Puebla vs Santos Laguna: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 03:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Cuauhtémoc (51726 seats)

Liga MX: Two contenders in fair shape get together for this match. Santos Laguna hold a slight upper hand with their 5th place in the table?

Insights:
  • Puebla have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Liga MX
  • Santos Laguna have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Liga MX

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 sides have had enough days rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's hope for an active match!

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Puebla form and stats

Puebla have played 9 Liga MX games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Puebla are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Atletico San Luis.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Cruz Azul and winning 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Puebla handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and two defeats.

At Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla has the goal stats of 9-9 (for/against) from 9 league fixtures.

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Santos Laguna form and stats

Playing away, Santos Laguna, who have the most scored goals (14) away in Liga MX, have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Liga MX this season.

Santos Laguna had fun at their own home (Estadio Cuauhtémoc) last time out, beating Tijuana 4-0. Preciado (2), Suárez and Gorriarán scored. Attacker Preciado got a player rating of 9.01 in the game. "Man of the match" Preciado scored two goals and hit one key pass.

A 0-1 defeat away at Guadalajara before that.

Santos Laguna are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and eight defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Santos's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Santos Laguna have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H encounter ended Santos Laguna - Puebla 1-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Puebla wins - draws - Santos Laguna wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PueblaF. Aristeguieta de Luca
F. Aristeguieta de Luca
6 goals
Santos LagunaF. Gorriarán Fontes
F. Gorriarán Fontes
6 goals

Puebla missing players

Santos Laguna missing players

Puebla Santos Laguna
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 16 6 Played P 3 14 30
13 6 2 Won W 2 4 10
10 7 3 Drew D 0 4 11
7 3 1 Lost L 1 6 9
38 20 6 Scored S 5 18 42
30 16 5 Conceded C 2 17 35
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
80% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 79% 80%
27% 31% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 50%
17% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 23%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 13%
53% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 64% 63%
30% 25% 17% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 30%
17% 12% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 21% 17%
 
4.6 5.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.6 6.4
5.3 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 4.3 3.5
2.4 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.6 2
6 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
13.6 14.3 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 14.1 14.6
4.3 4.8 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.9 4.3
30% 26% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 33%
 
12.5 10.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 17.7 15.1 13.7
3.9 2.7 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4 3.8
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Puebla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Puebla have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Liga MX
  • Puebla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Santos Laguna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Santos Laguna have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Liga MX
  • Santos Laguna have the most scored goals (14) away in Liga MX

  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 17 10 5 2 21 10 9 7 2 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 8 8 11 35
2 Atlas 17 8 5 4 21 10 9 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 3 1 13 5 11 29
3 Leon 17 8 5 4 20 14 8 3 3 2 11 6 9 5 2 2 9 8 6 29
4 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 26 14 9 4 5 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 11 9 12 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 9 3 23 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 24
6 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 22 8 3 4 1 13 9 9 3 2 4 9 13 0 24
7 Puebla 17 6 6 5 16 16 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 24
8 Cruz Azul 17 5 8 4 21 17 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 23
9 Monterrey 17 5 7 5 19 16 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 1 5 3 9 12 3 22
10 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 4 3 0 22
11 Pumas UNAM 17 5 6 6 17 23 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -6 21
12 Atletico San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlan 17 5 5 7 18 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 20
14 Necaxa 17 6 2 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 20
15 Pachuca 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 8 2 1 5 9 14 -2 18
16 Juárez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Queretaro 17 3 6 8 11 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 3 12 -8 15
18 Tijuana 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 1 2 5 7 16 -11 15

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.