Liga de Expansión MX game prognosis and match guide for the Mineros de Zacatecas vs Morelia clash

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Wed 12.January
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba (18000 seats)

Liga de Expansión MX: Two teams in fairly good form get together for this match. Morelia might have a wee edge with their 3rd position in the standings?

Insights:
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the most conceded goals (28) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Morelia have scored in all their away matches so far.

The visiting Morelia played their last game only three days ago, a Liga de Expansión MX match. That game was also an away game, at Tlaxcala. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Mineros de Zacatecas form and stats

Mineros de Zacatecas have played 8 Liga de Expansión MX games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Mineros de Zacatecas faced defeat in their previous match, away at Tapatio (0-2).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Tampico Madero (1-2).

The Zacatecas fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Zacatecas defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Morelia form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Morelia playing as the away team in the Liga de Expansión MX this season.

Morelia play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Tlaxcala. As mentioned above, Morelia was the only team on the pitch versus Tlaxcala in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

A 0-2 loss hosting Tampico Madero before that.

Morelia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Morelia as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have met earlier this season: Morelia - Zacatecas 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Mineros de Zacatecas one win, one draw and Morelia three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Mineros de ZacatecasJ. Vega Gastelum
J. Vega Gastelum
5 goals
MoreliaD. Abella Calleja
D. Abella Calleja
5 goals

Mineros de Zacatecas missing players

Morelia missing players

Mineros de Zacatecas Morelia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 8 4 Played P 4 9 19
6 3 1 Won W 1 5 9
1 0 0 Drew D 2 2 5
11 5 3 Lost L 1 2 5
25 11 5 Scored S 5 15 28
32 14 10 Conceded C 5 8 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 68%
78% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 58%
39% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 37%
11% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 62% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 44% 53%
17% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 56% 37%
17% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 11%
 
5.4 6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 5.9
5.7 3.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.6 4.8
2.9 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.3 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.1 9.1 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.8 10.8
4.2 3.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 4.8
33% 35% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 42% 30%
 
9.4 7.6 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 8.7 8.7
4.8 3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 2.9 3.7
Key stats in Liga de Expansión MX this season:
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the most conceded goals (28) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Mineros de Zacatecas have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Mineros de Zacatecas haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Morelia have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Morelia 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 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.