It's been seven sleeps since Cruz Azul played against Guadalajara and the scoreline was 1-2. Can they get the points hosting Santos Laguna?
- Cruz Azul have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have won significantly less corners away then at home.
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.
This should be an engrossing game with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
Cruz Azul form and stats
Cruz Azul have collected 16 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 5-1-3.
In their previous game, the manager Ferretti led his Cruz Azul to a defeat away at Guadalajara. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Azteca. Defender Escobar got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.44/10. Escobar served one assist, hit two key passes and won 12 of 13 duels.
Ahead of that match, Cruz Azul lost 1-3 at home to América.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cruz have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.
The Cruz Azul fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. Cruz Azul have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Santos Laguna form and stats
There's been little loot from Santos Laguna's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Liga MX. Santos Laguna only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Santos Laguna have lots to play for after their out-of-character defeat (0-2) to Querétaro in their previous match, played in front of their own supporters. Brunetta got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Brunetta hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Monterrey with the score of 2-1.We have checked recent matches where Santos have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
Observe that 15 of this club's 19 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
Santos Laguna are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 8 away games so far. Santos Laguna struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Santos Laguna have won or drawn the last 4 games (2-2-0) versus Cruz.Cruz Azul and Santos Laguna have faced off earlier this season: Santos Laguna - Cruz Azul 4-0.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Preciado Villarreal 14 goals |  M. Correa 11 goals |  J. Brunetta 9 goals |
Cruz Azul missing players
Santos Laguna missing players
| Cruz Azul | Santos Laguna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 14 | 10 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | 6 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 45 | 23 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 26 | 63 |
| 57 | 19 | 12 | Conceded | C | 10 | 32 | 61 |
| 92% | 94% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 94% | 97% |
| 69% | 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 88% | 91% |
| 61% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 59% | 69% |
| 39% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 41% | 46% |
| 17% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 29% | 31% |
| 56% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 65% | 60% |
| 31% | 44% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 12% | 20% |
| 22% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 29% | 23% |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.4 | 7.3 | 5.9 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 12.5 | 13.6 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 13.8 | 15.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 5.1 | 5.7 |
| 30% | 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 30% | 31% |
| 13.6 | 11.6 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.8 | 18.8 | 16.4 |
| 4.6 | 3.3 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 6.2 | 5 |
- Cruz Azul have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 33 |
| 4 | Pachuca | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Toluca | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | Puebla | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Leon | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Juárez | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Necaxa | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Mazatlán | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Tijuana | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 17 |
| 16 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 14 |
| 17 | Atlas | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 | Querétaro | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 9 |
