Action is expected at Estadio Azteca when América challenge Santos Laguna in what promises to be a wonderful game. Here's the preview!
- América have the most scored goals (31) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Liga MX
These teams have little in common geographically as Santos Laguna have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for América and Santos Laguna.
América form and stats
5-1-0 is the performance here at Estadio Azteca so far in the Liga MX, giving América a total of 16 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results! The team is doing great wherever they are playing as América has won nine games in a row. The Leon match was the last time out without a victory.
Happy days for América in their previous game, a fixture away at Necaxa (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Ortiz when Martínez scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute. Rodríguez (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Rodríguez served one assist, hit three key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
Ahead of that match, América won a home game hosting Atletico San Luis (3-0).Goal fest? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 10 most recent league matches with this side has had three goals or more.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Liga MX game versus Guadalajara in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Azteca.
Goals decide football matches and América are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 6 league matches. Defensively América have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Santos Laguna form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santos Laguna so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Queretaro (placed 18th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 3-3. As you can tell from the result, the match against Queretaro was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Goalkeeper Acevedo made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Queretaro. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Necaxa.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Juarez in just four days.
Santos Laguna has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Santos have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
América have won or drawn the last 4 matches (3-1-0) against Santos Laguna.Top Goalscorers
  H. Martín Mex 8 goals |  J. Rodríguez Portillo 6 goals | D. Valdés Contreras 4 goals |
América missing players
Santos Laguna missing players
| América | Santos Laguna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 30 |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 93% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 57% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 57% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 43% | 21% |
| 5.4 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 7.9 | 5.9 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.5 | 18.3 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.3 | 15.1 |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| 39% | 39% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 30% | 37% |
| 12.1 | 11 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.7 | 19.1 | 16.1 |
| 3.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
- América have not yet lost a game at home.
- América have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- América have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Liga MX
- América have the most scored goals (31) in Liga MX
- América have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Liga MX
- América have the the best goal difference (+19) in Liga MX
- América is in the best form (6-0-0) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Santos Laguna have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Santos Laguna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | América | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 31 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Pachuca | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Santos Laguna | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Toluca | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| 8 | Atletico San Luis | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 9 | Leon | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 10 | Necaxa | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Puebla | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Mazatlan | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 13 | Cruz Azul | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 21 | -11 | 15 |
| 14 | Tijuana | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -12 | 15 |
| 15 | Pumas UNAM | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Juarez | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 17 | Atlas | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 10 |
| 18 | Queretaro | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 9 |
