📊 Form Guide

Santos Laguna

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Santos Laguna head into this game coming off the back of a 2-2 Liga MX (Clausura) tied result against Querétaro FC.

It’s not been often in recent times that Santos Laguna have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Santos Laguna have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 17 goals in the process.

Their past results show that Santos Laguna:

• have not won against Cruz Azul in their last 3 league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 3 matches in the league.

Cruz Azul

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Cruz Azul go into this encounter after a 0-2 Liga MX (Clausura) win over Monterrey in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Cruz Azul had 43% possession and 9 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Cruz Azul, the goals were scored by Carlos Rotondi (17') and Agustín Palavecino (62'). Monterrey got 17 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

In their previous half-dozen outings, Cruz Azul have amassed a total of 15 goals. Cruz Azul have also scored in every single one of those games. During that period, their defenders have had 3 goals go against them. That trend might not be carried forward into this next game, however.

Heading into this contest, Cruz Azul are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 30/04/2023 tells us that Santos Laguna have won 1 of them & Cruz Azul 4, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A total of 20 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 9 from Guerreros and 11 created by La Máquina Azul. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The previous league contest between the two was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 5 on 17/08/2025 when the final score was Cruz Azul 3-2 Santos Laguna.

On that occasion, Cruz Azul managed 64% possession and 32 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. The goals were scored by Carlos Rodríguez (16'), Ignacio Rivero (34') and Gabriel Fernández (82').

At the other end, Santos Laguna had 3 shots at goal with 2 on target. Bruno Barticciotto (32') and Cristián Dájome (47') scored.

The referee was Fernando Hernández.

📋 Team News: Santos Laguna

We think that Guerreros should opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match, beginning the first half with Carlos Acevedo Lopez, Kevin Picón, Kevin Balanta, Bruno Amione, Emmanuel Echeverria, Fran Villalba, Aldo López Vargas, Kevin Palacios, Ezequiel Bullaude, Cristian Dájome and Jesús Ocejo.

📰 Team News: Cruz Azul

We believe La Máquina Azul seem most likely to make use of a 3-4-2-1 lineup using Andrés Gudiño, Willer Ditta, Erik Lira, Gonzalo Piovi, Omar Campos, Carlos Rodriguez, Á. Jeremy Márquez, C. Rodolfo Rotondi, J. Antonio Paradela, Agustín Palavecino and Gabriel Fernandez.

✨ Prediction

Santos Laguna are capable enough to score a goal against this Cruz Azul team, however a single goal is unlikely to be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our tip is for a close game with a 1-2 win for Cruz Azul at the end of this one. Should be a good one.

Peter Guest, 00:49 04/03/2026