Liga MX game preview and facts: Atlético San Luis welcome Cruz Azul

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 30.Sep
Match begins: 03:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez (30000 seats)

The Liga MX league table tells a story about these squads up until now, with Atlético San Luis ahead of Cruz Azul by 14 points. Get your full match preview:

Insights:
  • Atlético San Luis have the most scored goals (20) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have the most conceded goals (18) in Liga MX

This could be an intriguing match with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Atlético San Luis form and stats

Atlético San Luis have collected 13 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 4-1-0. After failing to beat Monterrey here at Estadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez, Atlético has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Atlético San Luis's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Mazatlán (placed 17th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Urtiaga loved the game against Mazatlán. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-2 victory. Sanabria, defender, was given a rating of 7.83/10 in that game, top of the team. Sanabria served one assist, hit five key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Pumas UNAM.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Atlético San Luis handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Goals are plentiful at Estadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez in the league this season as Atlético has scored 13 goals here in 5 home games. Atlético San Luis are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Cruz Azul form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga MX travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Cruz Azul failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Querétaro (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Midfielder Rivero was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.7. Rivero hit three key passes.

Before that, Cruz Azul travelled to Mazatlán and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Cruz are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cruz Azul have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - two - four (Atlético San Luis wins - draws - Cruz Azul wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AtléticoV. Ferreira Arantes
V. Ferreira Arantes
4 goals
Atlético San LuisU. Bilbao Arteta
U. Bilbao Arteta
4 goals
Cruz AzulD. Cambindo Abonia
D. Cambindo Abonia
4 goals

Atlético San Luis missing players

Cruz Azul missing players

Atlético San Luis Cruz Azul
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 5 1 Played P 1 5 9
6 4 1 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 6
20 13 3 Scored S 0 5 10
11 4 2 Conceded C 2 8 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 89%
67% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 67%
44% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 44%
33% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
67% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 67%
33% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 33%
 
3.9 4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 4.2
5.6 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.4 5.4
2.1 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.4 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.6 14.4 16 Shots (avg) S ( 10 13 13.2
6.2 6.8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.6 5.2
36% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 21%
 
17.6 15 21 Shots against (avg) S A 15 15.2 14
5.2 4.2 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 5.6
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • All of Atlético San Luis's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Atlético San Luis have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Atlético San Luis have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Atlético San Luis have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cruz Azul have scored away.
  • Atlético San Luis have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Atlético San Luis have the most scored goals (20) in Liga MX
  • Atlético San Luis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Atlético San Luis is in the best form (5-0-1) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Cruz Azul have the most conceded goals (18) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul 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 Atlético San Luis 9 6 1 2 20 11 5 4 1 0 13 4 4 2 0 2 7 7 9 19
2 America 9 5 3 1 19 10 6 3 2 1 13 6 3 2 1 0 6 4 9 18
3 Tigres UANL 9 5 2 2 18 8 5 4 1 0 13 3 4 1 1 2 5 5 10 17
4 Juárez 9 4 3 2 17 11 5 2 2 1 10 6 4 2 1 1 7 5 6 15
5 Atlas 9 4 3 2 9 6 3 2 1 0 4 0 6 2 2 2 5 6 3 15
6 Pumas UNAM 9 4 3 2 14 13 4 2 2 0 6 4 5 2 1 2 8 9 1 15
7 Guadalajara 9 4 2 3 11 11 5 3 1 1 7 3 4 1 1 2 4 8 0 14
8 Toluca 9 3 4 2 13 8 5 2 2 1 9 5 4 1 2 1 4 3 5 13
9 Monterrey 8 4 1 3 11 9 3 2 0 1 5 3 5 2 1 2 6 6 2 13
10 León 9 3 2 4 11 12 5 3 1 1 9 4 4 0 1 3 2 8 -1 11
11 Santos Laguna 9 3 2 4 15 19 5 2 1 2 6 9 4 1 1 2 9 10 -4 11
12 Querétaro 9 3 2 4 11 16 4 0 2 2 4 6 5 3 0 2 7 10 -5 11
13 Pachuca 9 2 4 3 7 16 4 2 1 1 5 5 5 0 3 2 2 11 -9 10
14 Puebla 9 2 2 5 9 13 5 2 0 3 7 7 4 0 2 2 2 6 -4 8
15 Tijuana 8 2 2 4 8 12 4 2 1 1 7 6 4 0 1 3 1 6 -4 8
16 Necaxa 9 1 4 4 10 14 4 0 2 2 2 6 5 1 2 2 8 8 -4 7
17 Mazatlán 9 1 4 4 9 15 4 1 2 1 4 6 5 0 2 3 5 9 -6 7
18 Cruz Azul 9 1 2 6 10 18 4 0 1 3 5 10 5 1 1 3 5 8 -8 5

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Liga MX is the top division in the Mexican football league system. Each season the league has two tournaments, Apertura (opening) and Clausura (closing). This means that the Liga MX has two champions per season. The Liga MX is the fourth most attended football league in the world.