Both teams are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Santos Laguna having a 2 point advantage on Tijuana in the standings. Let's get started!
- All of Tijuana's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Santos Laguna have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Santos Laguna, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Liga MX game only four days ago. That game, against Pumas UNAM, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Santos Laguna.
Tijuana form and stats
2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga MX numbers at home for Tijuana so far this season.
Tijuana are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Querétaro. Defender López got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.33/10. López hit one key pass and won 11 of 18 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Cruz Azul with a 2-1 scoreline.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 12 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 4.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Tijuana, as the Liga MX home game vs Monterrey is only three days away.
The Tijuana fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. Tijuana's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Santos Laguna form and stats
The visitors are W1-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX.
It's the second away game in a row for Santos Laguna, but there's smiles all around after the 5-1 victory versus Pumas UNAM (placed 16th) last time out. As mentioned above, Santos Laguna was the only team on the pitch versus Pumas UNAM in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Preciado, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.85. Preciado scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Santos secured a home win against Leon with the score 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Santos Laguna in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Santos Laguna, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Atletico San Luis in just three days.
Santos has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. Santos Laguna have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Tijuana-Santos Laguna H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Tijuana three wins, Santos Laguna four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  L. Rodríguez 3 goals |  H. Preciado Villarreal 3 goals | E. López Rodríguez 2 goals |
Tijuana missing players
Santos Laguna missing players
| Tijuana | Santos Laguna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 10% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 22% |
| 4.3 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.5 | 4.1 |
| 6.3 | 3.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 8 | 5.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.4 | 10 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 13.8 | 14.7 |
| 3.2 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
| 41% | 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 33% |
| 13.1 | 7 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 17 | 14.8 |
| 4.3 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.8 | 4.9 |
- All of Tijuana's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Santos Laguna have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Santos Laguna have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Santos Laguna have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Santos Laguna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tijuana have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Tijuana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monterrey | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Toluca | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Tigres UANL | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | América | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 16 |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Pachuca | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Atletico San Luis | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Tijuana | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Puebla | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | Necaxa | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | Juarez | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Mazatlan | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Guadalajara | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 14 | Atlas | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Leon | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Pumas UNAM | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Cruz Azul | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | Querétaro | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
