Real Apodaca — Guerreros: 2:0, Liga Premier Serie A

Real Apodaca beat Guerreros 2:0 on Saturday night in the fourth round of Apertura in the Premier League Serie A. The home side found a way back into it after a run of results that has left them near the bottom of the table. Two goals — one just before the break and a second sixty-one minutes in — were enough to shift their standing.

The opening goal came on forty-five plus one, a moment that turned the game's momentum. To be fair, Real Apodaca had been struggling to string things together, losing four of their previous five outings. By then, the visitors had already shown they could score, but they hadn't shown they could defend consistently either.

The second goal arrived in the sixty-first minute, and this time the home side saw the game out with more confidence. They took more shots overall, eight off target to three on, while Guerreros went for fourteen off target and five on. The visitors had more corners, four to one, but couldn't convert possession into something meaningful.

I had backed the home side at sixty-one per cent confidence before kick-off, and the result validated that call. Real Apodaca paid for a sloppy opening but kept their nerve when it mattered. The statistics tell you they dominated the attacking phase, with eighty-three attacks against eighty for the visitors.

Guerreros move up to seventh with three points from three games, while Real Apodaca climb off the foot of the table with their first win. The gap between them narrows to two points, and suddenly this fixture looks less one-sided than the table suggested going in.