This campaign has been a rollercoaster for these sides so far, highs and lows leading to mid-table places so far. Get set for Santos Laguna - León!
- Santos Laguna have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Liga MX
- León have yet to win a game away.
Santos have less rest than León in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Liga MX game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Tijuana, was also a home game here at Estadio Nuevo Corona. The away team is better rested.
Santos Laguna form and stats
Santos Laguna have played 6 Liga MX games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Santos Laguna's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Tijuana (placed 14th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Brunetta (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.21/10. Brunetta signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against Necaxa that was lost 2-5.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Santos Laguna have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Some stats: A review of the 10 latest league matches reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Santos has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Santos Laguna defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
León form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga MX matches, León have produced an overall stat of 0-2-3 so far.
León are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Queretaro (placed 13th). Attacker Mena got a player rating of 8.12 in the game. "Man of the match" Mena hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times and had 46 successful passes (of 49 total).
Before that, León secured a home win against Tijuana with the score 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by León in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for León, 4 draws and 8 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting León as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. León struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Santos won three games, three matches ended with a tie and León managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two. One of the stars has been Mena with 7 goals scored against Santos Laguna in these 10 games.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Preciado Villarreal 8 goals |  J. Brunetta 4 goals |   F. Viñas Barboza 3 goals |
Santos Laguna missing players
León missing players
| Santos Laguna | León | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 90% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 80% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 50% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 40% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 10% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 5.8 | 7.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 6.3 |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | 17 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.8 | 16.3 |
| 6.1 | 6.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
| 28% | 21% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 13% | 21% |
| 14.3 | 11.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.2 | 10.3 |
| 5.6 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 3.4 |
- León have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- León have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- León have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- León have yet to win a game away.
- León haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santos Laguna have scored at least twice as many goals at home as León have scored away.
- Santos Laguna have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | America | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Tigres UANL | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | Atlético San Luis | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Pumas UNAM | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Toluca | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Juarez | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Atlas | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Guadalajara | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Monterrey | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | Santos Laguna | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | León | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Puebla | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Queretaro | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Tijuana | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 15 | Cruz Azul | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Pachuca | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 11 |
| 17 | Mazatlan | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 18 | Necaxa | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
