The league table is allowed to rest as Santos Laguna and Pumas UNAM battle for Copa MX honors in this first Apertura - 8th Finals leg of two fixtures.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Liga MX. This match was also played here at Estadio TSM Corona. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Pumas UNAM have had more rest.
It's quite the trip for Pumas UNAM when visiting Santos Laguna as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Santos Laguna form and stats
Last season, Santos Laguna's Copa MX journey ended in the apertura.Overall Liga MX stats at home this season for Santos Laguna are 1-0-0 (wins-draw-losses). This match is a Copa MX match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition. In general it's been a long time since Santos Laguna tasted defeat here at Estadio TSM Corona, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games.
The Santos Laguna goalkeeper Carlos Acevedo Lopez is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 184 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga MX.
A nice win for Santos Laguna last time playing, versus Leon. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Diego Valdés, Brian Lozano and Octavio Rivero scoring for the victors. A Liga MX defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Tijuana.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Santos Laguna matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats (from two games).
The manager J. Almada Álves will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cruz Azul in only three days.
Santos Laguna has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Pumas UNAM form and stats
Pumas UNAM's mission in Copa MX last season failed in the clausura - semi-finals.0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Pumas UNAM playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season. When we have look at the Copa MX statistics, we find 2W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.
Pumas UNAM have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Miguel Angel Fraga Licona. It's been 340 minutes since they last conceded in Liga MX.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Juarez in their previous outing. The Liga MX match ended in a draw 4-4. Before that, Pumas UNAM secured a home win against Pachuca with the score 2-1.
A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Juarez. Pumas UNAM were trailing 1-3 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 4-4, with C. Gonzalez Espinola scoring the equalizer. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Pumas UNAM, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Pumas UNAM playing away, we found five games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 2 home wins.
A new game in only four days for Pumas UNAM, the Liga MX home match versus Monterrey. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Pumas UNAM has scored 4 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 3 - 5 (Santos Laguna wins - draws - Pumas UNAM wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
B. Lozano Aparicio
11 goals
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J. Furch
10 goals
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D. Valdés Contreras
7 goals
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Santos Laguna missing players
Pumas UNAM missing players
| Santos Laguna | Pumas UNAM | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 52 | 28 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 40 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 72% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 28% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 358 | 165 | Total Shots | T S | 176 | 371 | ||
| 109 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 113 | ||
| 45% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guadalajara | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Pumas UNAM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Atletico San Luis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Leon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Queretaro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Necaxa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | America | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Puebla | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Toluca | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Atlas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Tijuana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Monterrey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Morelia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Pachuca | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Tigres UANL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Juarez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Cruz Azul | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |