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- Monterrey have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Liga MX
It's no vacation for neither Monterrey nor Santos Laguna as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Monterrey form and stats
Overall Liga MX stats at home this season for Monterrey are 4-3-1 (wins-draw-losses).
The fans are hoping that Monterrey will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Liga MX game against Santos Laguna. Attacking player Vincent Janssen bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.52 out of 10. Janssen scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Monterrey won a home game hosting Columbus Crew (3-0).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 Monterrey have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won four times, drawn zero and lost two.
A decent goal production from Monterrey in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Monterrey's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
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 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Santos has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Santos are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Liga MX against Monterrey. Midfielder Ayrton Preciado was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Preciado scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Queretaro.Santos 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. As for defending, Santos rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Santos Laguna - Monterrey 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Monterrey won four, Santos Laguna won three and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Funes Mori 15 goals |  V. Janssen 7 goals |   F. Gorriarán Fontes 7 goals |
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| Monterrey | Santos Laguna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 37 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 51 | 25 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 49 |
| 38 | 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | 37 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 92% |
| 75% | 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 65% | 73% |
| 47% | 39% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 29% | 43% |
| 19% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 12% | 19% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 67% | 61% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 47% | 49% |
| 19% | 28% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 32% |
| 17% | 11% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 41% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.4 | 15.1 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.8 | 13.7 | 14.4 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 35% | 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 24% | 33% |
- Monterrey have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Liga MX
- Monterrey haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 |