Santos Laguna vs Mazatlán Live Stream, Predictions

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Santos Laguna

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Santos Laguna, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-2 Liga MX (Apertura) success vs Atlético San Luis.

In that game, Santos Laguna managed 34% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Santos Laguna, the goalscorers were Felix Torres (10') and Pedro Aquino (12'). On the other side, Atlético San Luis had 15 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

Matches involving Santos Laguna have often been lively affairs recently with high scoring the rule rather than the exception. Over their past 6 clashes alone, the sum of 26 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 4.33 goals per game) with 14 of them coming from Santos Laguna.

Mazatlán

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Mazatlán go into this match following on from a 1-0 Liga MX (Apertura) win to defeat Toluca in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Mazatlán managed 41% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Mazatlán was Jefferson Intriago (68'). Toluca got 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 games featuring Mazatlán, three or more goals have been struck. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell is 3.17, with the average number of goals for Mazatlán coming out as 1.83. Let’s see whether or not that trend can be sustained here.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 23/01/2021 tells us that Santos Laguna have won 3 of them and Mazatlán 2, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A combined total of 12 goals were scored between them in these games, with 7 of them from Guerreros and 5 being from Mazatlán. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

ℹ️ Team News: Santos Laguna

The Santos Laguna manager Pablo Repetto has zero fitness worries to speak of before this game with a completely injury-free group to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Mazatlán

Thanks to a largely healthy group of players, there’s only the one fitness problem for the Mazatlán manager Ismael Rescalvo to contend with. Roberto Meraz (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be in action.

💡 Prediction

For this match, we think that Mazatlán will surely be able to score a goal against this Santos Laguna outfit, however it may not prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We are anticipating a close game with a 2-1 win for Santos Laguna when all is said and done. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 00:13 18/11/2023