León host Atlético San Luis as obvious favourites: Big match preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Mon 08.May
Match begins: 01:06 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio León (31297 seats)

It's time for Liga MX and León - Atlético San Luis. In this preview and prediction you'll find stats, results, numbercrunching, tendencies and news!

Insights:
  • León have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atlético San Luis have the fewest scored goals (15) in Liga MX

The hosts León saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the CONCACAF Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Tigres UANL, was also a home game here at Estadio León. The away team is better rested.

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León form and stats

4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga MX numbers at home for León so far this season.

León are confident in defense, having played 197 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

León's previous match was a CONCACAF Champions League game also played at their own arena, finishing 3-1 vs Tigres UANL. The home team are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Mena was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.8 (out of ten) in that game. Mena scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).

Ahead of that match, León won a home game hosting Tigres UANL (3-0).

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.

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Atlético San Luis form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga MX matches, Atlético San Luis have produced an overall stat of 2-4-2 so far. A depressing six defeats in a row for Atlético San Luis in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Tigres UANL.

Atlético's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Atlas that finished 0-0. Sanabria was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.1. The defender Sanabria hit nine key passes and won 4 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Pachuca's place.

11 goals have been conceded by Atlético San Luis in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have battled previously this season: León - Atlético San Luis 2-0. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: six - one - two (León wins - draws - Atlético San Luis wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LeónL. Di Yorio
L. Di Yorio
11 goals
LeónV. Dávila Zavala
V. Dávila Zavala
9 goals
LeónÁ. Mena Delgado
Á. Mena Delgado
3 goals

León missing players

Atlético San Luis missing players

León Atlético San Luis
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
14 9 2 Won W 2 3 9
10 4 2 Drew D 2 5 10
11 4 1 Lost L 1 9 15
48 30 12 Scored S 5 14 31
43 20 11 Conceded C 4 27 44
86% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 82%
66% 76% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 71% 68%
51% 53% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 41% 41%
29% 35% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 29% 21%
20% 24% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 9%
49% 47% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 53% 47%
34% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 18% 32%
31% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 41% 38%
 
5.3 5.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 3.9 4.3
4.5 3.1 2.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 6.5 6.1
2.1 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.2
12 6 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
14 16.2 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 10.2 11.2
4.8 5.6 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.6 3.6
28% 32% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 23% 26%
 
12.9 11.5 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 19.4 18.5 16.8
4.2 4.1 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.7 5.3
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Atlético San Luis have the fewest scored goals (15) in Liga MX
  • León have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • León have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Atlético San Luis have scored away.

  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 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 León 17 6 4 7 25 29 8 4 2 2 16 14 9 2 2 5 9 15 -4 22
11 Juarez 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 Atlético San Luis 17 4 6 7 15 23 9 2 2 5 7 12 8 2 4 2 8 11 -8 18
14 Mazatlan 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 Queretaro 17 1 6 10 18 35 8 1 4 3 10 13 9 0 2 7 8 22 -17 9

Read more about Liga MX

Liga MX is the top division in the Mexican football league system. Each season the league has two tournaments, Apertura (opening) and Clausura (closing). This means that the Liga MX has two champions per season. The Liga MX is the fourth most attended football league in the world.