Durango vs Cimarrones de Sonora: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Thu 05.January
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Francisco Zarco (18000 seats)

Cimarrones de Sonora go to Durango and Estadio Francisco Zarco full of hope and confidence, but the host team is no muppet. More news on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Durango have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Cimarrones de Sonora have the most points from losing position (11) in Liga de Expansión MX

It's quite the trip for Cimarrones de Sonora when visiting Durango as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

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Durango form and stats

The story so far in the Liga de Expansión MX for Durango at their home stadium (Estadio Francisco Zarco) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats.

Durango haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Jimenez (own goal) scored that one.

In their previous game, the manager Luque led his Durango to a defeat away at Celaya. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Francisco Zarco.

Preceding that match was the home game against Celaya that was lost 0-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Durango perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Durango as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Durango has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

The Durango fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Durango are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Francisco Zarco in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches. 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

As the visiting team in Liga de Expansión MX matches, Cimarrones de Sonora have produced an overall stat of 3-3-3 so far. Cimarrones de Sonora seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Cimarrones lost away at Celaya (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Celaya.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Cimarrones de Sonora in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Cimarrones de Sonora, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

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

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head meeting ended Cimarrones de Sonora - Durango 5-0, played this season. One of the profiles has been Jimenez with 2 goals scored against Durango in these 1 encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Cimarrones de SonoraD. Jiménez Hernández
D. Jiménez Hernández
12 goals
DurangoB. Rosas Cruz
B. Rosas Cruz
6 goals
DurangoJ. Rodríguez Novoa
J. Rodríguez Novoa
6 goals

Durango missing players

Cimarrones de Sonora missing players

Durango Cimarrones de Sonora
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 5 Played P 2 11 21
5 4 1 Won W 1 3 9
8 5 3 Drew D 1 3 7
7 1 1 Lost L 0 5 5
26 16 5 Scored S 3 12 33
31 8 5 Conceded C 1 17 22
85% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
70% 70% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 86%
55% 40% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 52%
45% 30% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 29%
15% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
55% 60% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 57%
25% 30% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 33%
35% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 19%
 
5.3 4 3.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.5 3.6
4.2 3.7 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.4 4.8
3 3.2 3.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.7
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
7.3 5.8 5.4 Shots (avg) S ( 3 4.9 6
2.9 2.8 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 3.1
45% 57% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 43% 50%
 
5.7 3.3 3.2 Shots against (avg) S A 5 6.6 6.5
2.8 1.6 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 3.1 3
Key stats in Liga de Expansión MX this season:
  • 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.
  • Durango have won significantly less corners at home than 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 Tepatitlán 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.