Home advantage could prove decisive in Santos Laguna - Puebla battle

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Puebla, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.

These are busy days for the hometeam, as they had a game only three days ago in the Liga MX. Thankfully the previous game, versus Toluca, was also a home game here at Estadio Nuevo Corona. The away team is better rested.

Santos Laguna form and stats

8-1-0 is the performance here at Estadio Nuevo Corona so far in the Liga MX, giving Santos Laguna a total of 25 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results!

The Santos Laguna crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-5 to Toluca here at Estadio Nuevo Corona. As you see from the result above, Santos Laguna suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Medina (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.14/10. Medina hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Atlético San Luis that finished 1-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Santos's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.

Scoring bonanza? We don't know the future, but we do know that 10 of the 11 most recent league matches with this club has seen three or more goals.

Santos Laguna are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Nuevo Corona in their league games, having scored an impressive 24 goals in 9 matches. Santos Laguna are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Nuevo Corona in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Puebla form and stats

Puebla have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga MX, after 1-5-2 (8 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Puebla have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone twelve consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Puebla failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Cruz Azul that ended with defeat 1-3. Midfield player Mancuello was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Mancuello served one assist, hit four key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 48 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Leon's place.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Puebla playing away, we found 7 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 4 home wins.

Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 18 of this club's last 22 league fixtures.

Puebla are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Puebla have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Puebla have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Santos Laguna.

The last head-to-head game ended Puebla - Santos 1-0, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

H. Preciado Villarreal 11 goals

M. Barragán Negrete 10 goals

M. Correa 8 goals

Santos Laguna missing players

Puebla missing players