In the Liga de Expansión MX game on 19 September 2026, Piratas beat Venados FC 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 5:1, corners 6:4.
Match report
Piratas claimed three points against Venados in the Liga de Expansión MX, Apertura round nine, winning 2-1 on Friday night. The hosts opened through J. Gamboa's strike before Venados equalised via K. Y. Jaime Sanchez's own goal. J. Clemente then converted a penalty to secure the result.
The opening exchanges were cagey, with both sides feeling each other out. Gamboa finally broke the deadlock in the thirty-sixth minute, finishing clinically after Piratas worked the ball into a dangerous area. Venados responded quickly, and Sanchez's deflection in the fifty-fourth minute levelled the score at one-all. The visitors looked dangerous on the counter, though they lacked a proper chance-creator.
Piratas took the lead when Clemente stepped up for the penalty in the sixty-third minute. The spot-kick settled the match, and Venados began to chase the game. A. Dominguez received a red card in the eighty-seventh minute, leaving the visitors with eleven men for the closing stages. By then, Piratas had already controlled the tempo and saw out the remainder comfortably.
The statistics tell you exactly what happened on the pitch. Piratas held 64 per cent possession and registered 108 attacks compared to Venados' 67. They hit the target five times with eleven attempts off target, while the visitors managed just one shot on target from four attempts. Three big chances created versus none for Venados underlines the imbalance — the hosts had their opportunities and took two.
The result moves Piratas to fourth place with 15 points from nine games, maintaining their position in the upper half. Venados remain eighth with 13 points after four defeats in nine outings. The gap between them stays at two points, and Piratas have now extended their unbeaten run to four matches.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %64–36
Shots on target5–1
Shots off target11–3
Big chances3–0
HT🟨2' Ochoa Brandon — Yellow card🟨24' S. Lora — Yellow card⚽36' J. Gamboa — Goal✗40' O. Soto — Penalty missed🟨45+6' S. Saucedo — Yellow card⇄46' Ochoa Brandon — Substitution⇄46' M. Torres — Substitution🟨46' R. Gonzalez — Yellow card🟨52' F. Garcia — Yellow card⚽54' K. Y. Jaime Sanchez — Own goal⇄58' J. A. Moreno Villegas — Substitution⇄59' F. Garcia — Substitution⚽63' J. Clemente — Penalty🟨64' C. Fernandez — Yellow card⇄65' S. Saucedo — Substitution⇄72' S. Naveda — Substitution🟨76' O. Soto — Yellow card⇄77' D. Lajud Martinez — Substitution⇄77' B. Figueroa — Substitution🟨80' U. Garcia — Yellow card⇄84' O. Soto — Substitution⇄84' J. Clemente — Substitution🟥87' A. Dominguez — Red card
