Pachuca vs Santos Laguna betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga MX match on January 20th, 2025

Pachuca and Santos Laguna will meet each other in a football match counting for Liga MX on January 20th, 2025, Monday, in Mexico, check the Pachuca vs Santos Laguna betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Where to follow the live game

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Stadium and City where Pachuca vs Santos Laguna will occur

The game will be played in the Estadio Hidalgo stadium, in the city of Pachuca de Soto, with a capacity for 30000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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

Pachuca arrives from a defeat in the last match they played (2024). The contest against Real Madrid, valid for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, ended with a score of 3-0 in favor of the rivals.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga MX, Santos Laguna, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Guadalajara team with a final score of 1-0.

These teams played last against each other in a highly contested Liga MX game during the 2024/2025 season ending in a 1-1 draw.

Santos Laguna was in 18th place in the Liga MX while Pachuca was in 16th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Santos Laguna team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Pachuca used in the match.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Pachuca

With the home advantage in their favor, the team will strive to accumulate the maximum number of points at the start of the championship. Led by coach Jorge Guillermo Almada Álves, the team will approach the match with a single-minded focus on securing victory. The team's attacking tactics may result in an unusual number of corner kicks, making this market one to keep an eye on.

Current leaderboard

Pachuca comes to this round 2 of this local league Clausura tournament holding the 16 position in the table, with 0 points collected. Previously, in the Apertura phase, the team finished the qualification round occupying the 16 place.

This is the second match of Pachuca as the local team in the current season. In the first game at home, they faced Juárez and lost, 0-1.

Pachuca lackluster average shooting on goal in the league, with only 4.41 per game, is indicative of the team's struggles to score goals and create opportunities. Opposing goalkeepers are not put under much pressure by this team.

his average possession rate in this competition is 49.47%, meaning the team usually can't take over the match and has a more reactive style of play. For this match between Pachuca vs Santos Laguna 2024/2025, the team should try an extra effort to keep possession and be able to attack the opponent.

Santos Laguna

Despite being the away team in this clash, Santos Laguna will aim to secure a draw in the game to prevent a significant point deficit early in the tournament. To achieve this objective, it is anticipated that Fernando Ortiz' team will adopt a more defensive approach, potentially leading to a low number of goals conceded or a high number of cards issued in the match.

Current leaderboard

Santos Laguna comes to this round 2 of this local league Clausura tournament holding the 17 position in the table, with 0 points collected. Previously, in the Apertura phase, the team finished the qualification round occupying the 18 place.

Santos Laguna play away from home for the second time this season. They lost against Guadalajara in their first, by 1-0.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

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 5.18 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, so far, Pachuca has received 45 yellow cards and 6 reds in 17 matches contested. At the same time, Santos Laguna was cautioned with yellow cards in 50 opportunities and red 3 times in 17 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 2 round of the competition, Pachuca didn't score any goal and conceded in 29 opportunities, while Santos Laguna scored for 12 times and conceded 30 goals.

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