Pre-match info: 5 points separate the teams ahead of this match, Santos Laguna the superior team. Can Pumas UNAM shorten the gap?
- Pumas UNAM have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Santos Laguna have the fewest points (0) away in Liga MX
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Pumas UNAM form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga MX, Pumas UNAM have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
Pumas faced defeat in their previous match, away at Atlético San Luis (2-3). Did Pumas UNAM get overconfident in their match against Atlético San Luis? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat. Salvio, an attacker, was the champion performer for the team in that game, receiving a rating of 8.41 (out of 10). Salvio scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the home game against America that was lost 0-3.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Tigres UANL are coming to town in three days.
Pumas aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Olímpico de Universitario in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Pumas UNAM have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Santos Laguna form and stats
No Liga MX points yet away for Santos Laguna, from their first 3 matches. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Santos are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Santos Laguna had fun at their own home (Estadio Olímpico de Universitario) last time out, beating León 2-1. Torres and Campos scored. Midfielder Gorriarán was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.15. Gorriarán hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 78 successful passes (of 91 total).
A 0-2 defeat away at Tigres UANL before that.Santos Laguna have another game away in just four days, a Liga MX game versus Tijuana. A difficult fixture list for the visitors!
Goals are few and far between in Santos's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. Santos Laguna's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: four wins for Pumas, two draws and four wins for Santos Laguna. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Salvio 3 goals |   F. Torres Caicedo 2 goals | H. Rodríguez De La O 2 goals |
Pumas UNAM missing players
Santos Laguna missing players
| Pumas UNAM | Santos Laguna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | 6 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 38% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 62% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 25% |
| 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 4.1 |
| 4.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 5.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.7 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.9 | 15 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 14.5 |
| 5 | 5.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
| 22% | 14% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 8% | 31% |
| 12.1 | 10.8 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16.7 | 14.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7.3 | 4.9 |
- Pumas UNAM have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos Laguna have scored away.
- Pumas UNAM have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Pumas UNAM haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Santos Laguna have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Santos Laguna have lost all their away matches so far.
- Santos Laguna have the fewest points (0) away in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | Toluca | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | Tigres UANL | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Tijuana | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | America | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Santos Laguna | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Necaxa | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Puebla | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Pachuca | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Atlético San Luis | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Juarez | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Mazatlan | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | León | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 14 | Atlas | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Pumas UNAM | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Cruz Azul | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 17 | Guadalajara | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 18 | Queretaro | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 4 |
