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Liga MX10/26/2026, 03:10 AM

Tijuana – Santos Laguna4 : 1

Why the model thinks so

Tijuana
1.45
Total xG
2.86
Santos Laguna
1.41
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorTijuanaSantos Laguna
High-scoring league (3 goals/match)+0.49+0.49
Attack strength (1.31x league average)+0.46
4 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (2.6 goals/match)+0.38
Rising form (2.6 vs 1.3 season average)+0.38
Small sample (6 matches), regression to mean+0.24
Small sample (7 matches), regression to mean−0.23
3 clean sheets in last 5 matches−0.15
Defensive strength (1.4 conceded vs 1.6 league avg)−0.12
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (1.4 goals/match)−0.07
G. Mora Zambrano not in squad (5 goals, 1 assists)
Tahiel Jiménez on the bench (5 goals, 0 assists)
32% of goal output missing (only 80% available)
Strong home record (2.1 vs 1.6 goals/match)

Key factors

  • Head-to-head: Both teams have 2 wins each from 4 previous meetings
  • Table: Santos Laguna are 9th with 19 points from 13 games, Tijuana are 11th with 17 points from 12 games
  • Attack: Tijuana score 1.43 goals per home game in the league, Santos Laguna score 1.5 per away game

Risks

  • Form: Santos Laguna won all 5 of their last 5 games, while Tijuana failed to win any of their last 5
  • Squad: G. Mora Zambrano is absent, having scored 5 of the 17 league goals for Tijuana players this season (29%)

All probabilities

Result
Tijuana37%
Draw28%
Santos Laguna35%
Double chance
Tijuana or draw65%
Santos Laguna or draw63%
No draw72%
Goals
Over 1.579%
Under 1.521%
Over 2.554%
Under 2.546%
Over 3.532%
Under 3.568%
Both teams score
Yes59%
No41%

xG score

1:1
From xG 1.45 : 1.40, rounded up only from .913% probability

Other likely scores

2:1
9%
1:2
8%
2:0
6%
2:2
6%
4:1
Final score

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Tijuana: first goal in 7 of 10 games (70%)
  2. Tijuana: 35% of all goals between minutes 31-45 (6 of 17)
  3. Tijuana: 5 of 17 goals scored by substitutes (last 12 games)

Lineups

Tijuana 5-4-1 · Santos Laguna 5-4-1

Tijuana
  • 2 J. Rodríguez Romero
  • 17 R. Árciga Zárate
  • 3 R. Fernández Inzunza
  • 12 J. Porozo Vernaza
  • 6 J. Gómez Molina
  • 16 J. Vega Grijalva
  • 11 F. González
  • 15 J. Rivero Segade
  • 8 I. Tona Olmeda
  • 7 A. Preciado Quintero
  • 9 M. Daoudi El Ghezouani
Santos Laguna
  • 1 C. Acevedo López
  • 3 M. Cuevas
  • 28 J. Pérez Sánchez
  • 18 F. Pardo
  • 25 F. Sanchez
  • 7 D. Gonzalez Alcaraz
  • 26 R. Sordo
  • 21 F. Villalba Rodrigo
  • 23 F. Cáseres
  • 10 E. Bullaude
  • 20 E. Lozano Solana
Substitutes
  • 13 E. Alves de Paula
  • 31 J. Padilla Sandoval
  • 20 ?. Zapata Praga
  • 4 U. Bilbao Arteta
  • 18 A. Mejía Montoya
  • 29 J. Hernández Soriano
  • 33 P. Ortíz
  • 202 J. González Cera
  • 34 F. Boya
  • 19 D. Abreu Firenze
  • 19 E. Aguirre Lara
  • 14 E. Orona Zavala
  • 4 J. Abella Fanjul
  • 5 A. López Vargas
  • 6 J. Güemez López
  • 8 S. Mariscal Murra
  • 17 E. Echeverría Mata
  • 33 H. Holguín
  • 77 K. Palacios Salazar
  • 29 T. Jiménez Sánchez
  • 193 L. Gómez Bernal

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