There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Liga MX table so far. Here's the Pachuca - Santos Laguna latest:
- Pachuca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Pachuca and Santos Laguna should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Santos Laguna have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Pachuca form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Pachuca have to build on here at Estadio Hidalgo in the Liga MX.
Pachuca enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Monterrey's place. The match ended 1-0 with Erick Aguirre scoring. Ahead of that match, Pachuca lost 1-3 at home to Puebla.
Pachuca made it very difficult for themselves, when Óscar Ustari got a red card in the 87th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Pachuca won the match 1-0!
This is expected to be a close game, with Pachuca perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Pachuca as a small favourite), we find ten games. Pachuca has won five of these, drawn two and lost three.
The manager P. Pezzolano Suárez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Atletico San Luis in only three days.
The Pachuca fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Pachuca have conceded 10 in these home matches.
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 are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Liga MX against Toluca. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Queretaro wasn't a success with a 0-1 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 eleven relevant matches. Results were two Santos wins, three draws and six defeats.
The visiting Santos have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. Santos Laguna struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Santos Laguna - Pachuca 0-3 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Pachuca, six draws and zero wins for Santos Laguna. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  F. Gorriarán Fontes 6 goals |  V. Guzmán Guzmán 5 goals |
Pachuca missing players
Santos Laguna missing players
| Pachuca | Santos Laguna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 35 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 42 |
| 33 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 35 |
| 89% | 94% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 54% | 53% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 76% |
| 26% | 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 31% | 42% |
| 17% | 18% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 3% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 43% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 52% |
| 34% | 18% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 19% | 30% |
| 34% | 35% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.5 | 13.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 13.9 | 14.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 28% | 26% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 24% | 32% |
- Pachuca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | América | 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 |