In the Liga de Expansión MX game on 5 September 2026, Durango beat Tlaxcala 1:1. Match numbers: shots on target 5:3, corners 5:2.
Match report
Durango and Tlaxcala shared the spoils in a Liga de Expansión MX fixture that ended 1-1 on Friday night. The hosts had taken an early lead through an E. Hernandez penalty, but the visitors struck back in stoppage time through E. Cantu to salvage a point. It was a match where the opening goal seemed to settle things, though neither side could find a winner.
Hernandez made his contribution from the spot in the eighth minute, giving Durango the advantage they would not throw away lightly. The game settled into a rhythm where the hosts controlled territory while Tlaxcala looked for cracks. By then the yellow cards started accumulating — B. Flores and the Flores brothers all received cautions before the break.
The second half brought more drama, particularly with the red card for C. Gonzalez in the seventy-third minute. That changed the complexion of things, though Tlaxcala had already shown they could hurt you on the counter. Substitutions came thick and fast after that — L. Morales, J. Torres, R. Dominguez all came on as both managers tried to find a winner.
Then came the moment that mattered. Cantu's goal in the ninety-fifth minute arrived just when it seemed the points would be shared. And here's the thing — you could see why Tlaxcala got away with it. They didn't need much, just one moment of quality when the game was opening up.
The statistics tell a familiar story. Durango held 76 per cent possession and completed 699 passes compared to Tlaxcala's 221. They created one big chance each and registered five shots on target to three. But many shots with one goal means chances went begging, and that is what happened here. The hosts carried the side but could not convert their dominance.
Durango remain twelfth with eight points from seven games, while Tlaxcala sit fifteenth on five. Neither result moves them dramatically, but for the visitors it was a point earned at the death — and sometimes that is all you need.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %76–24
Shots on target5–3
Shots off target1–3
Big chances1–1
HT⚽8' E. Hernandez — Penalty🟨28' B. Flores — Yellow card🟨45' S. Flores — Yellow card🟨45+3' C. Gonzalez — Yellow card⇄46' D. Oteo — Substitution⇄46' A. Ontiveros — Substitution🟨50' I. Govea — Yellow card🟨52' C. Vega Hernandez — Yellow card⇄55' E. Hernandez — Substitution⇄56' R. E. Camacho Lastra — Substitution🟨63' H. Real — Yellow card⇄67' L. Morales — Substitution⇄69' B. Flores — Substitution⇄69' F. Figueroa — Substitution🟨73' C. Gonzalez — Yellow card🟥73' C. Gonzalez — Red card⇄75' J. Torres — Substitution⇄79' R. Dominguez — Substitution⇄80' E. Robles — Substitution🟨83' P. Bedolla — Yellow card🟨90+2' B. Munoz — Yellow card⚽90+5' E. Cantu — Goal🟨90+9' L. Lorona — Yellow card
