Match Report
4 points and 10 places separated them: Pachuca 3rd with 10, Cimarrones de Sonora 13th with 6. The last five rounds placed Cimarrones de Sonora no better than 46th for form, against 13th in the standings. In league terms the two rates read 1/0.25 for Pachuca and 1/1 for Cimarrones de Sonora (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.25.
Pachuca arrived on a run of three straight wins. Defeat had followed defeat for Cimarrones de Sonora — three in succession.
The venue was Estadio Hidalgo in Pachuca de Soto, with room for 30,000 spectators. The referee was L. Barajas Anzures, with 7 matches in our database and 0.0 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.