Santos Laguna vs Pachuca Live Stream, Predictions

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Santos Laguna

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Santos Laguna will be hoping for a better result following a 2-0 Liga MX (Clausura) loss in their previous game against Necaxa.

In that match, Santos Laguna managed 73% possession and 4 shots at goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Necaxa got 15 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Ricardo Monreal (40') and Braian Samudio (55') scored for Necaxa.

Ignacio Ambriz's Santos Laguna have found the net 8 times over their past 6 outings. The comparative number of goals that they have conceded in those same games is 7.

Their past results show that Santos Laguna:

• have not registered a win against Pachuca in their previous 3 matches in the league.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Pachuca

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to CD Guadalajara in Liga MX (Clausura) action, Pachuca and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Pachuca had 56% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Pachuca was Gustavo Cabral (42' Own goal). At the other end, Guadalajara got 9 shots on goal with 2 on target.

Demonstrating their predisposition for high-scoring encounters, goals have been celebrated 20 times in the last 6 games in which Pachuca have sent out their troops, yielding an average of 3.33 goals per meeting. Their opponents have got 7 of these goals.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 17/10/2021 shows us that Santos Laguna have won 1 of these games and Pachuca 3, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 26 in total which averages out at 4.33 goals per match.

The previous league contest between these clubs was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 8 on 19/09/2023 when it finished Pachuca 3-2 Santos Laguna.

In that match, Pachuca had 49% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Marino Hinestroza (45'), Bryan González (69') and Illian Hernández (92').

On the other side, Santos Laguna got 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Juan Brunetta (56') and Felix Torres (95') scored.

The match was refereed by Fernando Hernández Gómez.

📋 Team News: Santos Laguna

The Santos Laguna manager Ignacio Ambriz has zero fitness worries to speak of before this clash thanks to a completely healthy group available for selection.

It looks as if Guerreros will probably employ a 4-4-2 system for the game with Carlos Acevedo Lopez, Bruno Amione, Emmanuel Echeverria, M. Dória Macedo, Vladimir Loroña, Jordan Carrillo, Diego Medina, Aldo López Vargas, Salvador Mariscal, Santiago Muñóz and H. Fabián Preciado.

📰 Team News: Pachuca

With a completely healthy group available to choose from, the Pachuca manager Guillermo Almada does not have any fitness worries whatsoever before this clash.

We reckon that Los Tuzos seem likely to utilise a 3-4-3 lineup, starting the game with Carlos Moreno, Jorge Berlanga, Gustavo Cabral, Andrés Micolta, Nelson Deossa, Jesús Hernández, Pedro Pedraza, Bryan González, Erick Sánchez, Oussama Idrissi and Salomon Rondon.

✨ Prediction

We believe that Santos Laguna have the firepower to breach the defence of this Pachuca team, but a single goal possibly won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

Therefore, we’re predicting a narrow 1-2 victory for Pachuca at the end of the 90 minutes. There looks to be little in this one.

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

Renata Leite, 04:14 19/04/2024