Evenly matched teams: Santos Laguna vs Tigres UANL match preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Fri 26.November
Match begins: 03:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Corona (30000 seats)

Tempo is expected at Estadio Nuevo Corona when Santos Laguna face Tigres UANL in what could be a magnificent match. Read on!

Insights:
  • Santos Laguna have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals (26) in Liga MX

This could be an intriguing match with lots of action and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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Santos Laguna form and stats

Santos Laguna have played 9 Liga MX games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-6-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Nothing to worry about in defence for Santos, as their goalkeeper Carlos Acevedo Lopez has completely shut out the opponents for 299 minutes in the Liga MX.

Santos's previous game was a Liga MX match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Atletico San Luis. The home side are looking to build on that result. Ayrton Preciado, an attacker, was the declared top player for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 7.92 (out of 10). Preciado scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the match before that, Santos hosted Atletico San Luis and drew the game 0-0.

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 nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost two.

Santos are traveling soon after this match as the Liga MX match at Tigres UANL awaits in three days.

Santos Laguna has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. From these home matches, Santos Laguna have conceded only 7 goals.

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Tigres UANL form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Tigres UANL playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season.

Tigres UANL are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Liga MX against Juarez. Nico López, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.64. López scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Guadalajara.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tigres UANL playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were five Tigres wins, two draws and five defeats.

A new game in only three days for Tigres, the Liga MX home match versus Santos Laguna. Busy days.

Tigres have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Tigres have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The newest past meeting involving both these participants is the Tigres UANL - Santos 1-1 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Santos five wins, one draw and Tigres UANL four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tigres UANLN. López Alonso
N. López Alonso
9 goals
SantosD. Valdés Contreras
D. Valdés Contreras
5 goals
Santos LagunaF. 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 top Away Total
18 10 2 Played P 2 8 17
6 3 0 Won W 0 3 7
9 6 2 Drew D 0 2 7
3 1 0 Lost L 2 3 3
25 11 3 Scored S 1 11 26
16 7 3 Conceded C 4 9 14
89% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
83% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 88% 82%
39% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 53%
11% 10% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 12% 12%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
61% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 47%
39% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 41%
11% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 24%
 
7.2 7.2 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.1 4.5
3.5 2.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.1 4.2
1.8 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
15.4 15.9 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 13.5 13.3
4.3 4.3 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.6 4.8
32% 26% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 30% 32%
 
13.3 10.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11.6 11.7
3.7 3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.2 4.1
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Santos Laguna have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Liga MX
  • Santos Laguna have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Liga MX
  • Santos Laguna have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Tigres UANL have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals (26) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the the best goal difference (+12) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 América 17 10 5 2 21 10 9 7 2 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 8 8 11 35
2 Atlas 17 8 5 4 21 10 9 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 3 1 13 5 11 29
3 León 17 8 5 4 20 14 8 3 3 2 11 6 9 5 2 2 9 8 6 29
4 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 26 14 9 4 5 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 11 9 12 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 9 3 23 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 24
6 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 22 8 3 4 1 13 9 9 3 2 4 9 13 0 24
7 Puebla 17 6 6 5 16 16 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 24
8 Cruz Azul 17 5 8 4 21 17 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 23
9 Monterrey 17 5 7 5 19 16 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 1 5 3 9 12 3 22
10 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 4 3 0 22
11 Pumas UNAM 17 5 6 6 17 23 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -6 21
12 Atletico San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlan 17 5 5 7 18 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 20
14 Necaxa 17 6 2 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 20
15 Pachuca 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 8 2 1 5 9 14 -2 18
16 Juarez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Queretaro 17 3 6 8 11 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 3 12 -8 15
18 Tijuana 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 1 2 5 7 16 -11 15

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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.