Both Mazatlán and Santos Laguna are craving for points in this fixture, in spite of the visitors holding a 16 point advantage so far.
- Mazatlán have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have scored more than double the goals of Mazatlán.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Mazatlán form and stats
Mazatlán have collected 9 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 2-3-3.
Mazatlán faced defeat in their previous match, away at Atlas (1-2). Gutierrez had a busy but productive day in the Atlas match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented.
Ahead of that fixture, a home loss in the Copa por México against Santos Laguna.
The Mazatlán fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Mazatlán have conceded 12 from these games.
Santos Laguna form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santos Laguna so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Medina (2) and Preciado secured the home win 3-0 against Pumas UNAM in their previous game. Those three points felt sweet as this side had gone three league games without victory. Santos Laguna goalie Acevedo was high and low in the Pumas UNAM game, contributing eight saves towards the victory. Goalkeeper Acevedo got the top player rating of the team with 8.34/10. Acevedo topped it up with a clean sheet.
A loss against Tigres UANL was the result prior to that, in a home game.Observe that 9 of this side's 11 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
Santos Laguna are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 8 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Santos have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Mazatlán and Santos Laguna have met already this season: Santos Laguna - Mazatlán 3-0. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Mazatlán victory, one draw and four Santos Laguna wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Preciado Villarreal 8 goals |  M. Correa 6 goals |   N. Benedetti Roa 4 goals |
Mazatlán missing players
Santos Laguna missing players
| Mazatlán | Santos Laguna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 10 | 17 | 45 |
| 26 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 30 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 90% |
| 39% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 67% |
| 17% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 44% | 38% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 44% | 29% |
| 61% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 52% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 11% | 29% |
| 28% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 19% |
| 3.5 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.9 |
| 6.7 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 7.7 | 5.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 3.2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.3 | 11.2 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 13 | 15.8 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 5.4 | 6.2 |
| 31% | 28% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 35% | 35% |
| 16.5 | 15.1 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 20.2 | 16.3 |
| 6 | 6.4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.6 | 4.6 |
- Mazatlán have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Liga MX
- Mazatlán have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Mazatlán haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Santos Laguna have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Santos Laguna have scored more than double the goals of Mazatlán.
- Santos Laguna have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | 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 | Leon | 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 | 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 | Queretaro | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 9 |
