Santos Laguna host the first leg in this deciding CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16 game. Montreal Impact will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Stade Saputo before the return leg in 7 days.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Montreal Impact, who are travelling more than 4000 kilometers to play this game.
The hosts Santos saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Liga MX. This match was also played here at Estadio Nuevo Corona. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Montreal Impact have had more rest.
Santos Laguna form and stats
Three Liga MX home games done for Santos Laguna, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches.
Santos Laguna's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus America. Torres was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.41 out of 10. The defender Torres hit two key passes and won 7 of 11 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Santos Laguna lost 1-2 at Atlas's place.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Santos Laguna matches with similar probabilities have ended with six wins, one draw and one defeat (from eight games).
There will be little rest for Santos after this match as they are travelling to Juarez for a Liga MX game in only three days.
Santos Laguna has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. As for conceded goals, Santos Laguna's unpleasant statistic is 8 goals surrendered.
Montreal Impact form and stats
They also participated in CONCACAF Champions League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Olimpia drew the shortest straw.There's been little loot from Montreal Impact's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 17 away games in the Major League Soccer. Montreal Impact only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 6 draws.
21 goals have been conceded by Montreal in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Santos Laguna victory, zero draws and one Montreal Impact win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Gorriarán Fontes 4 goals | E. Preciado García 4 goals | F. Torres Caicedo 3 goals |
Santos Laguna missing players
Montreal Impact missing players
| Santos Laguna | Montreal Impact | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 15 | 36 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Conceded | C | 14 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 14.5 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 12 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 32% | ||
| 13.5 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Atlas | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Pachuca | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Cruz Azul | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Pumas UNAM | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | Toluca | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Guadalajara | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Juarez | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Necaxa | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 11 | Monterrey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | Leon | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | America | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Tijuana | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | Mazatlan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Queretaro | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | Atletico San Luis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | Santos Laguna | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New England | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 23 | 24 | 73 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 54 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 34 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 55 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 54 |
| 4 | New York City | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 56 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 51 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 51 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 48 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 51 |
| 7 | New York RB | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 48 |
| 8 | DC United | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 56 | 54 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 37 | 2 | 47 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 47 |
| 10 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 46 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 35 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 | -17 | 41 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 36 | -18 | 34 |
| 13 | Toronto | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 66 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 39 | -27 | 28 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 74 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 45 | -37 | 20 |
