Santos Laguna vs Guadalajara match preview: Even contest expected at Estadio Nuevo Corona

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 27.Aug
Match begins: 03:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Corona (30000 seats)

Santos Laguna host Guadalajara for another exciting Liga MX match here at Estadio Nuevo Corona.

Insights:
  • Santos Laguna have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Liga MX
  • Guadalajara is in the best form (4-1-0) in Liga MX

It should be mentioned that Guadalajara play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Guadalajara on grass are 11 victories, 16 draws and 7 defeats from 34 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 44-34. You can compare this with overall results below.

Guadalajara could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga MX game only four sleeps ago.

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Santos Laguna form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga MX, Santos Laguna, who have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Liga MX, have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 2 games.

The Santos Laguna coach Aquino and his side return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Cruz Azul (placed 17th). Santos Laguna's goalie Lajud played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Cruz Azul with a stunning six saves. The attacking player Preciado won the honour of being "man of the match" for Santos Laguna with the rating of 9.2/10. Preciado scored two goals and hit three key passes.

Before that result, a home loss in the Leagues Cup against Orlando City. 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 3 and lost 2.

There will be little rest for Santos Laguna after this match as they are travelling to Tigres UANL for a Liga MX game in only four days.

At Estadio Nuevo Corona, Santos Laguna has the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Guadalajara form and stats

Four points from two away games for Guadalajara, meaning one draw and one victory in the Liga MX so far.

Alvarado scored in Guadalajara's previous match, the home game against Tijuana that ended 1-0. Defender Briseño was the best team player with a rating of 7.84. Briseño hit one key pass and won 13 of 20 duels.

A 1-1 draw at Juárez's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Guadalajara in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Guadalajara, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Guadalajara has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Guadalajara have won or drawn the last 6 fixtures (3-3-0) against Santos Laguna.

Top Goalscorers

Santos LagunaH. Preciado Villarreal
H. Preciado Villarreal
4 goals
GuadalajaraF. Beltrán Cruz
F. Beltrán Cruz
2 goals
GuadalajaraJ. Padilla Sandoval
J. Padilla Sandoval
2 goals

Santos Laguna missing players

Guadalajara missing players

Santos Laguna Guadalajara
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 5
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 0 0 Scored S 0 3 9
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
75% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 80%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 40%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 60%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 6
6 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 9.5 5.8
2.5 3.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.8 12.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.5 14
6.2 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 6
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 30%
 
15.8 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 22.5 14.4
6 2.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.5 3.6
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Guadalajara have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Liga MX
  • Guadalajara is in the best form (4-1-0) in Liga MX
  • Santos Laguna have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Liga MX
Santos Laguna Last season Guadalajara
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 19   Played P   21 41
15 11   Won W   8 17
9 3   Drew D   8 13
15 5   Lost L   5 11
69 37   Scored S   29 54
70 29   Conceded C   21 42
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 85%
90% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 63%
67% 74%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 46%
46% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 22%
33% 32%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 12%
59% 53%   BTTS BTTS   62% 56%
21% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 34%
26% 21%   Failed to Score F T   24% 24%
 
5.4 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 5.2
5.7 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 5
2 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.4
8 3   Red cards R C   4 8
 
14.9 16.3   Shots (avg) S (   13.6 14.8
5.6 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.9
31% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 27%
 
16.4 14.1   Shots against (avg) S A   15.5 14.2
5 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 4.4

  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 5 4 1 0 9 3 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 13
2 Juárez 5 3 2 0 12 6 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 6 3 6 11
3 Tigres UANL 4 2 2 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 8
4 Monterrey 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 7
5 Atletico San Luis 4 2 1 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 7
6 Leon 4 2 0 2 7 4 3 2 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 6
7 Pumas UNAM 5 1 3 1 6 8 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 7 -2 6
8 Atlas 4 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 5
9 Toluca 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 5
10 Santos Laguna 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 5 4 -1 5
11 Mazatlán 5 1 2 2 3 6 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 5
12 America 3 1 1 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
13 Tijuana 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
14 Queretaro 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 4
15 Pachuca 4 0 3 1 3 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 6 -4 3
16 Necaxa 4 0 2 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 -5 2
17 Cruz Azul 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 4 -5 1
18 Puebla 5 0 1 4 4 10 2 0 0 2 3 5 3 0 1 2 1 5 -6 1

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Liga MX is the top division in the Mexican football league system. Each season the league has two tournaments, Apertura (opening) and Clausura (closing). This means that the Liga MX has two champions per season. The Liga MX is the fourth most attended football league in the world.