Match Report
The table read 3rd (Mineros de Zacatecas, 26 pts) against 4th (Celaya, 25 pts), 1 points apart. The last five rounds placed Mineros de Zacatecas no better than 22nd for form, against 3rd in the standings. In league terms the two rates read 1.36/0.79 for Mineros de Zacatecas and 1.64/1.07 for Celaya (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.44.
Mineros de Zacatecas carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this. Celaya arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Mineros de Zacatecas 2, draws 2, Celaya 5, at 2.67 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings.
Estadio Carlos Vega Villalba in Zacatecas staged the fixture, a ground that holds 30,000. On the scoreboard, Mineros de Zacatecas led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.
Goal scorers
Mineros de Zacatecas: Andrés Mendoza (20'), Pablo Padilla (84')