It's a clean slate in Liga MX - the first game of the season. Read the full article and see how Puebla and Santos Laguna did in their pre-season friendly games!
Santos Laguna have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Puebla form and stats
The season before, Puebla's league statistics were 4 wins, 10 draws and 3 losses, ending with 8th place in the Liga MX. In these 17 matches they scored {25 goals} and let in 23. Appearing at home in the last season Puebla delivered 3-5-1 (win-draw-lost) with {13 goals} and 11 conceded.
Santos Laguna form and stats
Let's have a look at how Santos Laguna performed last season in the Liga MX: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded {21 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 14/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Puebla two wins, four draws and Santos Laguna four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
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Puebla missing players
Santos Laguna missing players
| Puebla | Santos Laguna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% |
| 100% | 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% | 100% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Puebla | Last season | Santos Laguna | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 39 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 54 | 29 | Scored | S | 32 | 69 | ||
| 68 | 32 | Conceded | C | 41 | 70 | ||
| 97% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 82% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 90% | ||
| 55% | 68% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 67% | ||
| 42% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 46% | ||
| 21% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 35% | 33% | ||
| 68% | 74% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 59% | ||
| 13% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 21% | ||
| 21% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 26% | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 12.4 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 14.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 15.5 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.6 | 16.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | America | 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 | Juárez | 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 | Mazatlán | 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 | Queretaro | 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 |