CA La Paz beat Piratas 2:0 in the fourth round of the Liga de Expansión MX Apertura on Friday morning. The hosts took all three points at home, moving up a place in the table and extending a run that began with a five-nil win against Tepetitlán.
U. Zurita Jimenez opened the scoring in the eleventh minute, and M. Barragan doubled the lead two minutes before half-time. Piratas pressed hard after the break but could not find a way through. By then the visitors had already made three changes, trying to shift the momentum.
Piratas brought on O. Millan and A. Robles in the sixty-third minute, then added O. Soto, J. Venegas, and I. Doumbouya within the next minute. F. Illescas came on for the hosts in the seventy-second hour, and H. Torres replaced someone else in the eightieth. The match ended without a goal, and the visitors picked up three yellow cards in the closing stages.
And here's the thing about the numbers. Piratas held 54 per cent possession and registered 116 attacks, yet they managed only four shots on target. The hosts survived on 46 per cent possession, created two big chances, and converted them efficiently. Shots accuracy tells the story — twenty-three per cent for LA Paz against twenty-seven for the visitors.
LA Paz sit third with thirteen points from seven games, three ahead of Piratas who remain fourth with eleven. The result ended a two-match unbeaten run for the visitors and showed the hosts can still compete when they defend their shape.