Dorados will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Mineros de Zacatecas.
It's no vacation for neither Dorados nor Mineros de Zacatecas as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Dorados form and stats
0-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga de Expansión MX numbers at home for Dorados so far this season.
The Dorados fans got no joy from their last match, a Liga de Expansión MX game also here at Estadio Banorte: A 0-1 defeat against Mineros de Zacatecas (placed 2nd). Preceding that game was the away draw at Pumas Tabasco that finished 2-2.
This is expected to be a close game, with Dorados perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dorados as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Dorados has won three of these, drawn six and lost two.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Dorados here at Estadio Banorte in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Mineros de Zacatecas form and stats
2-3-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Mineros de Zacatecas, who have the most points (9) away in Liga de Expansión MX, in their Liga de Expansión MX matches away. The fact that Zacatecas have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Zacatecas are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
The Zacatecas goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 182 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two travels in a row for Zacatecas, whose manager O. Moreno Galindo could celebrate last time after the Liga de Expansión MX win against Dorados. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Zacatepec FC.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by Zacatecas in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Mineros de Zacatecas, ten draws and five defeats.
Zacatecas are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. 7 goals have been conceded by Zacatecas 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: Dorados - Mineros de Zacatecas 0-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Dorados, five draws and one win for Mineros de Zacatecas. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Zúñiga Murillo 4 goals |  D. López Valdez 3 goals |  M. Hipólito León 3 goals |
Dorados missing players
Mineros de Zacatecas missing players
| Dorados | Mineros de Zacatecas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 56% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 78% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 22% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | 55 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 39 | 69 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 15 | 27 |
| 60% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 60% | 48% |
- Dorados have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Dorados have yet to win a game at home.
- Dorados haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mineros de Zacatecas has the most points (9) away in Liga de Expansión MX
- Mineros de Zacatecas has the most points from losing position (6) in Liga de Expansión MX
- Mineros de Zacatecas has the most scored goals (9) away in Liga de Expansión MX
- Mineros de Zacatecas have not yet lost a game away.
- Mineros de Zacatecas have scored at least twice as many goals away as Dorados have scored home.
- Mineros de Zacatecas have scored in all their matches so far.
- Mineros de Zacatecas haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mineros de Zacatecas is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Mineros de Zacatecas | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 3 | Atlante | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Cimarrones de Sonora | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Morelia | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Tepatitlan de Morelos | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Cancun | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Dorados | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Universidad Guadalajara | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Tampico Madero | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Correcaminos UAT | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Venados | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 13 | Pumas Tabasco | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Tapatio | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 15 | Zacatepec FC | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 16 | Tlaxcala | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 6 |