Santos Laguna will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind América.
- Santos Laguna has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Liga MX
- América has the most scored goals (31) in Liga MX
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
América have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Santos Laguna form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 8 Liga MX games here at Estadio Nuevo Corona for Santos Laguna. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Santos Laguna after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Santos Laguna are confident in defense, having played 185 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Santos travelled for their previous game, a trip to Mazatlan that ended 0-0. Before that, Santos had a home game versus Tigres UANL which ended with a victory 2-0.
The Santos fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. Santos are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Nuevo Corona in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
América form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (31) in Liga MX, on their Liga MX travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. América has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
América lost away at Monterrey (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Atletico San Luis.
A new game in only three days for América, the Liga MX home match versus Juárez. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy América's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches 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. América struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; América - Santos 3-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Santos won four, América won four and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Martín Mex 8 goals |  F. Córdova Reyes 6 goals |  F. Viñas Barboza 6 goals |
Santos Laguna missing players
América missing players
| Santos Laguna | América | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 27 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 34 |
| 23 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 90% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 86% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 76% |
| 48% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 30% | 14% |
| 48% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 71% |
| 38% | 55% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 24% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 15.2 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.2 | 13.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | 34% |
- América has the most scored goals (31) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | América | 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 | Juárez | 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 |