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Predictions and Tips
Universidad Nacional will face off against visiting rivals Santos Laguna at The Estadio Olímpico Universitario in this Liga MX (Clausura) fixture on Thursday.
All Universidad Nacional v Santos Laguna game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below (including the best match odds).
📏 Form Guide

Universidad Nacional
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Universidad Nacional enter this game following on from a 0-0 Liga MX (Clausura) tied result versus 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 being defeated in their last game at the hands of Querétaro FC in Liga MX (Clausura) action, Santos Laguna will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that game, Santos Laguna managed 65% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Santos Laguna was Ramiro Sordo (37'). Queretaro had 14 shots at goal with 5 of them 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
A review of their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 03/03/2022 shows that Universidad Nacional have won 1 of these & Santos Laguna 4, with the tally of drawn games being 1.
There were also goals galore in those games, with 22 overall which averages out at 3.67 goals per meeting.
The last league game featuring the two was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 2 on 14/07/2024 when it ended Santos Laguna 1-1 Universidad Nacional.
That day, Santos Laguna managed 49% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Santiago Muñóz (33').
On the other side, Universidad Nacional had 27 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. César Huerta (45') scored.
The referee was 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.
Lucas Pereira, 03:05 17/04/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Universidad Nacional
Formed: 1954
Stadium: The Estadio Olímpico Universitario (72,000)
Captain: Lisandro Magallán
Chairman: Luis Raúl González
Manager: Efraín Juárez
Competitions: Liga MX (Clausura) position 10, Liga MX (Apertura) position 4
⭐ Key Player: Ignacio Pussetto
Normally playing in the Striker position, Ignacio Pussetto was born in Argentina. After having made a senior debut playing for Atlético de Rafaela in the 2013 - 2014 season, the goalscoring Forward has managed to score 5 league goals in this Liga MX (Clausura) 2024 - 2025 season so far coming from a total of 14 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 36 | WWWWW |
2 |
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16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 32 | DWWLD |
3 |
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16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 32 | WWWDW |
4 |
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16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 30 | WLDWD |
5 |
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16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 30 | LLDWL |
6 |
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16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 28 | WLWWD |
7 |
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16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 28 | WWWLD |
8 |
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16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 24 | DWDDD |
9 |
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16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | DWLWL |
10 |
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16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 20 | DLLDW |
11 |
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15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 18 | WLWLD |
12 |
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15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 17 | DLWLD |
13 |
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16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 17 | WLLDL |
14 |
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16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 17 | LWLDW |
15 |
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16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | -14 | 15 | WLWWL |
16 |
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15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -12 | 13 | LLWLW |
17 |
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16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 9 | LLDLL |
18 |
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15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 7 | WLLLL |
Monterrey |
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FC Juárez |
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Tigres |
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Universidad Nacional |
Universidad Nacional |
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Santos Laguna |
Universidad Nacional |
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FC Juárez |
Universidad Nacional |
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Vancouver Whitecaps |
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Club Tijuana |
Universidad Nacional |
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Santos Laguna |
Santos Laguna |
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Querétaro FC |
Toluca |
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Santos Laguna |
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Atlético San Luis |
Tigres |
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Santos Laguna |
Universidad Nacional |
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FC Juárez |
Universidad Nacional |
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Monterrey |
Universidad Nacional |
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CD Guadalajara |
Universidad Nacional |
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Club América |
Universidad Nacional |
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Mazatlán |
Universidad Nacional |
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Toluca |
Toluca |
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Tigres |
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Monterrey |
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Mazatlán |
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Necaxa |
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FC Juárez |
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Santos Laguna |
Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 0.9 |
Time first goal scored | 54 |
Time first goal conceded | 44 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 0.8 |
Goals conceded | 2.1 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 45 |
Yellow cards | 2.3 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 4.8 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Guillermo Martínez | 8 |
Ignacio Pussetto | 7 |
César Huerta | 5 |
Piero Quispe | 4 |
Jorge Ruvalcaba | 4 |
Bruno Barticciotto | 6 |
Anthony Lozano | 4 |
Aldo López | 3 |
Ramiro Sordo | 3 |
Franco Fagúndez | 2 |
Monterrey |
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Club Tijuana |
