In the Liga de Expansión MX game on 11 September 2026, Alebrijes de Oaxaca beat Durango 1:0. Match numbers: shots on target 5:2, corners 2:6.
Match report
Alebrijes de Oaxaca secured a 1-0 victory over Durango in the Liga de Expansión MX, Apertura round 8, on Thursday night at the Estadio Benito Juárez. The result keeps both sides in the lower reaches of the table, though the gap between them narrows to a single point.
And here's the thing — the decisive moment came early. J. Bustos found the net in the 20th minute, and from that point the match settled into a pattern that neither side could quite break. To be fair, Alebrijes were not flashy, but they knew exactly how to protect what they had.
Durango controlled the tempo for long stretches. They registered 126 attacks against 80, completed 585 passes to 273, and held 69 per cent possession. Yet they created zero big chances and managed only two shots on target. The away end never stopped, but they found no answer to a compact block.
The statistics tell the wider story. Alebrijes produced five shots on target from nine inside the penalty area, with two big chances created and 13 key passes. Durango, by contrast, offered 33 crosses and still could not penetrate. The hosts made 44 clearances and won 23 aerial duels — not glamorous numbers, but effective ones.
After eight rounds, Alebrijes sit 13th with seven points from two wins, one draw and four defeats. Durango occupy 12th, also on seven points but with two draws to their credit. The result means both clubs remain in the fight, though neither can claim momentum yet.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %31–69
Shots on target5–2
Shots off target8–7
Big chances2–0
HT⚽20' J. Bustos — Goal🟨26' R. Dominguez — Yellow card🟨29' O. Paz Vasquez — Yellow card🟨30' A. Hernandez — Yellow card⇄46' B. Munoz — Substitution⇄46' R. Dominguez — Substitution⇄46' J. S. Ramirez — Substitution⇄46' T. Jaimes Rodriguez — Substitution🟨52' E. Cantu — Yellow card⇄62' L. Morales — Substitution🟨66' J. Bustos — Yellow card⇄71' J. Angulo — Substitution⇄75' A. Hernandez — Substitution⇄75' B. Fadika — Substitution🟨79' A. Garcia — Yellow card⇄82' J. Bustos — Substitution⇄82' Andrey Marcos — Substitution🟨90+5' D. Martinez — Yellow card🟨90+9' Yellow card
