Cruz Azul welcome Santos Laguna for another intriguing Liga MX game here at Estadio Azteca.
- Cruz Azul have the the worst goal difference (-5) 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.
Cruz Azul form and stats
Overall Liga MX statistics at home this season for Cruz Azul are 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Cruz Azul manager Ferretti and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Charlotte in the Leagues Cup.
A 1-1 scoreline against Atlanta United (after extra-time, 2-1 on penalties) before that, played at their own home stadium in the Leagues Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cruz Azul have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 20 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 5 and lost 7.
Cruz are traveling soon after this match as the Liga MX match at Pachuca awaits in three days.
Cruz Azul has scored {0 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Santos Laguna form and stats
The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Leagues Cup home loss versus Orlando City with 2-3 on the scoreboard.
One match before, 2-2 at home vs Houston Dynamo in the Leagues Cup. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Santos Laguna playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 2 Santos Laguna wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Santos Laguna has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cruz Azul four wins, two draws and Santos Laguna four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Preciado Villarreal 2 goals |   J. Rivero Segade 1 goals |  J. Brunetta 1 goals |
Cruz Azul missing players
Santos Laguna missing players
| Cruz Azul | Santos Laguna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 2.7 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 6.3 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8 | 6.7 |
| 2.3 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 22 | 22 | 15.7 |
| 2.7 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | 17% |
| 13.3 | 12 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 24 | 24 | 15.3 |
| 5.7 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 10 | 5 |
- Cruz Azul have the most conceded goals in the second half (4) in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the the worst goal difference (-5) in Liga MX
| Cruz Azul | Last season | Santos Laguna | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 39 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Scored | S | 32 | 69 | ||
| 60 | 22 | Conceded | C | 41 | 70 | ||
| 92% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 90% | ||
| 61% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 67% | ||
| 39% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 46% | ||
| 18% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 35% | 33% | ||
| 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 59% | ||
| 29% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 21% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 26% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 12.6 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 14.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 13.6 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.6 | 16.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Juárez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Pumas UNAM | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Atlético San Luis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Atlas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Tijuana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Toluca | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Santos Laguna | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | León | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | America | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Queretaro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Necaxa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Mazatlán | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| 16 | Pachuca | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | Puebla | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Cruz Azul | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
