Classic home win, away team steals the points or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table teams Puebla and Santos Laguna clash at Estadio Cuauhtémoc.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Santos Laguna when visiting Puebla as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Puebla form and stats
With 2 Liga MX wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Puebla are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The fans are hoping that Puebla will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Liga MX game against Santos Laguna. Santiago Ormeño, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.15 (out of 10). Ormeño hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Atlas in a game that was won 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Puebla perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Puebla as a small favourite), we find ten games. Puebla has won four of these, drawn one and lost five.
The Puebla fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Puebla have conceded 13 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 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).
Impressive finishing from Eduardo Aguirre (2) and Ayrton Preciado secured the home win 3-0 against Puebla in their previous game. The attacker Eduardo Aguirre got a match rating of 8.43 in that game. Aguirre scored two goals.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Monterrey that ended 1-1.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 ten relevant matches. Results were two Santos Laguna wins, two draws and six defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Santos Laguna have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Santos Laguna rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Santos Laguna - Puebla 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Puebla won zero, Santos Laguna won six and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Ormeño Zayas 16 goals |   E. Aguirre Lara 8 goals | F. Gorriarán Fontes 7 goals |
Puebla missing players
Santos Laguna missing players
| Puebla | Santos Laguna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 40 | 19 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 18 | 39 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 52 | 25 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 53 |
| 48 | 19 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 38 |
| 92% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 92% |
| 57% | 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 74% |
| 42% | 37% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 28% | 44% |
| 30% | 26% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 18% | 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 48% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 49% |
| 28% | 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 32% | 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 39% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.2 | 12 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 13.3 | 14.4 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4 |
| 36% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | 34% |
| 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 | America | 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 |