The Liga MX season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Santos Laguna and Pumas UNAM promises to be an interesting one.
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 Laguna and Pumas UNAM.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Santos Laguna form and stats
Santos Laguna, who have the most conceded goals (7) in Liga MX, have collected 3 points from their Liga MX home games so far after 1-0-0.
In their previous game, the manager J. Almada Álves led his Santos Laguna to a defeat in the Copa MX match away at Pumas UNAM. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Nuevo Corona. A Liga MX defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Cruz Azul.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Santos Laguna matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from three games).
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Santos Laguna at home in the league. 3 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Pumas UNAM form and stats
Playing away, Pumas UNAM, who have the most scored goals (4) away in Liga MX, have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Liga MX this season.
J. Dinenno and M. Mayorga scored in Pumas UNAM's previous match, the home game against Santos Laguna that ended 2-1. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Monterrey in the Liga MX.
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 Pumas UNAM playing away, we found six games. Results were two away wins, one draw and three home wins.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Pumas UNAM has managed 4 goals and let in 4 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Pumas UNAM - Santos Laguna 2-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Santos Laguna victories, three draws and four Pumas UNAM wins. seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Lozano Aparicio 11 goals |  J. Furch 10 goals |  D. Valdés Contreras 7 goals |
Santos Laguna missing players
Pumas UNAM missing players
| Santos Laguna | Pumas UNAM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 12 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 47 | 31 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 28 |
| 38 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 96% | 91% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 87% | 82% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 52% | 55% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 26% | 36% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 65% | 64% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 48% |
| 17% | 36% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 24% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | 29% |
| 6 | 6.3 | 5.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 358 | 175 | 63 | Total Shots | T S | 66 | 143 | 334 |
| 112 | 62 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 35 | 91 |
| 42% | 50% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 26% | 31% |
- Pumas UNAM has the fewest matches over the total-line (6)
- Pumas UNAM has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- Pumas UNAM has the most matches under the total-line (15)
- Pumas UNAM has the most scored goals (4) away
- Pumas UNAM have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Pumas UNAM haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santos Laguna has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Santos Laguna has the most conceded goals (7)
- Santos Laguna has the most matches over the total-line (20)
- Santos Laguna has the most scored goals in the first half (23)
- Santos Laguna have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 Pumas UNAM have scored away.
- Santos Laguna have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | Pumas UNAM | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | León | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Querétaro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Atletico San Luis | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Juárez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Necaxa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | América | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Toluca | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Tigres UANL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Tijuana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Cruz Azul | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Puebla | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Atlas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Santos Laguna | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Monterrey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Morelia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Pachuca | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |