Santos Laguna vs Monterrey — Liga MX 2024
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 36+ matches
Santos Laguna32%
Monterrey43%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Monterrey creates 19% more chances
Season form · 36 home / 42 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over55
- Under45
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes58
- No42
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Santos Laguna ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Santos Laguna at home — creates 1.11, concedes 1.56 · 36 matches
Monterrey away — creates 1.57, concedes 1.52 · 42 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Santos Laguna attack 1.11 + Monterrey defence 1.52 → ÷2 → 1.31
Monterrey attack 1.57 + Santos Laguna defence 1.56 → ÷2 → 1.56
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 43%?"
Monterrey at 43% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 43% does not mean "Monterrey will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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Statistics
Santos Laguna host Monterrey on Sunday, 15 September 2024 at 03:00. The match is part of the Liga MX 2024/2025 season.
Liga MX: Santos Laguna 0–2 Monterrey
Monterrey beat Santos Laguna 2-0 in Liga MX on September 15, 2024.
Goals: B. Vázquez (4'), G. Berterame (90+5').
Monterrey controlled possession (54%) and registered 18 shots to 16.
The match was played at Estadio Corona in Torreón.