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

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 14.March
Match begins: 03:06 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Caliente (27333 seats)

Tijuana hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 15th position in the Liga MX table. Visiting Santos Laguna holds 8th place with 25 pts.

Insights:
  • Tijuana have the fewest scored goals (12) in Liga MX

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

It should be mentioned that Santos Laguna play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Santos Laguna on artifical turf are 0 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats from two games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 2-4. You can compare this with overall results below.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Santos Laguna, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.

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Tijuana form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga MX, Tijuana, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Liga MX, have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.

Tijuana faced defeat in their previous match, away at Pachuca (1-2). Ahead of that match, Tijuana lost 0-2 at home to America.

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 Tijuana have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost two.

The Tijuana fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Santos Laguna form and stats

Santos Laguna have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga MX, after 2-2-5 (9 played). Santos seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Santos Laguna go into this game after a win, the home game against Necaxa that ended 3-1. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Pumas UNAM's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Santos Laguna in our archives, and the results are: one win for Santos Laguna, two draws and five defeats.

Santos have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Santos Laguna struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Santos Laguna - Tijuana 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Tijuana victories, four draws and three Santos Laguna wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Santos LagunaF. Gorriarán Fontes
F. Gorriarán Fontes
5 goals
Santos LagunaJ. Furch
J. Furch
5 goals
TijuanaF. Castillo Sánchez
F. Castillo Sánchez
4 goals

Tijuana missing players

Santos Laguna missing players

Tijuana Santos Laguna
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 28
7 6 2 Won W 0 2 12
7 3 1 Drew D 3 4 7
13 4 1 Lost L 1 7 9
24 14 4 Scored S 2 11 36
39 13 4 Conceded C 3 18 30
85% 77% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 93%
74% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 79%
44% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 43%
22% 15% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 18%
7% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
41% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 50%
26% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 32%
48% 46% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.9 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10 10.4 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 13.6 14.3
3.1 3.4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.4 4
28% 32% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 32%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Tijuana have the fewest scored goals (12) in Liga MX
  • Tijuana have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) 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.