:
  • Cimarrones de Sonora have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cimarrones de Sonora is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Morelia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Morelia have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Morelia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Morelia is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 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 Cancun 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.