The Liga MX (Clausura) meeting at The Estadio Corona on Monday will see home side Santos Laguna locking horns with Atlético San Luis.
Our tips, poll and stats for Santos Laguna v Atlético San Luis can all be found here - along with the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Santos Laguna
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Santos Laguna won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 0-2 Liga MX (Clausura) defeat in their last game at the hands of Pachuca.
Nelson Deossa (76') and Owen González (90') scored for Pachuca.
It’s not been often in recent games that Santos Laguna have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Santos Laguna have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 9 goals on the way. Let’s see whether or not that trend will be sustained here.
Atlético San Luis
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Since a loss in their previous game against Toluca in Liga MX (Clausura) action, Atlético San Luis and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that game, Atlético San Luis managed 49% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Atlético San Luis was Unai Bilbao (20'). Toluca got 12 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Alexis Vega (13'), Jesús Angulo (30'), Jean Meneses (52', 58') and Brian García (69') scored for Toluca.
Proving their partiality to eventful encounters, goals have been scored 24 times in the last six games in which Atlético San Luis have sent out their troops, giving a mean average of 4 goals each meeting. Opposition teams have got 16 of those goals.
Coming into this clash, Atlético San Luis have not won away from home in their last 7 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 08/11/2021 tells us that these encounters have not been kind to Atlético San Luis. They’ve not been able to get any victories whatsoever while Santos Laguna have been the better of the two, beating them in 67 per cent of those match-ups.
In all, 15 goals were produced between them in this period, with 12 from Guerreros and 3 created by Rojiblancos. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The last league fixture between these sides was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 17 on 11/11/2023 and the score finished Atlético San Luis 0-2 Santos Laguna.
In that game, Atlético San Luis managed 66% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.
For their opponents, Santos Laguna had 15 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Felix Torres (10') and Pedro Aquino (12') scored.
The match was refereed by Marco Ortiz.
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Team News: Santos Laguna
The Santos Laguna manager Ignacio Ambriz will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash thanks to a fully healthy group available for selection.
We think that Guerreros could line up in a 3-4-1-2 system for this game, utilising Carlos Acevedo Lopez, Bruno Amione, Ismael Govea, M. Dória Macedo, Diego Medina, Aldo López Vargas, Santiago Núñez, Alan Cervantes, Jordan Carrillo, Ramiro Sordo and Stéphano Carrillo.
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Team News: Atlético San Luis
Due to a fully injury-free squad to choose from, the Atlético San Luis boss Gustavo Leal doesn’t have any fitness worries to report before this game.
There’s a good chance that Rojiblancos appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-5-1 system with a starting lineup of Andrés Sánchez, Ricardo Chávez, Unai Bilbao, J. Cesar Dominguez, Benjamín Galdames, David Rodriguez, Rodrigo Dourado, S. Salles Lamonge, Javier Güemez, Juan Manuel Sanabria and Yan Phillipe.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Santos Laguna look likely to get a couple of goals in this one against Atlético San Luis, who won’t find it easy scoring a goal of their own.
We’re predicting a decent 2-0 winning score for Santos Laguna by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite,
03:12 27/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Santos Laguna
Formed: 1983
Stadium: The Estadio Corona (29,101)
Captain: Carlos Acevedo
Chairman: Dante Elizalde
Manager: Ignacio Ambriz
Competitions: Liga MX (Clausura) position 13, Liga MX (Apertura) position 9
🔑 Star Player: Harold Preciado
Normally playing in the Striker position, Harold Preciado was born in Tumaco, Colombia. Having made his senior debut playing for Santos Laguna in the 2021 - 2022 season, the talented Forward has got 4 league goals in this Liga MX (Clausura) 2023 - 2024 season so far coming from a total of 6 appearances.