Match Report
Tepatitlán de Morelos went into the game 1st in the table on 26 points; Mineros de Zacatecas sat 5th on 21 — a 5-point gap. The last five rounds placed Tepatitlán de Morelos no better than 22nd for form, against 1st in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Tepatitlán de Morelos 1.5 scored and 0.71 conceded per game, Mineros de Zacatecas 1.86 and 1.71, with the league averaging 1.48.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 1 Tepatitlán de Morelos win, 4 for Mineros de Zacatecas, 4 draws, at 3.33 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. In 78% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Estadio Gregorio Tepa Gómez (Tepatitlán de Morelos), capacity 12,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Tepatitlán de Morelos: Amaury Gabriel Escoto Ruiz (77') · Mineros de Zacatecas: José Ávila (62')
Key stats
Possession: Tepatitlán de Morelos 49% · Mineros de Zacatecas 51% · Total shots: 8-11 · On target: 3-5 · Corners: 4-1