Liga MX: Santos Laguna - Toluca pre-match thoughts and numbers

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Mon 17.October
Match begins: 00:06 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Corona (30000 seats)

Liga MX: Two squads who have played fine as yet. Learn more on Santos Laguna - Toluca with this complete guide!

Insights:
  • Santos Laguna have the most points (25) at home in Liga MX
  • Toluca have the most points from losing position (13) in Liga MX

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Toluca, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

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 Toluca.

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Santos Laguna form and stats

Santos Laguna have been outstanding at home so far in the Liga MX with 8 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. After failing to beat Guadalajara here at Estadio Nuevo Corona, Santos has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.

Santos Laguna faced defeat in their previous match, away at Toluca (3-4). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten through five league matches. A goal frenzy last time out for Santos Laguna, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Toluca. Fun stuff to watch! The defeat against Toluca was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Volpi). The attacker Preciado was announced as "man of the match" for Santos with the rating of 7.64/10. Preciado scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Santos Laguna won a home game hosting Mazatlan (3-0).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Santos Laguna's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.

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. Santos have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Toluca form and stats

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

Toluca go into this game after a win, the home game against Santos Laguna that ended 4-3. As you can tell from the result, the match against Santos Laguna was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? The end of the last match, against Santos Laguna, was very satisfying as Volpi scored the winning goal deep into overtime. The attacker Gonzalez got a match rating of 8.04 in that game. Gonzalez scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Juarez.

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 Toluca playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 2 home wins.

Take note! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 11 of this club's last 14 league matches.

Toluca have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 10 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Toluca have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Toluca have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Santos Laguna.

The two combatants have met previously this season: Toluca - Santos 4-3. Brunetta (Santos Laguna) was sent off by the referee when these teams previously met this season.

Top Goalscorers

TolucaC. Da Silva Sanvezzo
C. Da Silva Sanvezzo
9 goals
Santos LagunaH. Preciado Villarreal
H. Preciado Villarreal
7 goals
TolucaJ. Meneses Villarroel
J. Meneses Villarroel
7 goals

Santos Laguna missing players

Toluca missing players

Santos Laguna Toluca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 2 8 19
10 8 1 Won W 0 3 9
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 6
5 0 0 Lost L 2 3 4
41 24 4 Scored S 1 10 34
25 7 3 Conceded C 4 10 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 79%
61% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 58%
44% 44% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 47%
33% 22% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 26%
56% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 74%
28% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 16%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 16%
 
4.1 5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 4.9
5.9 4.1 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 7.1 5.7
2.3 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
15 17 20 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 11.9 13.8
5.7 6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 5.4 6.1
40% 44% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 23% 30%
 
16.7 13.2 16 Shots against (avg) S A 21.5 16.2 16.2
5 3.4 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.4 5.2
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Santos Laguna have not yet lost a game at home.
  • 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Toluca have scored away.
  • 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.
  • Toluca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Toluca have the most points from losing position (13) in Liga MX
  • Toluca have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Toluca 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 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.