Leagues Cup betting and spectator preview: Santos Laguna and Houston Dynamo meet at Shell Energy Stadium to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
These teams have little in common geographically as Houston Dynamo have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
The visiting Houston Dynamo played their last game only four days ago, a Leagues Cup match. That game was also an away game, at Orlando City. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Santos Laguna form and stats
The story so far in the Liga MX for Santos Laguna at their home stadium (Shell Energy Stadium) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Santos Laguna drew their last game, also a home match. Atlas was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Torres, defender, was given a rating of 8.0/10 in that game, top of the team. Torres hit one key pass and won 9 of 9 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Puebla and winning 3-2.The match schedule is unforgiving for Santos Laguna as they have a new game in only four days, a Leagues Cup match thankfully also at home. Orlando City are visiting.
At Shell Energy Stadium, Santos Laguna has the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Orlando City in their previous outing. The Leagues Cup fixture ended 1-1.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Colorado Rapids.Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding two meetings involving these two teams are: one win for Santos Laguna, zero draws and one win for Houston Dynamo. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bassi 8 goals |  C. Baird 3 goals |
Santos Laguna missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Santos Laguna | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Scored | S | 12 | 34 | ||
| 50 | 24 | Conceded | C | 20 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 6 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 14.3 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 23% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 38% | ||
| 15.6 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Orlando City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Houston Dynamo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guadalajara | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Juárez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Pumas UNAM | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Atletico San Luis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Atlas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Tijuana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Toluca | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Santos Laguna | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Leon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | America | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Queretaro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Necaxa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Mazatlán | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| 16 | Pachuca | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | Puebla | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Cruz Azul | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
