Santos Laguna 1–0 Necaxa
- Season
- Liga MX
- 2026 · Apertura - 15
Referee
Daniel Quintero Huitron
Liga MX: Santos Laguna beat Necaxa 1–0. Goals: Matias Espindola 72' (o.g.).
Top rated
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
C. Acevedo9.5
M. Cuevas7.4
F. Cáseres6.9
M. Rodríguez7.2
D. Leyva7.0
Kaiky Naves7.0
How the score moved
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
- Santos Laguna
- Necaxa
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| When | Santos Laguna | Necaxa |
|---|---|---|
| 72′ · Matias Espindola | 1 | 0 |
| 90′ | 1 | 0 |
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- Santos Laguna
- Necaxa
Santos LagunaGoals1xG0.77
- xG per shot
- 0.13
- Goals minus xG
- +0.23
NecaxaGoals0xG2.53
- xG per shot
- 0.12
- Goals minus xG
- -2.53
How the chances split
Santos Laguna win 9%Draw 15%Necaxa win 76%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| Santos Laguna | Necaxa | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.77 | 2.53 |
| xG per shot | 0.128 | 0.120 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.23 | -2.53 |
| Santos Laguna win | 9% | |
| Draw | 15% | |
| Necaxa win | 76% |
Goals & cards
- Felipe SánchezFoul37′
- 45+4′Mauro ZaletaDissent
- 52′Diego OchoaFoul
- 67′
- Matias Espindola(Own goal)72′
Key stats
- 38%Ball Possession62%
- 0.77Expected goals2.53
- 6Total Shots21
- 3Shots on goal8
- 12Corner Kicks6
Half by half
- Santos Laguna
- Necaxa
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santos Laguna | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Necaxa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
- Santos Laguna: 4 won, 0 drawn, 1 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Santos Laguna have scored in each of their last 5 matches.
- Santos Laguna kept 3 clean sheets in their last 5 matches.
- Santos Laguna scored 11 and conceded 5 in their last 5 matches.
- Necaxa: 0 won, 2 drawn, 3 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Necaxa scored 6 and conceded 11 in their last 5 matches.
Recent form
Standings
Liga MX: Apertura
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |  Toluca | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 |  Atlas | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Santos Laguna | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 |  CF Pachuca | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 |  Club Tijuana | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 15 |  Tigres UANL | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Atlante FC | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 17 | Necaxa | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 18 |  FC Juarez | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 |
Timeline
- Felipe SánchezFoul37′
- Off: Jonathan Geovanni Pérez SánchezOn: Kevin Palacios38′
- 45′Juan Valencia(VAR)Penalty cancelled
- 45+4′Mauro ZaletaDissent
- 52′Diego OchoaFoul
- 59′Off: Juan ValenciaOn: Kevin Ante
- 67′
- 68′Off: Lorenzo FaravelliOn: Joshua Alejandro Palacios Pulido
- 68′Off: Mauro ZaletaOn: Emilio Martínez
- 68′Off: Owen GonzálezOn: Matias Espindola
- Off: Eduardo AguirreOn: Esteban Lozano69′
- Matias Espindola(Own goal)72′
- Off: Francisco VillalbaOn: Aldo Lopez82′
- Off: Tahiel Adrian JimenezOn: Javier Guemez82′
- 83′Off: Raúl MartínezOn: Leonardo Arvizo Vargas
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- Santos Laguna
- Necaxa
Santos LagunaGoals1xG0.77
- xG per shot
- 0.13
- Goals minus xG
- +0.23
NecaxaGoals0xG2.53
- xG per shot
- 0.12
- Goals minus xG
- -2.53
How the chances split
Santos Laguna win 9%Draw 15%Necaxa win 76%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| Santos Laguna | Necaxa | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.77 | 2.53 |
| xG per shot | 0.128 | 0.120 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.23 | -2.53 |
| Santos Laguna win | 9% | |
| Draw | 15% | |
| Necaxa win | 76% |
Every shot, and how it ended
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
- Goals
- Saved
- Off target
- Blocked
Santos Laguna6 shots1212
Necaxa21 shots876
- 415Inside the box
- 26Outside the box
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| Santos Laguna | Necaxa | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| Off target | 1 | 7 |
| Blocked | 2 | 6 |
| Inside the box | 4 | 15 |
| Outside the box | 2 | 6 |
The ball: possession and passing
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
- Santos Laguna
- Necaxa
38%Possession62%
83%334 of 404 passes85%355 of 417 passes
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| Santos Laguna | Necaxa | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 38% | 62% |
| Passes | 404 | 417 |
| Completed | 334 | 355 |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 85% |
Discipline
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
- 1116Fouls
- 13Yellow cards
- 00Red cards
- 01Offsides
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| Santos Laguna | Necaxa | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 11 | 16 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 0 | 1 |
Every player's rating
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
- Santos Laguna
- Necaxa
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| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. Acevedo | Santos Laguna | 9.5 | 90 |
| M. Cuevas | Santos Laguna | 7.4 | 90 |
| M. Rodríguez | Necaxa | 7.2 | 90 |
| D. Leyva | Necaxa | 7.0 | 90 |
| Kaiky Naves | Necaxa | 7.0 | 90 |
| Javier Orantes | Necaxa | 6.9 | 90 |
| F. Cáseres | Santos Laguna | 6.9 | 90 |
| K. Palacios | Santos Laguna | 6.8 | 52 |
| A. Oliveros | Necaxa | 6.8 | 90 |
| A. López | Santos Laguna | 6.7 | 8 |
| Joshua Alejandro Palacios Pulido | Necaxa | 6.7 | 22 |
| Jonathan Pérez | Santos Laguna | 6.6 | 38 |
| Felipe Sánchez | Santos Laguna | 6.6 | 90 |
| R. Martínez | Necaxa | 6.6 | 83 |
| E. EcheverrÃa | Santos Laguna | 6.5 | 90 |
| Owen de Jesús González Ojeda | Necaxa | 6.5 | 68 |
| F. Pardo | Santos Laguna | 6.5 | 90 |
| Fran Villalba | Santos Laguna | 6.4 | 82 |
| E. Bullaude | Santos Laguna | 6.4 | 90 |
| E. Martínez | Necaxa | 6.4 | 22 |
| Leonardo Arvizo Vargas | Necaxa | 6.4 | 7 |
| D. Ochoa | Necaxa | 6.3 | 90 |
| E. Aguirre | Santos Laguna | 6.3 | 69 |
| Tahiel Adrián Jiménez Sánchez | Santos Laguna | 6.3 | 82 |
| M. Espíndola | Necaxa | 6.3 | 22 |
| K. Rosero | Necaxa | 6.2 | 31 |
| E. Lozano | Santos Laguna | 6.2 | 21 |
| J. Güémez | Santos Laguna | 6.1 | 8 |
| M. Zaleta | Necaxa | 6.1 | 68 |
| L. Faravelli | Necaxa | 6.0 | 68 |
| J. Valencia | Necaxa | 5.9 | 59 |
The goalkeepers
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
100%C. Acevedo
C. Acevedo- Saves
- 8
- Conceded
- 0
- Rating
- 9.5
- Santos Laguna
- Necaxa
Top stats
- 38%Ball Possession62%
- 0.77Expected goals2.53
- 6Total Shots21
- 3Shots on goal8
- 12Corner Kicks6
Shots
- 1Shots off Goal7
- 2Blocked shots6
- 4Shots insidebox15
- 2Shots outsidebox6
Passing
- 404Total passes417
- 334Passes accurate355
- 83%Pass accuracy85%
Defence & set pieces
- 8Goalkeeper Saves3
- 16Free Kicks10
- 0Offsides1
Discipline
- 11Fouls16
- 1Yellow Cards3
- 0Red Cards0
Half by half
- Santos Laguna
- Necaxa
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santos Laguna | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Necaxa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Santos Laguna5-4-1Coach: Renato Paiva
Bench
6J. GüémezM
33H. HolguínG
20E. LozanoF
5A. LópezM
8S. MariscalM
24D. MedinaM
77K. PalaciosM
26R. SordoM
193Luis GómezM
4J. AbellaD
Necaxa3-4-3Coach: Juan Reynoso
Bench
1C. AndradeG
7K. RoseroF
259Leonardo Arvizo VargasF- 235Leroy DavisD
21M. EspíndolaM
2E. MartínezD
20F. MéndezD- 210Joshua Alejandro Palacios PulidoM
16P. PedrazaM- 188Israel Tello RoblesM
| 4J. AbellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 193Luis GómezM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1C. AcevedoG | 90 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 18F. PardoD | 90 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25Felipe SánchezD | 90 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28Jonathan PérezD | 38 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3M. CuevasD | 90 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21Fran VillalbaM | 82 | 6.4 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23F. CáseresM | 90 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17E. EcheverrÃaD | 90 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19E. AguirreM | 69 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29Tahiel Adrián Jiménez SánchezF | 82 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10E. BullaudeM | 90 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26R. SordoM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77K. PalaciosM | 52 | 6.8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24D. MedinaM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8S. MariscalM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5A. LópezM | 8 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20E. LozanoF | 21 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33H. HolguínG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6J. GüémezM | 8 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Liga MX: Apertura
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cruz Azul | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| 2 |  Club America | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 30 |
| 3 |  Guadalajara Chivas | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
| 4 | Toluca | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Atlas | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Santos Laguna | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | CF Pachuca | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Club Tijuana | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 |  Leon | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 10 |  Monterrey | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 11 |  U.N.A.M. - Pumas | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 12 |  Club Queretaro | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 13 |  Atletico San Luis | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 14 |  Puebla | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 15 | Tigres UANL | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 16 | Atlante FC | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 17 | Necaxa | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 18 | FC Juarez | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 |