Pre-match most people would expect a notable gap in performance between these teams based on the league table so far, with Santos Laguna leading Necaxa by 4 points.
- Santos Laguna have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Liga MX
- Necaxa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Liga MX
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Santos Laguna form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga MX, Santos Laguna have managed 2 wins, 6 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 9 games.
In their previous game, the manager Caixinha led his Santos Laguna to a defeat in the Liga MX match away at Toluca. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Nuevo Corona. Midfielder Lozano was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Lozano served one assist, hit four key passes and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Tigres UANL that ended 1-1.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 16 games) they have won seven times, drawn seven and lost two.
Santos has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Santos Laguna have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Necaxa form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Necaxa so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Necaxa as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Necaxa failed to get anything from their last game, a Liga MX home match vs Monterrey that ended with defeat 0-4. Midfielder Oliveros was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 6.62. Oliveros had 58 successful passes (of 64 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Juárez wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Necaxa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The attacking power of Necaxa when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Necaxa in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the participants played each other previously this season; Necaxa - Santos Laguna 0-3. Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: Santos Laguna won six, Necaxa were winners in four and we saw zero draws. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  D. Valdés Contreras 6 goals |  A. Zendejas Saavedra 6 goals | F. Gorriarán Fontes 4 goals |
Santos Laguna missing players
Necaxa missing players
| Santos Laguna | Necaxa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 22 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 90% | 95% |
| 82% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 74% |
| 41% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 63% |
| 14% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 58% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 32% |
| 32% | 42% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 30% | 32% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 42% |
| 6.8 | 6.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14.8 | 15.1 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 13.4 | 14.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 31% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 15% | 19% |
| 13.5 | 11.4 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 12 | 12 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
- Necaxa have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga MX
- Necaxa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | Atlas | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | Leon | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Toluca | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | Puebla | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Monterrey | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 22 |
| 10 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Atlético San Luis | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | -4 | 20 |
| 13 | Mazatlan | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 14 | Necaxa | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | Pachuca | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 16 | Juárez | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 17 | Queretaro | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 18 | Tijuana | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 15 |
