Atlas vs Santos Laguna betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga MX match on July 16th, 2024

Atlas and Santos Laguna will meet each other in a football match counting for Liga MX on July 16th, 2024, Tuesday, in Mexico, check the Atlas vs Santos Laguna betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all information to help with your sports betting, including statistics, events, and odds.

Stadium and City where Atlas vs Santos Laguna will occur

The game is set to be played in the mythical Estadio Jalisco stadium, in the city of Guadalajara, with a capacity for 55110 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Introduction to the Atlas vs Santos Laguna betting tip 2024/2025

Atlas arrives from a draw in the last match they played. The contest against Tigres UANL, valid for the Liga MX, ended with a score of 1-1.

The Santos Laguna appears in the same condition as the rival. The team also arrives from a draw for this match. In a Liga MX game, the team faced Pumas UNAM, and the score ended with a 1-1 draw.

The teams last played against each other in a Liga MX game on 05-02-2024, during the 2023/2024 season, with Atlas winning 3-0.

Atlas was in 12th place in the Liga MX while Santos Laguna was in 11th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Atlas team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Santos Laguna used in the match.

Atlas

Leveraging their home advantage in this match, the team will strive to maximize their points tally at the beginning of the championship. Under the guidance of coach Beñat San José Gil, the team will take to the field with a single-minded focus on securing victory. With the majority of playing time spent on the attack, there is a strong likelihood of an elevated number of corner kicks, presenting an enticing market opportunity.

Current leaderboard

Atlas comes to this 2 fixture of the local league Apertura tournament standing in 11 position in the table. So far, the team has earned 2 points, with 0 victories, 2 draws and 0 losses.

This is the second match of Atlas as the local team in the current season. In the first game at home, they faced Tigres UANL and tied, 1-1.

Although Atlas average number of shots on target in the league is not the best, their accuracy is something to behold! They only have 2 shots on target per game, but they manage to score an average of 1.5 goals. This means that they have a remarkable conversion rate of over 40%.

Atlas has had an average possession rate of 43% in this competition, indicating a more reactive approach to games. In the Atlas vs Santos Laguna 2024/2025 match, the team should aim to keep possession more and create more chances in attack.

Santos Laguna

Despite playing away from home in this encounter, Santos Laguna will strive to secure a tie in the match and prevent a substantial point deficit early in the competition. With this objective in mind, it is expected that Marcos Espinoza's team will adopt a more defensive approach, which may lead to a low number of goals conceded or a high number of cards being shown during the game.

Current leaderboard

Santos Laguna comes to this 2 fixture of the local league Apertura tournament standing in 14 position in the table. So far, the team has earned 1 points, with 0 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses.

This will be the second game this season in which Santos Laguna will play as a visitor. In the first one, they were defeated by Puebla, with a result of 1-0.

By producing a possession average of 54.5%, Santos Laguna tries to control the match. Generally, teams with possession above 50% impose dominance on their opponents.

Bet suggestions for this game:

As we are at the beginning of the competition, there is still little data to be studied, that allows suggestions for good bets. However, it is important to note that, usually, in the first games of a tournament, the matches have goals in the first half. The teams are still getting familiar, and there is no interest in maintaining any specific result due to the leaderboard.

Corners market betting suggestions

Although the sample is still small, and therefore less accurate, due to the tournament being in the initial rounds, it is already possible to have an average of corners won by these teams. Adding the number of corner shots of these two teams, we reach an average of 3.5 per game.

Cards market betting suggestions

It is also challenging to get a precise average about the number of cards that the teams receive during the matches; however, until now, Atlas has received 3 yellow cards and no red cards in 2 matches played. At the same time, Santos Laguna was cautioned with yellow cards in 6 opportunities and red 1 time in 2 games.

Score market betting suggestions

The number of goals scored and conceded by the teams at the beginning of the championship can also be a good betting parameter. Until this 3 round of the competition, Atlas didn't score any goal and conceded in 3 opportunities, while Santos Laguna scored for 1 time and didn't concede any goal.

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