Cruz Azul vs Santos Laguna: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 26.July
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Olímpico de Universitario (72000 seats)

New season, new opportunities: Here's what you need to know before the Cruz Azul - Santos Laguna match!

Santos Laguna have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Cruz Azul form and stats

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Cruz Azul friendly games in pre-season: Cruz played four friendlies, won 4, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Cruz Azul scored 12 goals and conceded 4 in these four games.

Cruz could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Liga MX. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Estadio Olímpico de Universitario they witnessed 4 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W7 - D1 - L2 from ten games.

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Santos Laguna form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Santos Laguna as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Santos Laguna have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Santos has scored 3 goals and conceded 2 times.

Let's have a look at how Santos Laguna performed last season in the Liga MX: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 14 and conceded 14 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 5/9 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Cruz wins - draws - Santos Laguna wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CruzJ. Rodríguez Portillo
J. Rodríguez Portillo
16 goals
Santos LagunaB. Lozano Aparicio
B. Lozano Aparicio
13 goals
Santos LagunaJ. Furch
J. Furch
13 goals

Cruz Azul missing players

Santos Laguna missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cruz Azul Santos Laguna
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Allerheiligen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<"statistics-short">S O   65 147
39% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 America 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Atlas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Atlético San Luis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cruz Azul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Guadalajara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Juárez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 León 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mazatlan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Monterrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Necaxa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pachuca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Puebla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Pumas UNAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Querétaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Santos Laguna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Tigres UANL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Tijuana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Toluca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cruz Azul 10 7 1 2 24 14 5 4 0 1 13 6 5 3 1 1 11 8 10 22
2 León 10 7 0 3 23 14 5 5 0 0 14 4 5 2 0 3 9 10 9 21
3 Santos Laguna 10 5 2 3 14 14 5 4 1 0 9 5 5 1 1 3 5 9 0 17
4 America 10 5 2 3 11 11 5 2 0 3 4 7 5 3 2 0 7 4 0 17
5 Guadalajara 10 4 4 2 13 11 5 2 2 1 8 5 5 2 2 1 5 6 2 16
6 Pumas UNAM 10 4 3 3 20 19 5 3 1 1 11 6 5 1 2 2 9 13 1 15
7 Tigres UANL 10 4 2 4 13 10 5 4 1 0 11 3 5 0 1 4 2 7 3 14
8 Juárez 10 4 2 4 20 18 5 2 1 2 11 11 5 2 1 2 9 7 2 14
9 Morelia 10 4 2 4 17 16 5 1 1 3 8 8 5 3 1 1 9 8 1 14
10 Puebla 10 4 2 4 7 7 5 1 2 2 4 4 5 3 0 2 3 3 0 14
11 Pachuca 10 4 2 4 11 12 5 3 2 0 5 1 5 1 0 4 6 11 -1 14
12 Querétaro 10 4 2 4 13 15 4 1 1 2 5 4 6 3 1 2 8 11 -2 14
13 Atlético San Luis 10 3 4 3 11 15 5 2 1 2 7 8 5 1 3 1 4 7 -4 13
14 Necaxa 10 3 2 5 17 16 5 1 2 2 8 8 5 2 0 3 9 8 1 11
15 Toluca 10 2 4 4 16 18 5 1 1 3 11 12 5 1 3 1 5 6 -2 10
16 Tijuana 10 2 3 5 10 16 6 2 2 2 6 6 4 0 1 3 4 10 -6 9
17 Atlas 10 3 0 7 10 17 5 1 0 4 4 9 5 2 0 3 6 8 -7 9
18 Monterrey 10 0 5 5 10 17 5 0 3 2 6 8 5 0 2 3 4 9 -7 5

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 America 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Atlas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Atlético San Luis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cruz Azul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Guadalajara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Juárez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 León 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mazatlan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Monterrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Necaxa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pachuca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Puebla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Pumas UNAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Querétaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Santos Laguna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Tigres UANL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Tijuana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Toluca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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