Santos Laguna contest Cruz Azul for praise and victory.
- Santos Laguna have not yet lost a game at home.
- Cruz Azul have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
Cruz Azul 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.
This should be an action-packed game with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Santos Laguna form and stats
Seven points from three Liga MX home games is a great start for Santos Laguna, who are hoping to build on that form here at Estadio Nuevo Corona.
Santos Laguna's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Atlas (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Finally, a league victory after three games without. Midfield player Brunetta got a match rating of 8.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Brunetta scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
Heartbreak before that as Santos lost 1-2 at Toluca's place.4 goals have been conceded.
Cruz Azul form and stats
Things could have gone better for Cruz Azul in their Liga MX away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
The Cruz Azul goalkeeper Sebastian Jurado Roca is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 241 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The supporters enjoyed Cruz Azul's previous match versus Necaxa (placed 8th), a 1-0 win played at home. Those three points felt good as this team had gone four league matches without winning. Defender Escobar was the best team player with a rating of 7.84. Escobar won 14 of 21 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Atletico San Luis that ended 0-0.The travelling fans enjoy Cruz's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cruz Azul have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Santos Laguna four wins, three draws and Cruz Azul three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Torres Caicedo 1 goals | H. Rodríguez De La O 1 goals | F. Gorriarán Fontes 1 goals |
Santos Laguna missing players
Cruz Azul missing players
| Santos Laguna | Cruz Azul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 3.6 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.7 | 3 |
| 6.2 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 13.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.3 | 11.8 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 41% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 56% | 36% |
| 16.4 | 16.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 14.5 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.3 |
- Cruz Azul have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Cruz Azul have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Santos Laguna have not yet lost a game at home.
- Santos Laguna have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | Tigres UANL | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Toluca | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Tijuana | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Puebla | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | León | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Pachuca | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Necaxa | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Pumas UNAM | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Cruz Azul | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Santos Laguna | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Juarez | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Atletico San Luis | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Guadalajara | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | America | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Atlas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Mazatlan | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | Querétaro | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 2 |
