Universidad Nacional vs Santos Laguna Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Universidad Nacional

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Universidad Nacional go into this match following on from a 0-0 Liga MX (Clausura) drawn match against FC Juárez.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Universidad Nacional have shown defensive steel. In fact, Universidad Nacional have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 10 goals during that time. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be continued into this match, however.

A look at their previous results shows us that Universidad Nacional:

• have not been beaten in the league by Santos Laguna in their previous 2 matches.
• are without a home win in the past 4 league games. Their fans aren't happy.

Santos Laguna

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Querétaro FC in Liga MX (Clausura) competition, Santos Laguna will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Santos Laguna had 65% possession and 14 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Santos Laguna was Ramiro Sordo (37'). On the other side, Queretaro had 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Pablo Barrera (48') and Franco Russo (82') scored for Querétaro FC.

Looking at their form, and Santos Laguna have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 13 goals in all. At the back, Santos Laguna just haven’t been too solid at all.

Ahead of this meeting, Santos Laguna have not won away from home in their last 19 matches in the league. Their travelling supporters must be so depressed.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 03/03/2022 tells us that Universidad Nacional have won 1 of them & Santos Laguna 4, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 22 overall which averages out at 3.67 goals per match.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 2 on 14/07/2024 and the score finished Santos Laguna 1-1 Universidad Nacional.

On that occasion, Santos Laguna had 49% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Santiago Muñóz (33').

At the other end, Universidad Nacional got 27 shots at goal with 5 on target. César Huerta (45') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Mario Terrazas.

💭 Prediction

We’re thinking that Universidad Nacional will most probably get amongst the goals against Santos Laguna, who might well find it a difficult task scoring a goal of their own.

Accordingly, we see a pretty comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Universidad Nacional at the end of the 90 minutes.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Turning to the betting odds on the full-time result market, staking on Universidad Nacional is available for 1.4, backing a drawn result is 4.75 and staking on victory for Santos Laguna gets you 7.5. Those are the best of the prices offered at the moment.

Lucas Pereira, 10:04 16/04/2025