Santos Laguna are located at 4th, while Necaxa are lagging 5 points behind in the table. Can they shorten the gap?
- Santos Laguna have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Liga MX
- Necaxa have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Liga MX
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Santos and Necaxa.
Santos Laguna form and stats
Home games in the Liga MX have been a walk in the park for Santos Laguna so far, with 16 points won from 6 matches; 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Ever since the Guadalajara game Santos Laguna has been unbeatable here at Estadio Nuevo Corona producing four straight wins.
Santos are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Pachuca. The first defeat after going unbeaten through four league fixtures. Defender Prieto got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.2/10. Prieto won 8 of 15 duels.
Before that, Santos Laguna had a home game versus Atletico San Luis which ended with a victory 4-1.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 Laguna have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 8 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Santos as they are travelling to their away game against Queretaro in the Liga MX. That match is four days after this one.
Santos Laguna are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Nuevo Corona in their league games, having scored an impressive 16 goals in 6 matches.
Necaxa form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga MX travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Necaxa, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Necaxa had fun at their own home (Estadio Nuevo Corona) last time out, beating León 3-2. Batista and Giménez scored. That victory felt good as this club had gone four league matches without winning. Goalkeeper Malagón was absolutely vital in the Necaxa victory against León, making seven saves. García was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.04. The defender García served one assist, hit two key passes and won 2 of 3 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Tigres UANL.We have checked recent matches where Necaxa have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
After this away game Necaxa return home for a Liga MX game against America. That game is only four sleeps after this.
6 goals so far away for Necaxa, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 6 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Santos Laguna five wins, zero draws and Necaxa five victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Batista Ochoa 4 goals |  M. Giménez 4 goals |  E. Aguirre Lara 3 goals |
Santos Laguna missing players
Necaxa missing players
| Santos Laguna | Necaxa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 6.2 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.1 | 16.5 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 13.5 | 12.3 |
| 6 | 6.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| 33% | 42% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 38% |
| 15.5 | 12 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 14.3 | 14.8 |
| 4.7 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5 | 5.3 |
- Necaxa have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Necaxa have scored away.
- Santos Laguna have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Santos Laguna have the most scored goals (16) at home in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Liga MX
- 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 | Monterrey | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Pachuca | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | America | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 22 |
| 4 | Santos Laguna | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Toluca | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Necaxa | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Guadalajara | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | Puebla | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Atletico San Luis | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | Tijuana | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | Juárez | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Mazatlan | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 14 | León | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Cruz Azul | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18 | -12 | 12 |
| 16 | Atlas | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 10 |
| 17 | Pumas UNAM | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 10 |
| 18 | Queretaro | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 8 |
