Soccer betting preview: Santos Laguna welcomes Tigres UANL in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Mon 18.January
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Corona (30000 seats)

Santos Laguna will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Tigres UANL.

Insights:
  • Santos Laguna has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL has the most dropped points from leading position (13) 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

17 points is a decent return from 8 Liga MX games here at Estadio Nuevo Corona for Santos Laguna. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

A nice win for Santos last time playing, versus Cruz Azul. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Diego Valdés scoring for the victors. Preceding that match was a defeat to Pachuca (0-3).

Santos have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Nuevo Corona with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Santos Laguna have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Tigres UANL form and stats

3-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Tigres UANL in their Liga MX matches away.

The Tigres UANL goalkeeper Nahuel Ignacio Guzman is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 199 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Tigres go into this game after a win, the home game against Leon that ended 2-0. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Los Angeles FC in the CONCACAF Champions League.

The travelling fans enjoy Tigres's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. Tigres UANL have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Tigres UANL - Santos Laguna 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Santos Laguna, zero draws and five wins for Tigres UANL. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Tigres UANLA. Gignac
A. Gignac
14 goals
Tigres UANLN. López Alonso
N. López Alonso
6 goals
SantosF. Gorriarán Fontes
F. Gorriarán Fontes
4 goals

Santos Laguna missing players

Tigres UANL missing players

Santos Laguna Tigres UANL
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 2 9 21
8 6 1 Won W 1 4 10
4 2 0 Drew D 0 3 7
7 2 1 Lost L 1 2 4
25 15 2 Scored S 5 13 33
23 8 2 Conceded C 3 8 20
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
89% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 90%
53% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 43%
16% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 19%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 11% 5%
53% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 57%
32% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 56% 43%
21% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 5%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
14.2 14.9 14 Shots (avg) S ( 16 13.8 14.1
3.9 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.2 4.6
34% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 34% 34%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Santos Laguna has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL has the most scored goals in the second half (22) 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 Leon 17 12 4 1 27 14 8 7 1 0 15 7 9 5 3 1 12 7 13 40
2 Pumas UNAM 17 8 8 1 29 17 9 5 4 0 19 8 8 3 4 1 10 9 12 32
3 America 17 9 5 3 31 22 9 6 2 1 19 9 8 3 3 2 12 13 9 32
4 Cruz Azul 17 9 2 6 23 16 8 5 1 2 12 6 9 4 1 4 11 10 7 29
5 Monterrey 17 8 5 4 26 21 8 4 3 1 13 9 9 4 2 3 13 12 5 29
6 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 27 16 9 4 4 1 15 8 8 3 3 2 12 8 11 28
7 Guadalajara 17 7 5 5 20 17 9 4 3 2 11 9 8 3 2 3 9 8 3 26
8 Santos Laguna 17 7 4 6 24 20 8 5 2 1 14 5 9 2 2 5 10 15 4 25
9 Pachuca 17 6 7 4 18 14 9 3 3 3 11 10 8 3 4 1 7 4 4 25
10 Necaxa 17 7 3 7 16 20 9 4 1 4 10 12 8 3 2 3 6 8 -4 24
11 Toluca 17 6 3 8 23 28 8 5 1 2 14 9 9 1 2 6 9 19 -5 21
12 Puebla 17 6 2 9 22 25 8 2 2 4 12 13 9 4 0 5 10 12 -3 20
13 Juarez 17 4 7 6 16 19 9 3 4 2 6 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -3 19
14 Mazatlan 17 4 4 9 24 31 8 3 2 3 11 13 9 1 2 6 13 18 -7 16
15 Tijuana 17 4 3 10 12 27 9 4 2 3 9 9 8 0 1 7 3 18 -15 15
16 Atlas 17 3 5 9 13 20 8 2 1 5 5 8 9 1 4 4 8 12 -7 14
17 Queretaro 17 3 4 10 23 28 8 3 2 3 15 11 9 0 2 7 8 17 -5 13
18 Atletico San Luis 17 3 2 12 16 35 9 2 2 5 9 18 8 1 0 7 7 17 -19 11

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.