In the Liga de Expansión MX game on 6 September 2026, CDS Tampico Madero beat Venados FC 4:3. Match numbers: shots on target 7:9, corners 1:9.
Match report
KDS Tampico-Madero claimed a hard-fought 4:3 victory over Venados in the Liga de Expansión MX, Apertura round seven. The hosts held their nerve after a frantic second half to secure three points at home. And here's the thing — both sides had already shown they could score, but neither could find the consistency to control the game fully.
Tampico-Madero opened the scoring through J. A. Ocejo Zazueta in the fifth minute, a moment that set the tone for an open affair. Venados responded quickly, with C. Cruz equalising just six minutes later. By the time the half ended, Ocejo Zazueta had restored the hosts' lead, giving them a narrow advantage at the break. The visitors came out determined to turn things around.
E. Torres levelled for Venados in the forty-ninth minute, but S. Lora had already given the visitors the lead in the fifty-second. That was the period where the match really shifted — Venados sensed an opportunity and pushed forward. Then came the late surge from Tampico-Madero: P. Kilani struck in the seventy-second minute, and A. Grijalva completed the comeback with a goal in the seventy-third. The hosts didn't travel to make up the numbers, and they proved it when it mattered.
The statistics tell a story of contrasting approaches. Venados enjoyed 54 per cent possession and launched 86 attacks compared to 69 from the hosts, yet Tampico-Madero converted more efficiently with 64 per cent shot accuracy against 53 per cent. Both teams registered eleven shots within the penalty area, but only one big chance was created — by the visitors. And here's the thing, the hosts were second to everything in the air despite winning the same number of aerial duels.
Both sides finished with ten points from seven games, sitting eighth and ninth in the table. The result kept Venados within touching distance of the hosts, but neither team has established any real separation at this stage. Tampico-Madero's win ended a difficult run that included heavy defeats, while Venados extended a pattern of scoring freely but struggling to hold results together.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %46–54
Shots on target7–9
Shots off target3–4
Big chances0–1
HT⚽5' J. A. Ocejo Zazueta — Goal🟨7' S. Montiel — Yellow card⚽11' C. Cruz — Goal🟨24' O. Manzanarez — Yellow card🟨41' J. Martinez — Yellow card🟨42' L. Macias — Yellow card⚽45' J. A. Ocejo Zazueta — Goal⇄46' D. Magana — Substitution⇄46' M. Montelongo — Substitution⚽49' E. Torres — Goal🟨51' D. Tejeda — Yellow card⚽52' S. Lora — Goal🟨54' A. Dominguez — Yellow card⇄56' K. Amador — Substitution⇄64' L. Macias — Substitution⇄64' A. Dominguez — Substitution⇄65' J. Martinez — Substitution⚽72' P. Kilani — Goal⚽73' A. Grijalva — Goal⇄76' L. Bocco — Substitution🟨78' A. Rios — Yellow card⇄84' S. Montiel — Substitution⇄84' A. Grijalva — Substitution⇄86' A. Rios — Substitution⇄86' J. A. Ocejo Zazueta — Substitution🟨90+3' L. Lazarte — Yellow card🟨90+5' I. Dominguez — Yellow card
