In the Liga de Expansión MX game on 21 August 2026, Venados FC beat Dorados 4:2. Match numbers: shots on target 10:4, corners 6:2.
Match report
Venados secured a 4:2 victory over Dorados in the fifth round of the Liga de Expansión MX Apertura on Wednesday evening. The result keeps both sides mid-table, with Venados remaining seventh and Dorados eighth after six matches each.
S. Lora opened the scoring for the hosts in the fifth minute, only for A. Flores to equalise three minutes later. Lora restored Venados' lead in the 37th minute before B. Sanchez levelled from the penalty spot in the 41st minute.
R. Franco picked up two bookings in five minutes before being sent off in the 60th minute. The hosts then extended their advantage when Lora completed his hat-trick in the 66th minute, and the home side added a second goal in the 78th minute.
Venados dominated possession at 62 per cent and registered 10 shots on target compared to the visitors' four. Dorados goalkeeper Ochoa made six saves as his side struggled to create clear opportunities, managing only two big chances all evening.
The defeat ends Dorados' unbeaten run of two matches, while Venados have now won three of their six league games. The hosts sit on 10 points, two ahead of their opponents in the standings.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %62–38
Shots on target10–4
Shots off target8–1
Big chances3–2
HT⚽5' S. Lora — Goal⚽8' A. Flores — Goal🟨27' R. Franco — Yellow card⚽37' S. Lora — Goal⚽41' B. Sanchez — Penalty⇄46' B. Sanchez — Substitution⇄59' S. Cervantes — Substitution⇄59' F. Contreras — Substitution🟥60' R. Franco — Red card⇄63' G. Padilla — Substitution⇄65' Ochoa Brandon — Substitution⚽66' S. Lora — Goal⇄76' K. Amador — Substitution⚽78' Goal⇄78' F. Pena — Substitution⇄84' D. Tejeda — Substitution⇄85' S. Lora — Substitution⇄85' J. Reyes — Substitution⚽90' L. Macias — Goal⚽90+1' Goal
