Football betting preview: Universidad Guadalajara vs Cimarrones de Sonora

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Competition: Mexico Liga de Expansión MX
Competition: Fri 12.March
Match begins: 03:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jalisco (70000 seats)

Struggling Universidad Guadalajara will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Cimarrones de Sonora in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Universidad Guadalajara have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Liga de Expansión MX

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

These teams have little in common geographically as Cimarrones de Sonora have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Universidad Guadalajara form and stats

Universidad Guadalajara's struggle is real here at Estadio Jalisco with only 7 points collected from 7 Liga de Expansión MX games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-2.

Universidad Guadalajara faced defeat in their previous match, away at Tapatío (1-2). Before that game, the home loss against Atlante with the scoreline 0-3.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Tepatitlan de Morelos are coming to town in four days.

Universidad are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Cimarrones de Sonora form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga de Expansión MX travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. One point away has become something of a habit for Cimarrones who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cimarrones goalkeeper Gabino Antonio Espinoza Ruiz is eager to challenge this, with his 352 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Cimarrones had fun at their own home (Estadio Jalisco) last time out, beating Zacatepec FC 2-0. Á. López (2) scored. Before that, Cimarrones secured a home win against Dorados with the score 2-0.

Cimarrones de Sonora are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Cimarrones have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Cimarrones de Sonora - Universidad 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Universidad victories, two draws and four Cimarrones de Sonora wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cimarrones de SonoraÁ. López Sandoval
Á. López Sandoval
10 goals
Cimarrones de SonoraÓ. Villa de los Reyes
Ó. Villa de los Reyes
6 goals
Cimarrones de SonoraM. Vallejo Navarro
M. Vallejo Navarro
5 goals

Universidad Guadalajara missing players

Cimarrones de Sonora missing players

Universidad Guadalajara Cimarrones de Sonora
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 5 11 24
4 1 0 Won W 2 3 12
7 6 1 Drew D 2 4 6
12 4 2 Lost L 1 4 6
22 10 0 Scored S 9 13 38
31 14 4 Conceded C 6 12 25
91% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 82% 92%
70% 73% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 83%
39% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 36% 46%
22% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 18% 25%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 9% 12%
52% 64% 0% BTTS BTTS 60% 45% 54%
17% 9% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 36% 38%
39% 36% 100% Failed to Score F T 20% 36% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.6 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
9.9 8.9 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 9.3
3.4 3 0.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.4 3.8
28% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 35% 41%
Key stats in Liga de Expansión MX this season:
  • Universidad Guadalajara have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home 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.