Match Report
In the standings it was Pumas Tabasco 10th on 22 points, Morelia 4th on 30 — separated by 8. On recent form Pumas Tabasco sat only 36th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 10th overall. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, Pumas Tabasco ran at 1.24 scored and 1.29 conceded, Morelia at 1.18 and 0.82.
Morelia came in having won four on the spin. The five-game form split read 6/15 points for Pumas Tabasco against 13/15 for Morelia.
With 19 matches recorded and 1.4 yellow cards per game, G. Padilla Aguirre was the man in the middle. The venue was Estadio Olímpico de Villahermosa (Villahermosa) in Villahermosa. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.