Santos Laguna vs León: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Mon 22.March
Match begins: 01:06 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Corona (30000 seats)

Santos Laguna will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 15 points behind León.

Insights:
  • Santos Laguna have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Liga MX
  • León have the the best goal difference (+13) in Liga MX

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Santos Laguna form and stats

17 points is a decent return from 8 Liga MX games here at Estadio Nuevo Corona for Santos Laguna. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Santos, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Santos enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Tijuana's place. The match ended 1-0 with Félix Torres scoring. Ahead of that match, Santos won a home game hosting Necaxa (3-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Santos have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 19 games) they have won twelve times, drawn four and lost three.

The Santos fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Santos have conceded only 5 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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León form and stats

León, who have the the best goal difference (+13) in Liga MX, have an excellent away record in the Liga MX so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games.

León had fun at their own home (Estadio Nuevo Corona) last time out, beating Necaxa 3-1. Joel Campbell, Ángel Mena and Santiago Colombatto scored. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Monterrey that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where León have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were three victories, one draw and five defeats.

León are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on León as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: León - Santos Laguna 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Santos, two draws and three wins for León. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

LeónÁ. Mena Delgado
Á. Mena Delgado
12 goals
LeónE. Gigliotti
E. Gigliotti
7 goals
LeónJ. Meneses Villarroel
J. Meneses Villarroel
6 goals

Santos Laguna missing players

León missing players

Santos Laguna León
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 15 5 Played P 7 17 34
13 10 3 Won W 3 6 18
7 3 1 Drew D 3 6 8
9 2 1 Lost L 1 5 8
37 25 6 Scored S 9 18 46
30 12 3 Conceded C 6 18 33
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 88% 91%
76% 80% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 76% 76%
41% 47% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 29% 41%
17% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 12% 18%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
48% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 57% 47% 53%
34% 47% 60% Clean Sheets C S 43% 35% 35%
24% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 14% 29% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.2 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
14.1 14.9 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.4 11.5 11.8
4 4.5 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.5 3.8
32% 37% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 31% 36%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • León have the most points (18) away in Liga MX
  • León have the most points from losing position (20) in Liga MX
  • León have the the best goal difference (+13) in Liga MX
  • León have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Liga MX
  • Santos Laguna have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Santos Laguna have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Santos Laguna have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Liga MX

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 León 17 12 4 1 27 14 8 7 1 0 15 7 9 5 3 1 12 7 13 40
2 Pumas UNAM 17 8 8 1 29 17 9 5 4 0 19 8 8 3 4 1 10 9 12 32
3 America 17 9 5 3 31 22 9 6 2 1 19 9 8 3 3 2 12 13 9 32
4 Cruz Azul 17 9 2 6 23 16 8 5 1 2 12 6 9 4 1 4 11 10 7 29
5 Monterrey 17 8 5 4 26 21 8 4 3 1 13 9 9 4 2 3 13 12 5 29
6 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 27 16 9 4 4 1 15 8 8 3 3 2 12 8 11 28
7 Guadalajara 17 7 5 5 20 17 9 4 3 2 11 9 8 3 2 3 9 8 3 26
8 Santos Laguna 17 7 4 6 24 20 8 5 2 1 14 5 9 2 2 5 10 15 4 25
9 Pachuca 17 6 7 4 18 14 9 3 3 3 11 10 8 3 4 1 7 4 4 25
10 Necaxa 17 7 3 7 16 20 9 4 1 4 10 12 8 3 2 3 6 8 -4 24
11 Toluca 17 6 3 8 23 28 8 5 1 2 14 9 9 1 2 6 9 19 -5 21
12 Puebla 17 6 2 9 22 25 8 2 2 4 12 13 9 4 0 5 10 12 -3 20
13 Juárez 17 4 7 6 16 19 9 3 4 2 6 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -3 19
14 Mazatlan 17 4 4 9 24 31 8 3 2 3 11 13 9 1 2 6 13 18 -7 16
15 Tijuana 17 4 3 10 12 27 9 4 2 3 9 9 8 0 1 7 3 18 -15 15
16 Atlas 17 3 5 9 13 20 8 2 1 5 5 8 9 1 4 4 8 12 -7 14
17 Queretaro 17 3 4 10 23 28 8 3 2 3 15 11 9 0 2 7 8 17 -5 13
18 Atletico San Luis 17 3 2 12 16 35 9 2 2 5 9 18 8 1 0 7 7 17 -19 11

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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.