The Santos Laguna & América head coaches Álves and Poggio are both fearing and feeling excited about this highly important match in the upper regions of the Liga MX table.
- Santos Laguna have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) 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.
Santos Laguna and América should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Santos Laguna form and stats
Overall Liga MX results playing at home this season for Santos Laguna are 2-6-1 (wins-draws-losses). Santos has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Álves and the players.
No payout for Santos Laguna in their previous match, an away game at Atlas that ended in defeat 1-2. Aguirre (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Aguirre served one assist, hit two key passes and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).
Ahead of that match, Santos Laguna lost 1-4 at home to Necaxa.This is expected to be a close game, with Santos Laguna perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Santos Laguna as a small favourite), we find ten games. Santos has won five of these, drawn three and lost two.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the CONCACAF Champions League game versus Montreal Impact in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Nuevo Corona.
Santos Laguna have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
América form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX. América has drawn their two previous away games.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Atletico San Luis with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Martínez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.72. Martínez scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
A 0-2 loss hosting Atlas before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by América in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for América, two draws and three defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Liga MX trip to Mazatlan.
8 goals so far away for América, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 8. All from 8 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the sides met previously this campaign; América - Santos Laguna 2-1. Santos Laguna-América H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Santos Laguna two wins, América five wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  D. Valdés Contreras 6 goals | F. Gorriarán Fontes 4 goals | E. Preciado García 4 goals |
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| Santos Laguna | América | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 31 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 92% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 83% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 68% |
| 46% | 31% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 32% |
| 17% | 15% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 10% | 14% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 67% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 45% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 50% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 6.5 | 6.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.4 | 13 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 30% | 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 24% | 25% |
| 13.5 | 11.9 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11 | 10.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
- Santos Laguna have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have won at least twice as many corners 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 | América | 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 | León | 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 | Juarez | 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 |
