In the Liga de Expansión MX game on 26 September 2026, Tlaxcala beat Cancún 4:1. Match numbers: shots on target 6:2, corners 1:6.
Match report
Tlaxcala saw off Cancún 4-1 in the Apertura's tenth round of the Liga de Expansión MX on Friday night. The visitors arrived with form on their side, but the hosts turned in a performance that left little room for doubt. And here's the thing — it was never going to be a contest once the first goal fell.
C. Trejo opened the scoring in the twenty-third minute, a quiet moment that set the tone. D. Alvarez added a penalty in the thirty-third, and by then Cancún had already lost their footing. E. Robles struck twice, once in the sixty-eighth and again in stoppage time, while M. Ramirez rounded off the tally in the eighty-seventh.
E. Garcia's red card in the eighty-first minute gave the hosts a numerical advantage, though the result was already beyond question. Cancún's head coach made two changes in the seventy-fifth minute, bringing on F. Melendre and L. Ruiz, but the damage was done. To be fair, the visitors had created more opportunities earlier, but lacked the edge.
The statistics tell a straightforward story. Both sides held possession at half, but Tlaxcala's shot accuracy of forty per cent contrasted sharply with Cancún's seventeen. The hosts registered six shots on target from seven inside the penalty area, while the visitors managed only two on target from six attempts. By then, it was clear who had been more ruthless.
Tlaxcala remain twelfth with eleven points from ten games, a position that reflects their inconsistency. Cancún move up to eighth with fourteen points, but the manner of defeat will sit uncomfortably. We had backed the visitors at forty per cent confidence — the match simply went another way.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %50–50
Shots on target6–2
Shots off target7–10
Big chances2–0
HT🟨16' L. Ruiz — Yellow card🟨19' E. Santos — Yellow card⚽23' C. Trejo — Goal⚽33' D. Alvarez — Penalty🟨38' C. Trejo — Yellow card⇄46' B. Flores — Substitution🟨58' E. Robles — Yellow card⇄60' D. Alvarez — Substitution⚽68' E. Robles — Goal⇄75' F. Melendre — Substitution⇄75' L. Ruiz — Substitution⇄76' P. Uscanga — Substitution⇄78' A. Iniestra — Substitution⇄79' K. Campos — Substitution🟥81' E. Garcia — Red card🟨85' R. Reyes — Yellow card⇄85' A. Chavez — Substitution⚽87' M. Ramirez — Goal⇄90+3' E. Santos — Substitution⚽90+8' E. Robles — Goal
