Morelia vs Venados match preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Fri 12.March
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón (35000 seats)

The league table in Liga de Expansión MX tells a story about these teams so far, with Morelia leading Venados by 12 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Morelia have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Venados have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Liga de Expansión MX

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

These teams have little in common geographically as Venados have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Morelia form and stats

Morelia have collected 13 points from their Liga de Expansión MX home games so far after 4-1-2.

Morelia are returning here after visiting Pumas Tabasco in a Liga de Expansión MX game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Celaya (0-2).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Morelia as they are travelling to their away game against Mineros de Zacatecas in the Liga de Expansión MX. That match is four days after this one.

Morelia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Morelia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Venados form and stats

There's been little loot from Venados's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Liga de Expansión MX. Venados only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Venados have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row. One point away has become something of a habit for Venados who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Venados's last game was the home draw against Tampico Madero (1-1). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Tlaxcala that ended 0-0.

After this away game Venados return home for a Liga de Expansión MX game against Cancun. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Venados as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. Venados have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Morelia - Venados 1-0. Morelia-Venados H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Morelia one win, Venados zero wins, one draw. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MoreliaD. Jiménez Hernández
D. Jiménez Hernández
5 goals
MoreliaA. Ledesma Pérez
A. Ledesma Pérez
4 goals
MoreliaD. Martínez Soto
D. Martínez Soto
4 goals

Morelia missing players

Venados missing players

Morelia Venados
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 13 24
13 8 2 Won W 1 2 5
5 1 1 Drew D 0 4 10
6 3 1 Lost L 3 7 9
39 22 9 Scored S 3 7 21
29 14 7 Conceded C 7 16 30
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 88%
75% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 67%
54% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 31% 42%
21% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
17% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
58% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 54%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 21%
17% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 62% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.1 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9.1 9.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.5 7.8
4.1 3.8 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.8 2.8
40% 48% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 19% 32%
Key stats in Liga de Expansión MX this season:
  • Morelia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Venados have scored away.
  • Morelia have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Morelia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Venados have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Venados have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Liga de Expansión MX

  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 15 9 5 1 21 10 7 5 2 0 10 3 8 4 3 1 11 7 11 35
2 Atlante 15 9 1 5 25 14 8 5 1 2 12 5 7 4 0 3 13 9 11 32
3 Cimarrones de Sonora 15 9 1 5 25 16 7 6 0 1 14 6 8 3 1 4 11 10 9 30
4 Morelia 15 7 5 3 24 18 7 4 1 2 12 8 8 3 4 1 12 10 6 29
5 Cancun 15 7 3 5 19 14 8 4 1 3 11 7 7 3 2 2 8 7 5 27
6 Tampico Madero 15 6 5 4 14 12 7 2 3 2 7 6 8 4 2 2 7 6 2 26
7 Mineros de Zacatecas 15 6 5 4 24 19 8 4 2 2 13 8 7 2 3 2 11 11 5 25
8 Tepatitlan de Morelos 15 6 5 4 20 15 8 5 2 1 16 7 7 1 3 3 4 8 5 24
9 Tapatío 15 5 6 4 20 14 8 4 2 2 13 8 7 1 4 2 7 6 6 22
10 Tlaxcala 15 5 3 7 13 22 8 3 2 3 8 11 7 2 1 4 5 11 -9 20
11 Venados 15 4 4 7 14 21 7 2 3 2 8 9 8 2 1 5 6 12 -7 17
12 Pumas Tabasco 15 3 5 7 20 30 7 0 3 4 8 16 8 3 2 3 12 14 -10 17
13 Dorados 15 3 5 7 18 27 8 1 3 4 8 12 7 2 2 3 10 15 -9 16
14 Universidad Guadalajara 15 3 4 8 17 21 7 1 4 2 8 8 8 2 0 6 9 13 -4 15
15 Zacatepec FC 15 4 1 10 15 25 8 2 1 5 9 14 7 2 0 5 6 11 -10 15
16 Correcaminos UAT 15 3 4 8 17 28 7 3 1 3 10 11 8 0 3 5 7 17 -11 13

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.