4th position in the Liga MX table for Cruz Azul so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Santos Laguna visits.
- Cruz Azul have the most clean sheets (19) in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos Laguna have scored away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cruz and Santos Laguna.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Cruz Azul form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as Cruz Azul, who have the most clean sheets (19) in Liga MX, have scored 12 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Liga MX are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). The Cruz Azul fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Cruz Azul has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
The Cruz goalkeeper Jose de Jesus Corona Rodriguez is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 346 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga MX.
A strong away win for Cruz against Santos Laguna the last match, as Luís Romo were on target. Luís Romo (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.34/10. Romo scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Cruz won a home game hosting Pachuca (1-0).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 Azul have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won eight times, drawn four and lost four.
Cruz have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 12 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Cruz have conceded only 6 goals.
Santos Laguna form and stats
Santos Laguna have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga MX, after 2-2-5 (9 played).
The attacking players of Santos Laguna have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 197 minutes.
Santos's previous game was their home loss versus Cruz Azul (0-1). Omar Campos was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.65. The defender Campos hit two key passes and won 14 of 21 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Puebla's place.Santos Laguna are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and nine defeats. From a total of ten matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Santos Laguna have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Santos Laguna have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Santos Laguna - Cruz 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Cruz Azul-Santos Laguna H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cruz five wins, Santos Laguna four wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Rodríguez Portillo 23 goals |  E. Aguirre Lara 8 goals | F. Gorriarán Fontes 7 goals |
Cruz Azul missing players
Santos Laguna missing players
| Cruz Azul | Santos Laguna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 43 | 21 | 7 | Played | P | 6 | 19 | 41 |
| 27 | 15 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 62 | 37 | 12 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 53 |
| 36 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | 40 |
| 95% | 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | 93% |
| 58% | 62% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 63% | 71% |
| 35% | 43% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 26% | 41% |
| 26% | 33% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 17% |
| 14% | 24% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 35% | 38% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 47% | 46% |
| 44% | 48% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | 32% |
| 26% | 19% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 42% | 29% |
| 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.7 | 6 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.5 | 5.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.7 | 14.1 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 13 | 14.3 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.1 | 4 |
| 40% | 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 24% | 33% |
- Cruz Azul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cruz Azul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cruz Azul have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos Laguna have scored away.
- Cruz Azul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Liga MX
- Cruz Azul have the most clean sheets (19) 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 | Leon | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 40 |
| 2 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | America | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Monterrey | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 28 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Pachuca | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Necaxa | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Toluca | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Puebla | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Juarez | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Mazatlan | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 16 |
| 15 | Tijuana | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 18 | -15 | 15 |
| 16 | Atlas | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | Queretaro | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 13 |
| 18 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -19 | 11 |