Morelia supporters put their faith in manager Vázquez to deliver victory against Tlaxcala

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Tue 05.July
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón (35000 seats)

League round two of the Liga de Expansión MX campaign and the participants have learned from the first fixture. Here's the Morelia - Tlaxcala preview:

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Morelia form and stats

Last season, Morelia's league stats were 8 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, producing 3rd position in the Liga de Expansión MX. Over these 16 matches they scored 22 goals and let in 18. Performing at home in the previous season Morelia generated 4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 12 conceded.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 209 minutes without scoring a league goal. Ramirez was the last player to find the net.

The club members are hoping that Morelia will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Raya2 (placed 8th). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in five league games.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Atlante (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Morelia handle that role? We have found 21 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

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Tlaxcala form and stats

Let's have a look at how Tlaxcala performed last season in the Liga de Expansión MX: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 7/14 goals scored/conceded.

Tlaxcala had fun at their own home (Estadio Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón) last time out, beating Cimarrones de Sonora 2-0. Morales and Rivera scored.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Mineros de Zacatecas's place.

We have checked recent matches where Tlaxcala have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Morelia-Tlaxcala H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Morelia two wins, Tlaxcala two wins, zero draws. four of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TlaxcalaL. Morales Rojas
L. Morales Rojas
1 goals
TlaxcalaM. Rivera De La Rosa
M. Rivera De La Rosa
1 goals

Morelia missing players

Tlaxcala missing players

Morelia Tlaxcala
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
 
4 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Morelia Last season Tlaxcala
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   17 33
18 10   Won W   3 10
13 5   Drew D   5 10
11 6   Lost L   9 13
57 30   Scored S   15 33
47 24   Conceded C   27 41
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
67% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 70%
50% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 33%
29% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 18%
5% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 6%
50% 52%   BTTS BTTS   47% 42%
36% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 27%
19% 19%   Failed to Score F T   47% 39%
 
5.1 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.9
4.5 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4.3
2.4 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.5
7 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
10.4 12   Shots (avg) S (   6.8 8.9
4.5 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.6
30% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 28%
 
8.6 8.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.1 10.2
3.6 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlante 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Correcaminos UAT 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Tapatio 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Tepatitlan de Morelos 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Tlaxcala 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Cancun 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Mineros de Zacatecas 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Raya2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Zacatepec FC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Universidad Guadalajara 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Pumas Tabasco 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Celaya 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Morelia 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Durango 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 Venados 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Cimarrones de Sonora 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Dorados 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 CA La Paz 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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.