Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Monterrey 5th with 31 points, Mazatlán 16th with 15, 16 apart. On recent form Monterrey sat only 26th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Mazatlán 1.29 scored and 2.18 conceded per game, Monterrey 1.94 and 1.71, with the league averaging 1.46.
Mazatlán had not won in 7 games. The last-five ledger: Mazatlán 2/15, Monterrey 9/15.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Mazatlán, 1 draw and 5 for Monterrey, at 2.43 goals per meeting.
Estadio de Mazatlán (Mazatlán), capacity 25,000, hosted the game. With 42 matches recorded and 1.5 yellow cards per game, I. Lopez Peñuelas was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Monterrey led 3-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-5.
Goal scorers
Mazatlán: Jordan Sierra (86') · Monterrey: Jorge Rodríguez (21'), Jesús Corona (8'), Iker Fimbres (66'), Anthony Martial (25'), Germán Berterame (56')
Key stats
Possession: Mazatlán 35% · Monterrey 65% · Total shots: 9-18 · On target: 4-11 · Corners: 4-7