Match Report
8 points and 2 places separated them: Dorados 1st with 10, Necaxa 3rd with 2. The last five rounds placed Necaxa no better than 21st for form, against 3rd in the standings. Against a league average of 1.19 goals per team per game, Dorados ran at 2 scored and 1.25 conceded, Necaxa at 0.75 and 1.25.
Necaxa were unbeaten in 7.
The match was played at Estadio Banorte in Culiacan (capacity 20,395). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.