León vs Santos Laguna Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

León

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León will be looking for a repeat result of a 2-0 CONCACAF Champions League success vs Tauro.

For León, the scorers were Brian Rubio (26') and Elías Hernández (45').

Under three goals per game were scored during 6 of the past 6 meetings where León have been involved. With regard to the goal split from this period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 1 and León managed a tally of 7. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, however.

Analysis of their past results shows that León:

• haven't won against Santos Laguna in their last 3 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Santos Laguna

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Santos Laguna will go into this meeting following a 3-2 Liga MX (Clausura) win in the defeat of Club Tijuana in their most recent outing.

In that game, Santos Laguna had 54% possession and 11 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Santos Laguna, the scorers were Javier Correa (45', 52') and Matheus Dória (74'). Tijuana had 15 shots at goal with 5 on target. Alexis Canelo (45') and Lucas Rodríguez (60') scored for Club Tijuana.

The stats tell the story, and Santos Laguna have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 15 goals in all. Defensively, Santos Laguna have not been doing too well.

Their past results show that Santos Laguna:

• have left without a victory over León when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• are without an away win for the past 4 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 20/01/2020, there has been little between the sides with León winning 2 of those games, Santos Laguna 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them in this period, with 9 for Los Esmeraldas and 9 being from Guerreros. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The last league match featuring these sides was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 9 on 19/08/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Santos Laguna 2-1 León.

In that match, Santos Laguna had 58% possession and 18 shots at goal with 6 on target. Goals were scored by Omar Campos (40') and Felix Torres (63').

León had 5 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Fidel Ambríz (37') scored.

The match was refereed by Víctor Cáceres.

ℹ️ Team News: León

The León boss Nicolás Larcamón will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns at all before this clash owing to a completely injury-free squad ready to go.

In all likelihood, Los Esmeraldas look set to use the 4-4-2 formation in the match, beginning the first half with Rodolfo Cota, Ivan Moreno, Jaine Barreiro, Adonis Frias, Osvaldo Rodriguez, Angel Mena, Lucas Daniel Romero, Fidel Ambriz, Yairo Moreno, Victor Davila and Lucas Di Yorio.

ℹ️ Team News: Santos Laguna

Santos Laguna manager Eduardo Fentanes has multiple availability issues to deal with. Eduardo Aguirre (Surgery) and Ronaldo Prieto (Patella problems) will miss out on this game.

We’re of the thinking that Guerreros will likely play in a 4-4-2 formation, giving starts to Carlos Acevedo, Raul Lopez, Hugo Rodriguez, Matheus Doria, Omar Campos, Diego Medina, Alan Cervantes, Aldo Lopez, Juan Brunetta, Javier Correa and Harold Preciado.

🧠 Prediction

For this match, we think that Santos Laguna have enough to find the back of the net against this León side, however it might not be as many as they’ll concede.

Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for León at the end of this one. It really should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 01:44 16/03/2023