Tapatío host Mineros de Zacatecas in the fifth round of the Liga de Expansión MX Apertura on 24 August 2026, and the visitors take the points with a 4-2 win despite being behind for most of the first half. D. Villaseca fires three goals for Tapatío in the opening twenty minutes, but Mineros mount a comeback after J. Cano is sent off for the hosts at the hour mark.
By then the momentum has shifted. Villaseca breaks the deadlock at eleven minutes, adds a second at twenty-two, and completes his hat-trick with a third at twenty-three. Mineros sit back and absorb the pressure until Cano collects his second yellow card at sixty minutes, and the game opens up.
Mineros take advantage of the numerical superiority. P. Padilla and O. Mazatan score in quick succession at eighty-one and eighty-two minutes, while C. Medina adds a late third at ninety-two minutes to make it 4-2. Villaseca's brace is not enough this time, and Tapatío find no answer to the visitors' pressure.
The statistics tell a different story. Mineros hold 56 per cent possession and register 116 attacks compared with 79 for the hosts. They create three big chances to Tapatío's two, and their shots on target total eight against six. But many of those shots go begging, and the result feels decided by moments rather than possession.
Both sides arrive on eleven points from six games, so this result keeps them level in the table. Tapatío drop to fifth while Mineros remain in third. The hosts had been on a mixed run, losing two of their last five, and this defeat extends that slide.