Only a few games have been played in the Liga MX so far, with Cruz Azul placed 18th and Santos Laguna sitting in the 9th position.
Santos Laguna could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa MX game only three sleeps ago.
It's quite the trip for Santos Laguna when visiting Cruz Azul as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Cruz Azul form and stats
0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga MX numbers at home for Cruz Azul so far this season.
Cruz Azul lost their last game at Atlético San Luis (placed 3rd) after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Atlas with the scoreline 1-2.
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 two matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 0.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cruz Azul at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Santos Laguna form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga MX travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Santos Laguna have lost on their last two travels.
Santos Laguna won their last game, 4-2 versus Pumas UNAM played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs León.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Santos Laguna, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Santos Laguna in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Santos Laguna, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Santos Laguna has another fixture away, a Copa MX game, against Pumas UNAM in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Santos Laguna has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Santos Laguna - Cruz Azul 3-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 2 - 4 (Cruz Azul wins - draws - Santos Laguna wins). As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Lozano Aparicio 11 goals |  J. Furch 10 goals |   J. Rodríguez Portillo 8 goals |
Cruz Azul missing players
Santos Laguna missing players
| Cruz Azul | Santos Laguna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 27 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 47 |
| 28 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | 35 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 91% | 86% |
| 30% | 30% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 55% | 55% |
| 15% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 27% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 73% | 68% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 14% |
| 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 284 | 149 | 59 | Total Shots | T S | 49 | 171 | 346 |
| 80 | 46 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 48 | 110 |
| 34% | 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | 43% |
- All of Santos Laguna's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cruz Azul have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cruz Azul have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cruz Azul haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Santos Laguna have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Santos Laguna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 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 | Atlético San Luis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | León | 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 | Juárez | 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 |