Mineros de Zacatecas favourites for feisty fight facing Cancún

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Fri 07.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba (18000 seats)

In total; 15 matches have been played and Mineros de Zacatecas are 6 points ahead of Cancún. What will the score be?

Insights:
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Cancún have the fewest scored goals (7) in Liga de Expansión MX

This should be an intriguing fixture with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well rested since they last played a game. Let's go!

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Mineros de Zacatecas form and stats

The story so far in the Liga de Expansión MX for Mineros de Zacatecas at their home stadium (Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Mineros de Zacatecas have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Happy days for Mineros de Zacatecas in their previous game, a fixture away at Raya2 (placed 13th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Finally, a league win after three games without one.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Morelia that ended 2-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Zacatecas's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 2.

Some goal stats: A review of the 12 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each side.

Mineros de Zacatecas have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.

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Cancún form and stats

Cancún have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Liga de Expansión MX, after 1-3-3 (7 played).

Cancún played 0-0 against Durango in their previous match.

A loss against Dorados was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cancún when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.

Observe: 12 of the last 14 league fixtures featuring this side have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

A new game in only four days for Cancún, the Liga de Expansión MX home match versus Tepatitlán de Morelos. Busy days.

Goals are few and far between in Cancún's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 7 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last four meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Mineros de Zacatecas, one draw and one win for Cancún. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games. The games between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Mineros de ZacatecasL. Razo Miranda
L. Razo Miranda
6 goals
ZacatecasH. Torres Martínez
H. Torres Martínez
3 goals
Mineros de ZacatecasJ. Blanco Martínez
J. Blanco Martínez
3 goals

Mineros de Zacatecas missing players

Cancún missing players

Mineros de Zacatecas Cancún
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 1 7 15
5 3 2 Won W 0 1 3
5 3 0 Drew D 0 3 5
5 2 0 Lost L 1 3 7
22 12 3 Scored S 0 2 7
25 12 1 Conceded C 1 7 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 57% 67%
80% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 43% 47%
60% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 33%
40% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
20% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 20%
27% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 47%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 86% 67%
 
6.3 8.1 10 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3 4.1
4.9 4.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 12 6.4 5.9
3.5 3.2 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 2.7 3
6 5 0 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
8.8 8.2 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5.6 6.5
3.9 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.4 2.8
38% 40% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 17%
 
6.7 5 2 Shots against (avg) S A 11 7.7 7.6
2.8 2 0.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.4 2.6
Key stats in Liga de Expansión MX this season:
  • Cancún have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Cancún have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cancún have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Cancún have the fewest scored goals (7) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Cancún have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Cancún have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have scored more than double the goals of Cancún.
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Mineros de Zacatecas haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 16 12 2 2 28 10 7 7 0 0 14 3 9 5 2 2 14 7 18 38
2 Atlante 16 8 7 1 30 13 7 5 2 0 13 3 9 3 5 1 17 10 17 31
3 Universidad Guadalajara 16 8 4 4 25 13 8 4 3 1 15 6 8 4 1 3 10 7 12 28
4 Cimarrones de Sonora 15 7 5 3 26 15 7 5 2 0 17 3 8 2 3 3 9 12 11 26
5 Morelia 16 7 5 4 23 16 8 5 3 0 14 5 8 2 2 4 9 11 7 26
6 Venados 16 7 3 6 20 19 8 4 1 3 13 9 8 3 2 3 7 10 1 24
7 Dorados 15 7 2 6 20 19 7 3 1 3 10 9 8 4 1 3 10 10 1 23
8 Tapatio 14 6 3 5 18 19 8 5 2 1 11 5 6 1 1 4 7 14 -1 21
9 Zacatepec FC 16 4 8 4 21 14 9 3 4 2 17 9 7 1 4 2 4 5 7 20
10 Mineros de Zacatecas 15 5 5 5 22 25 8 3 3 2 12 12 7 2 2 3 10 13 -3 20
11 Tlaxcala 17 5 4 8 14 26 8 4 1 3 8 10 9 1 3 5 6 16 -12 19
12 Tepatitlán de Morelos 15 4 6 5 20 20 8 4 2 2 15 10 7 0 4 3 5 10 0 18
13 Raya2 16 4 5 7 14 20 7 1 2 4 5 10 9 3 3 3 9 10 -6 17
14 Durango 16 3 8 5 19 27 8 3 5 0 12 6 8 0 3 5 7 21 -8 17
15 Correcaminos UAT 16 4 4 8 16 22 9 3 3 3 12 12 7 1 1 5 4 10 -6 16
16 Cancún 15 3 5 7 7 16 8 2 2 4 5 9 7 1 3 3 2 7 -9 14
17 CA La Paz 16 3 5 8 19 30 7 3 4 0 14 7 9 0 1 8 5 23 -11 14
18 Pumas Tabasco 16 2 3 11 12 30 9 2 2 5 6 13 7 0 1 6 6 17 -18 9

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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.