Liga MX duel: Close contest expected between Morelia and Santos Laguna

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Morelia form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga MX, Morelia have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games.

Morelia are returning here after visiting Cruz Azul in a Liga MX game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Necaxa (2-3).

Sebastian Ferreira was absolutely essential when Morelia beat Cruz Azul 3-2, scoring 3 goals.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Morelia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 5 Lost 7.

The Morelia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. Morelia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.

Santos Laguna form and stats

2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Santos Laguna, who have the most scored goals (30) in Liga MX, in their Liga MX matches away. Santos Laguna seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The supporters enjoyed Santos Laguna's previous game versus Tijuana (placed 11th), a Liga MX 4-1 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Tigres UANL wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Santos Laguna playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were 4 Santos Laguna wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Santos Laguna have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. The Santos Laguna manager G. Almada has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Morelia victories, 3 draws and 3 Santos Laguna wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Furch 9 goals / 2 assists

B. Lozano 7 goals / 3 assists

F. Aristeguieta 3 goals

Morelia missing players

Santos Laguna missing players