Match Report
The table read 1st (Tepatitlán de Morelos, 26 pts) against 9th (Venados, 18 pts), 8 points apart. Tepatitlán de Morelos ranked just 22nd in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Against a league average of 1.48 goals per team per game, Tepatitlán de Morelos ran at 1.5 scored and 0.71 conceded, Venados at 2.07 and 2.14.
Venados had lost three in a row.
Across 8 recorded meetings, Tepatitlán de Morelos have 1 win to Venados's 4, with 3 draws, at 2.63 goals per meeting. Recent editions have opened up: 3.6 goals per game across the last five meetings against 2.63 historically.
The venue was Estadio Gregorio Tepa Gómez (Tepatitlán de Morelos), with room for 12,500 spectators. Tepatitlán de Morelos led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.
Goal scorers
Tepatitlán de Morelos: Jacobo Reyes (2'), Fernando Sámano (9')
Key stats
Possession: Tepatitlán de Morelos 40% · Venados 60% · Total shots: 14-11 · On target: 6-4 · Corners: 3-5