This might well be yet another action-packed encounter at Estadio Nuevo Corona in the Liga MX. Santos Laguna is in 8th position and receive Atlas in 7th place. Read about the fixture here!
The visiting Atlas played their last game only four days ago, a Liga MX match. That game was also an away game, at Monterrey. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Santos Laguna form and stats
The story so far in the Liga MX for Santos Laguna at their home stadium (Estadio Nuevo Corona) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Happy days for Santos Laguna in their previous game, a fixture away at Puebla (placed 14th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Santos Laguna goalkeeper Lajud did an outstanding job against Puebla with eight saves, so vital to securing the victory. The attacker Preciado was announced as "man of the match" for Santos Laguna with the rating of 8.44/10. Preciado scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against Queretaro that was lost 0-2.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 as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Santos Laguna has won 6 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Early season league goal statistics from Santos Laguna's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 2 conceded.
Atlas form and stats
0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Atlas in their Liga MX matches away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Atlas, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Monterrey (placed 5th). Santamaría was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.73. The defender Santamaría hit two key passes and won 7 of 12 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Cruz Azul.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Atlas playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 2 Atlas wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Atlas has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the former ten meetings involving these two participants are: three wins for Santos Laguna, five draws and two wins for Atlas. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Preciado Villarreal 2 goals |  J. Brunetta 1 goals |   A. Rocha González 1 goals |
Santos Laguna missing players
Atlas missing players
| Santos Laguna | Atlas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 7.5 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17.5 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 17 | 16 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 18 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 6.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Santos Laguna | Last season | Atlas | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 39 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 37 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 13 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 69 | 37 | Scored | S | 21 | 45 | ||
| 70 | 29 | Conceded | C | 27 | 50 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 90% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 63% | 62% | ||
| 67% | 74% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 37% | 43% | ||
| 46% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 38% | ||
| 33% | 32% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 16% | ||
| 59% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 51% | ||
| 21% | 32% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 22% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 38% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 6 | ||
| 14.9 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.2 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 16.4 | 14.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.1 | 15.3 | ||
| 5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guadalajara | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Toluca | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Pumas UNAM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Juárez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Monterrey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Queretaro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Atlas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Tigres UANL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Necaxa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Mazatlan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Pachuca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Tijuana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Puebla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Atletico San Luis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | América | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Leon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Cruz Azul | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
