Liga de Expansión MX duel: Close contest expected between Universidad Guadalajara and Celaya

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Tue 04.October
Match begins: 22:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jalisco (70000 seats)

Universidad Guadalajara and Celaya are both successful in the Liga de Expansión MX with their 3rd and 1st spots respectively. Let's hope for a wonderful match!

Insights:
  • Universidad Guadalajara have the most clean sheets (9) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Celaya have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Liga de Expansión MX

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Universidad Guadalajara form and stats

Universidad Guadalajara are steadily winning Liga de Expansión MX games and points here at Estadio Jalisco. 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.

It's back home for Universidad, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Dorados away with the result 2-0. Romo and Guzmán found the net in that victory.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Atlante.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Universidad Guadalajara have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 6 and lost 7.

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 12 most recent league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Goals decide football matches and Universidad Guadalajara are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. Universidad are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Jalisco in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.

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Celaya form and stats

4-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Celaya, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Liga de Expansión MX, in their Liga de Expansión MX matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Celaya as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.

Impressive finishing from Hernández and Sánchez secured the home win 2-1 against Atlante in their previous game. The end of the last match, against Atlante, was very satisfying as Hernández scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Before that, Celaya travelled to Durango and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Celaya playing away and similar expectations, we found 23 relevant matches. Results were 6 Celaya wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Celaya's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

Universidad Guadalajara-Celaya H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Universidad Guadalajara four wins, Celaya four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CelayaR. Marín Sánchez
R. Marín Sánchez
8 goals
Universidad GuadalajaraÓ. Villa de los Reyes
Ó. Villa de los Reyes
6 goals
UniversidadM. Vallejo Navarro
M. Vallejo Navarro
4 goals

Universidad Guadalajara missing players

Celaya missing players

Universidad Guadalajara Celaya
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 0 8 15
8 4 0 Won W 0 4 11
4 3 1 Drew D 0 2 2
3 0 0 Lost L 0 2 2
25 15 2 Scored S 0 12 26
11 4 2 Conceded C 0 7 10
87% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 88% 93%
73% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
47% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 40%
27% 43% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 27%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 13%
27% 29% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 40%
60% 71% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 53%
27% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 13%
 
4 4.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.1 5.1
4.5 4.4 8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.1 3.8
2.5 2.6 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.9 3.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 10.7 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.9 6.9
4 5.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.5
42% 41% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 49%
 
10 10.7 15 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6.4 5.3
3.4 3.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.6 2.2
Key stats in Liga de Expansión MX this season:
  • Celaya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Celaya have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Celaya is in the best form (5-1-0) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Universidad Guadalajara have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Universidad Guadalajara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Universidad Guadalajara have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Universidad Guadalajara have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Liga de Expansión MX
  • Universidad Guadalajara have the most clean sheets (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 11 2 2 26 10 7 7 0 0 14 3 8 4 2 2 12 7 16 35
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 15 8 4 3 25 11 7 4 3 0 15 4 8 4 1 3 10 7 14 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 15 7 4 4 21 14 8 5 3 0 14 5 7 2 1 4 7 9 7 25
6 Tapatio 14 6 3 5 18 19 8 5 2 1 11 5 6 1 1 4 7 14 -1 21
7 Venados 15 6 3 6 17 19 7 3 1 3 10 9 8 3 2 3 7 10 -2 21
8 Zacatepec FC 15 4 8 3 21 13 8 3 4 1 17 8 7 1 4 2 4 5 8 20
9 Dorados 14 6 2 6 17 19 7 3 1 3 10 9 7 3 1 3 7 10 -2 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 16 5 4 7 14 23 8 4 1 3 8 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -9 19
12 Tepatitlan de Morelos 15 4 6 5 20 20 8 4 2 2 15 10 7 0 4 3 5 10 0 18
13 Durango 15 3 7 5 17 25 7 3 4 0 10 4 8 0 3 5 7 21 -8 16
14 Raya2 15 3 5 7 13 20 7 1 2 4 5 10 8 2 3 3 8 10 -7 14
15 CA La Paz 15 3 5 7 17 26 7 3 4 0 14 7 8 0 1 7 3 19 -9 14
16 Cancun 15 3 5 7 7 16 8 2 2 4 5 9 7 1 3 3 2 7 -9 14
17 Correcaminos UAT 15 3 4 8 12 20 8 2 3 3 8 10 7 1 1 5 4 10 -8 13
18 Pumas Tabasco 15 2 3 10 12 27 8 2 2 4 6 10 7 0 1 6 6 17 -15 9

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.