Toluca greet Santos Laguna as obvious favourites: Big betting guide

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nemesio Díez (31000 seats)

Toluca battle Santos Laguna for kudos and victory.

Insights:
  • Toluca have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Liga MX
  • Santos Laguna have the most points from losing position (4) in Liga MX

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

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Toluca form and stats

Toluca have only played one Liga MX game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 9 matches.

Toluca faced defeat in their previous match, away at America (0-1). The defeat against America was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by Sanchez). Huerta (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Huerta had 33 successful passes (of 37 total).

Before that, Toluca had a home game versus Atlas which ended with a victory 3-2.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Toluca matches with similar probabilities have ended with 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats (from 4 games).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Toluca as they are travelling to their away game against León in the Liga MX. That match is three days after this one.

Early season league goal statistics from Toluca's 1 home game: 3 goals, 2 conceded.

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Santos Laguna form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Liga MX ended in defeat. Last season Santos Laguna had these away match statistics: Played 9; won 2, drew 2 and lost 5.

Santos Laguna played 1-1 against Guadalajara in their previous match. Goalkeeper Acevedo made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Guadalajara. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Defender Rodríguez was the best team player with a rating of 8.04. Rodríguez served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.

Prior to that match, the Santos Laguna manager Caixinha faced defeat when travelling to Puebla and losing 0-1.

It's early days yet, but Santos Laguna has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these squads: Toluca won two, Santos Laguna triumphed in four and we saw four draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

TolucaV. Huerta Jerez
V. Huerta Jerez
2 goals
TolucaL. Fernández López
L. Fernández López
2 goals
TolucaC. Da Silva Sanvezzo
C. Da Silva Sanvezzo
1 goals

Toluca missing players

Santos Laguna missing players

Toluca Santos Laguna
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
6 3 0 Scored S 0 0 5
4 2 0 Conceded C 1 1 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 33%
 
2.7 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 4.7
9.7 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 10 10 6.3
1.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6 12.3
4.3 9 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3.3
46% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
18.7 21 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12 15.3
4.3 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6 6.7
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Santos Laguna have the most points from losing position (4) in Liga MX
  • Toluca have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Liga MX
Toluca Last season Santos Laguna
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 18   Played P   18 37
11 5   Won W   5 12
10 6   Drew D   5 14
14 7   Lost L   8 11
44 26   Scored S   23 52
60 30   Conceded C   22 43
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 92%
83% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 78%
63% 72%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 49%
34% 39%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 27%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 11%
60% 83%   BTTS BTTS   61% 65%
14% 6%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 24%
31% 17%   Failed to Score F T   28% 19%
 
4.2 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   6.1 6.2
5.1 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 3.7
2.6 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.9
5 3   Red cards R C   4 5
 
12.2 13.3   Shots (avg) S (   14.6 14.7
3.8 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.6
33% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 30%
 
14.7 13.3   Shots against (avg) S A   15.8 14
5 4.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Puebla 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 3 7
2 Pachuca 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 Toluca 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 6
4 Juarez 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 5
5 León 3 1 2 0 6 5 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
6 Atlas 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
7 Santos Laguna 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
8 America 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 4
9 Monterrey 2 1 0 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 3
10 Tigres UANL 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
11 Atletico San Luis 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
12 Cruz Azul 3 1 0 2 6 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 5 5 -1 3
13 Necaxa 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
14 Pumas UNAM 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
15 Guadalajara 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
16 Tijuana 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
17 Queretaro 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 1
18 Mazatlan 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pachuca 17 12 2 3 30 15 8 6 2 0 14 5 9 6 0 3 16 10 15 38
2 Tigres UANL 17 10 3 4 30 20 8 5 1 2 15 10 9 5 2 2 15 10 10 33
3 Atlas 17 7 6 4 21 15 8 3 3 2 8 7 9 4 3 2 13 8 6 27
4 America 17 7 5 5 24 17 8 3 2 3 12 9 9 4 3 2 12 8 7 26
5 Puebla 17 7 5 5 25 19 8 2 5 1 11 9 9 5 0 4 14 10 6 26
6 Guadalajara 17 7 5 5 25 21 9 4 2 3 14 12 8 3 3 2 11 9 4 26
7 Monterrey 17 7 5 5 21 17 9 5 3 1 12 6 8 2 2 4 9 11 4 26
8 Cruz Azul 17 7 4 6 20 17 9 4 0 5 9 10 8 3 4 1 11 7 3 25
9 Necaxa 17 7 2 8 21 21 9 3 0 6 8 13 8 4 2 2 13 8 0 23
10 Atletico San Luis 17 7 2 8 21 22 9 4 1 4 10 10 8 3 1 4 11 12 -1 23
11 Pumas UNAM 17 6 4 7 24 21 8 4 2 2 14 7 9 2 2 5 10 14 3 22
12 Mazatlan 17 6 3 8 20 24 8 4 2 2 10 7 9 2 1 6 10 17 -4 21
13 León 17 5 6 6 17 22 9 2 4 3 10 13 8 3 2 3 7 9 -5 21
14 Santos Laguna 17 5 5 7 25 25 8 3 3 2 16 13 9 2 2 5 9 12 0 20
15 Toluca 17 5 4 8 21 36 9 2 2 5 12 19 8 3 2 3 9 17 -15 19
16 Queretaro 17 3 8 6 18 21 9 3 1 5 10 12 8 0 7 1 8 9 -3 17
17 Tijuana 17 4 5 8 14 26 8 3 4 1 10 8 9 1 1 7 4 18 -12 17
18 Juarez 17 3 2 12 10 28 9 1 1 7 7 15 8 2 1 5 3 13 -18 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.