Tijuana know they face a strenuous trip to Santos Laguna and their Estadio Nuevo Corona. This match preview has all the facts you require ahead of the game.
- Santos Laguna have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Liga MX
- Tijuana have the fewest points (1) away in Liga MX
This ground has grass, which is not Tijuana's normal surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on grass Tijuana have performed like this: Played 28 matches resulting in 4 wins, 7 draws and 17 defeats with the goal production 22-56 (scored/conceded).
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Tijuana, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.
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.
Santos Laguna form and stats
Santos Laguna have played 5 Liga MX games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Santos's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-5 versus Necaxa (placed 17th). A goal frenzy last time out for Santos Laguna, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Necaxa. Fun stuff to watch! The attacker Preciado was named "man of the match" for Santos Laguna with the rating of 8.43/10. Preciado scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Pachuca.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Santos matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats (from 4 games).
Both teams to score! That has been the case in 6 league matches in a row for this team. Will it happen again?
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Santos Laguna, as the Liga MX home game vs Leon is only four days away.
The Santos Laguna fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Santos defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Tijuana form and stats
Playing away, Tijuana have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Liga MX this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Tijuana's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Tijuana won their last game, 5-1 versus Juarez played at home. As mentioned above, Tijuana was the only team on the pitch versus Juarez in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. The attacker Gonzalez got a match rating of 8.43 in that game. Gonzalez scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Leon's place.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Tijuana when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
A new game in only four days for Tijuana, the Liga MX home match versus Atletico San Luis. Busy days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Tijuana's away games in the league this season with only {1 goals} from 4 matches. Tijuana struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Santos Laguna won six games, two matches ended in a draw and Tijuana managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Preciado Villarreal 7 goals |   C. González Espínola 7 goals |  J. Brunetta 4 goals |
Santos Laguna missing players
Tijuana missing players
| Santos Laguna | Tijuana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 78% |
| 78% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 56% |
| 56% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 44% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 78% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 67% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 75% | 33% |
| 5.8 | 7.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16.3 | 17.8 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 12.5 | 14 |
| 6.2 | 6.6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
| 27% | 18% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 8% | 32% |
| 14.1 | 10.6 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 17 | 12.9 |
| 5.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.8 | 4.7 |
- Santos Laguna have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tijuana have scored away.
- Santos Laguna have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Liga MX
- Santos Laguna have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Tijuana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tijuana have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Tijuana have the fewest points (1) away in Liga MX
- Tijuana have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Liga MX
- Tijuana have yet to win a game away.
- Tijuana 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 | America | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Tigres UANL | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Atletico San Luis | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Juarez | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Atlas | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Pumas UNAM | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | Toluca | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | Monterrey | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | Leon | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Queretaro | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | Tijuana | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Puebla | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Santos Laguna | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Pachuca | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Mazatlan | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Necaxa | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Cruz Azul | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
