Liga MX: Top level versus subpar, at least according to the league table. Santos Laguna - Puebla. Home victory or a shock result?
- Santos Laguna have not yet lost a game at home.
- Puebla have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) 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!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Santos Laguna form and stats
Santos Laguna have collected 6 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 1-3-0.
Santos lost their last game at Tijuana (placed 16th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfielder Ronaldo Prieto was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Prieto hit two key passes. Heartbreak for Santos in their last match as Tijuana's M. Sansores scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Ahead of that match, Santos won a home game hosting Juárez (2-0).Santos has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Santos Laguna have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Puebla form and stats
0-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Puebla in their Liga MX matches away.
Puebla played 2-2 against Atlético San Luis in their previous match. George Corral got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, top player of the team. Corral scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 35 successful passes (of 43 total). The draw against Atlético San Luis came from a losing position. The Puebla manager N. Larcamón brought on Amaury Escoto as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Queretaro.Puebla are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. Puebla struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (Santos wins - draws - Puebla wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Torres Caicedo 2 goals | D. Valdés Contreras 2 goals | F. Gorriarán Fontes 2 goals |
Santos Laguna missing players
Puebla missing players
| Santos Laguna | Puebla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 6.4 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 7.5 | 6.6 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 12 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.8 | 11.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| 32% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 20% |
