Match details. Liga de Expansion MX, Apertura - 13. Kick-off is Sun 18 Oct, 02:00 Lagos time. The referee is E. A. Ramirez Gutierrez.
What's at stake. Piratas Veracruz are 7th on 18 points after 12 games, level on points with Cancún, level on points with Durango. A win would take them above Cancún. Tepatitlan FC are 16th on 7 points after 12 games, 4 points behind Cruz Azul Hidalgo.
Form. Piratas Veracruz have won four, drawn two and lost four of their last ten, 1.4 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L W L W D. In this competition Piratas Veracruz have gone L W L W D W. Tepatitlan FC have won two, drawn one and lost seven of their last ten, 0.7 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L D W L L. In this competition Tepatitlan FC have gone L D W L L L.
The numbers. Piratas Veracruz score 1.7 and concede 1.4 a game over their last ten, with two clean sheets and three games without a goal. Piratas Veracruz average 6.7 corners and 3.0 cards a game. Tepatitlan FC score 0.9 and concede three a game over their last ten, with no clean sheets and five games without a goal. Tepatitlan FC average 4.3 corners and 3.2 cards a game.
Where it pulls both ways. The prices and the records disagree: the odds board makes it 85% against the records' 55%.
The read. No firm call: Piratas Veracruz are the better side, but not at this price. An open game. Their goals for and against make Piratas Veracruz the likelier winners; Piratas Veracruz are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Piratas Veracruz. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 65%.
The bets. Best bet: Over 1.5 Goals at 1.14, 79% on the records (Piratas Veracruz: over 1.5 goals in 9 of 10; Tepatitlan FC: over 1.5 goals in 8 of 10). Full cover: Tepatitlan FC Under 1.5 Goals at 1.17. It wins on every score where the best bet loses. Leave: Under 4.5 Goals (no unders on an open read); Under 5.5 Goals (no unders on an open read). Predicted score: Piratas Veracruz 2-1 Tepatitlan FC (10% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (an open game).