Only a few games have been played in the Liga MX so far, with Puebla placed 16th and Santos Laguna sitting in the 14th position.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Liga MX match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus América, was also a home game here at Estadio Cuauhtémoc. The away team is better rested.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Puebla form and stats
Puebla are yet to win a home game, having collected 0 points from their first two Liga MX games here at Estadio Cuauhtémoc. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Puebla to get some points in this home game. Puebla are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estadio Cuauhtémoc, having lost their two previous games here.
Puebla haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 328 minutes ago. C. Menendez scored that one.
The Puebla crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to América here at Estadio Cuauhtémoc in a Liga MX match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Necaxa (0-2).
Nicolás Vikonis had a busy but productive day in the América match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Puebla at home in the league. 0 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Santos Laguna form and stats
It's not happening yet for Santos Laguna on their Liga MX travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on J. Almada Álves, the Santos Laguna manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
There were no winners in Santos Laguna's previous match, a Liga MX home game that ended 1-1 vs Pumas UNAM (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Pumas UNAM's place.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Monterrey in just four days.
Santos Laguna have the goal stats of 1-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Santos Laguna - Puebla 4-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Puebla, five draws and five wins for Santos Laguna. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Lozano Aparicio 11 goals |  J. Furch 11 goals |  D. Valdés Contreras 7 goals |
Puebla missing players
Santos Laguna missing players
| Puebla | Santos Laguna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 48 |
| 35 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | 39 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 41% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 92% | 83% |
| 27% | 27% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 50% | 50% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 25% |
| 55% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 67% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 17% |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 6 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 246 | 133 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 64 | 183 | 369 |
| 71 | 40 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 50 | 114 |
| 30% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | 42% |
- All of Santos Laguna's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Puebla has the fewest scored goals (0) at home
- Puebla has the fewest scored goals (1)
- Puebla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Puebla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santos Laguna has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
- Santos Laguna has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
- Santos Laguna has the most matches over the total-line (20)
- 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 have scored more than double the goals of Puebla.
- 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 | León | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Querétaro | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Necaxa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Pumas UNAM | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Juárez | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | América | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Atlético San Luis | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Atlas | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Toluca | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Cruz Azul | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Pachuca | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Tigres UANL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Morelia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Santos Laguna | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Tijuana | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Puebla | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Monterrey | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 |