Santos Laguna vs Tigres UANL match preview: Even contest expected at Estadio Nuevo Corona

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Mon 09.January
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Corona (30000 seats)

The two participants are satisfied with a good season so far and matches like this one could be decisive. Read up on Santos Laguna - Tigres UANL!

Insights:
  • Santos Laguna have the most points (25) at home in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Liga MX

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Santos Laguna form and stats

Home games in the Liga MX have been a walk in the park for Santos Laguna so far, with 25 points won from 9 matches; 8 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

The Santos manager Orozco and his players return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Tigres UANL in the Copa por México.

Before that one, a nice away win at Mazatlan. A Copa por México match. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Santos Laguna have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Goals, goals, goals? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league games with this side has contained three goals or more.

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. From these home matches, Santos have conceded only 7 goals.

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Tigres UANL form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga MX travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Tigres UANL delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Santos Laguna in their previous game; a Copa por México duel.

A loss, in the Copa por México away at Guadalajara, before that. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Tigres UANL in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Tigres UANL, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Tigres have scored 12 goals in 9 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Tigres UANL have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) versus Santos Laguna.

The latest past scoreline featuring both these teams is the Tigres UANL - Santos 2-0 played not long ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

Tigres UANLA. Gignac
A. Gignac
11 goals
Santos LagunaH. Preciado Villarreal
H. Preciado Villarreal
7 goals
Santos LagunaM. Correa
M. Correa
6 goals

Santos Laguna missing players

Tigres UANL missing players

Santos Laguna Tigres UANL
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 4 10 20
10 8 1 Won W 0 4 11
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
6 1 1 Lost L 3 4 6
42 25 5 Scored S 2 13 28
27 9 5 Conceded C 6 10 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 90%
89% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 70% 65%
63% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 40%
42% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 15%
32% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
58% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 40%
26% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 40% 50%
16% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 20%
 
4.5 5.6 9 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.1 6
5.7 4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4 3.5
2.3 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.4 2.8
3 1 1 Red cards R C 2 6 10
 
15.3 17.4 20.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 13.1 15.5
5.7 5.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 5.1 5
39% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 25% 28%
 
16.2 12.6 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 11.9 11.1
4.8 3.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.2 3.6
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • 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 in all their home matches so far.
  • Santos Laguna have the most points (25) at home in Liga MX
  • Santos Laguna have the most scored goals (24) at home in Liga MX
  • Santos Laguna have the the best goal difference (+17) 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.
  • Tigres UANL have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tigres UANL have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Liga MX

  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 12 2 3 38 17 8 6 2 0 20 6 9 6 0 3 18 11 21 38
2 Monterrey 17 10 5 2 29 13 8 5 3 0 14 5 9 5 2 2 15 8 16 35
3 Santos Laguna 17 10 3 4 38 21 9 8 1 0 24 7 8 2 2 4 14 14 17 33
4 Pachuca 17 9 5 3 28 15 9 6 2 1 17 6 8 3 3 2 11 9 13 32
5 Tigres UANL 17 9 3 5 24 14 8 5 1 2 12 6 9 4 2 3 12 8 10 30
6 Toluca 17 7 6 4 27 23 9 4 4 1 17 13 8 3 2 3 10 10 4 27
7 Cruz Azul 17 7 3 7 26 34 9 5 1 3 15 12 8 2 2 4 11 22 -8 24
8 Puebla 17 4 10 3 25 23 9 3 5 1 13 11 8 1 5 2 12 12 2 22
9 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 19 17 9 3 4 2 7 7 8 2 3 3 12 10 2 22
10 Leon 17 6 4 7 25 29 8 4 2 2 16 14 9 2 2 5 9 15 -4 22
11 Juarez 17 4 7 6 17 18 9 2 5 2 11 10 8 2 2 4 6 8 -1 19
12 Necaxa 17 5 4 8 19 26 8 3 1 4 11 15 9 2 3 4 8 11 -7 19
13 Atletico San Luis 17 4 6 7 15 23 9 2 2 5 7 12 8 2 4 2 8 11 -8 18
14 Mazatlan 17 3 8 6 17 24 8 2 3 3 9 12 9 1 5 3 8 12 -7 17
15 Tijuana 17 4 5 8 18 30 8 2 2 4 9 13 9 2 3 4 9 17 -12 17
16 Pumas UNAM 17 2 8 7 21 31 9 2 4 3 11 15 8 0 4 4 10 16 -10 14
17 Atlas 17 3 4 10 16 27 8 3 2 3 10 10 9 0 2 7 6 17 -11 13
18 Queretaro 17 1 6 10 18 35 8 1 4 3 10 13 9 0 2 7 8 22 -17 9

Read more about Liga MX

Liga MX is the top division in the Mexican football league system. Each season the league has two tournaments, Apertura (opening) and Clausura (closing). This means that the Liga MX has two champions per season. The Liga MX is the fourth most attended football league in the world.