Monterrey will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Santos Laguna.
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.
It's quite the trip for Santos Laguna when visiting Monterrey as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Monterrey form and stats
Overall Liga MX stats at home this season for Monterrey are 5-2-2 (wins-draw-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio BBVA Bancomer.
Monterrey's last game was hosting Santos Laguna and winning 5-2. Ahead of that match, Monterrey won a home game hosting Atlas (2-0).
A goal frenzy last time out for Monterrey, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Santos Laguna. Fun stuff to watch!
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Monterrey handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D0-L1.
A decent goal production from Monterrey in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Monterrey have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Santos Laguna form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (40) in Liga MX, are W3-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX.
Two away games in a row for Santos Laguna, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-5 versus Monterrey in the Liga MX. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Toluca that ended 2-2.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Santos Laguna, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
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 1 win, 1 draw and 8 defeats. From a total of ten matches.
Santos Laguna are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). The Santos Laguna manager G. Almada has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Monterrey - Santos Laguna 5-2 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Monterrey won 5 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Santos Laguna has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4Top Goalscorers
 
R. Funes Mori
10 goals
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J. Furch
10 goals
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B. Lozano
9 goals
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Monterrey missing players
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| Monterrey | Santos Laguna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 32 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 42 |
| 25 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 24 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 42% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 90% | 89% |
| 32% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 26% | 30% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 26% |
| 53% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 63% |
| 26% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 21% | 20% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 16% |
| 6.9 | 7.9 | 7.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 4.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 2.4 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 283 | 168 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 156 | 296 |
| 80 | 48 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 43 | 97 |
| 40% | 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 43% |
- All of Monterrey's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Santos Laguna's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Monterrey have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Monterrey haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Monterrey is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Santos Laguna has the fewest matches under the total-line (2)
- Santos Laguna has the most matches over the total-line (17)
- Santos Laguna has the most scored goals (40)
- Santos Laguna has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
- Santos Laguna have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Santos Laguna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Santos Laguna | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | León | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Tigres UANL | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Querétaro | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Necaxa | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | América | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| 7 | Morelia | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | Monterrey | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Pachuca | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 25 |
| 10 | Guadalajara | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Tijuana | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -10 | 24 |
| 12 | Cruz Azul | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 23 |
| 13 | Pumas UNAM | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Atlas | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 21 |
| 15 | Atletico San Luis | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | Juarez | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -10 | 18 |
| 17 | Toluca | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 17 |
| 18 | Puebla | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 19 | Veracruz | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 24 | -34 | 8 |