Match preview Liga MX: Necaxa - Santos Laguna at Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 24.July
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes (25500 seats)

This is the Liga MX season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Necaxa or Santos Laguna get that important first win?

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Necaxa form and stats

Last season, Necaxa's league statistics were 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Liga MX. Over these 17 matches they scored 16 goals and conceded 20. Playing at home last season Necaxa managed 4-1-4 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 12 conceded.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Necaxa, who have participated in four training matches. Necaxa have won 3 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.

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Santos Laguna form and stats

Let's have a look at how Santos Laguna performed last season in the Liga MX: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 10/15 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Santos Laguna as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Santos Laguna have played two with the results W0-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Santos Laguna has scored 4 goals and conceded 5 times.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Necaxa won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Santos Laguna has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Necaxa missing players

Santos Laguna missing players

Necaxa Santos Laguna
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Necaxa Last season Santos Laguna
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   20 42
9 6   Won W   3 17
8 4   Drew D   7 11
18 7   Lost L   10 14
30 16   Scored S   15 54
50 23   Conceded C   24 41
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 93%
63% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 71%
37% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   25% 40%
20% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   10% 17%
9% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
46% 41%   BTTS BTTS   50% 48%
23% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 31%
34% 35%   Failed to Score F T   40% 29%
 
4.1 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 6
5.5 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.1
2.3 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.5
5 3   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11.4 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 14.2
3.3 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.9
26% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 América 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Atlas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Atletico San Luis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cruz Azul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Guadalajara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Juarez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Leon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mazatlan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Monterrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Necaxa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pachuca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Puebla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Pumas UNAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Querétaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Santos Laguna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Tigres UANL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Tijuana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Toluca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cruz Azul 17 13 2 2 26 11 9 7 1 1 17 9 8 6 1 1 9 2 15 41
2 América 17 12 2 3 26 14 8 7 1 0 14 5 9 5 1 3 12 9 12 38
3 Puebla 17 7 7 3 25 14 9 3 4 2 10 5 8 4 3 1 15 9 11 28
4 Monterrey 17 8 4 5 22 13 9 5 2 2 10 6 8 3 2 3 12 7 9 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 7 5 5 18 13 9 6 2 1 15 7 8 1 3 4 3 6 5 26
6 Leon 17 8 2 7 25 23 9 5 1 3 14 10 8 3 1 4 11 13 2 26
7 Atlas 17 7 4 6 20 15 9 4 1 4 11 10 8 3 3 2 9 5 5 25
8 Pachuca 17 6 5 6 20 19 8 3 2 3 7 8 9 3 3 3 13 11 1 23
9 Guadalajara 17 5 8 4 21 21 8 2 4 2 9 10 9 3 4 2 12 11 0 23
10 Tigres UANL 17 6 5 6 19 20 8 3 1 4 10 12 9 3 4 2 9 8 -1 23
11 Toluca 17 6 4 7 26 24 9 5 2 2 18 11 8 1 2 5 8 13 2 22
12 Querétaro 17 6 3 8 19 25 9 6 2 1 13 6 8 0 1 7 6 19 -6 21
13 Mazatlan 17 6 3 8 19 26 9 4 3 2 12 10 8 2 0 6 7 16 -7 21
14 Tijuana 17 5 5 7 19 21 8 4 1 3 11 9 9 1 4 4 8 12 -2 20
15 Pumas UNAM 17 4 6 7 10 12 8 2 3 3 6 5 9 2 3 4 4 7 -2 18
16 Juarez 17 4 3 10 13 29 8 3 2 3 8 12 9 1 1 7 5 17 -16 15
17 Atletico San Luis 17 3 3 11 20 33 8 2 3 3 10 15 9 1 0 8 10 18 -13 12
18 Necaxa 17 2 5 10 14 29 8 2 3 3 6 11 9 0 2 7 8 18 -15 11

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.