Match Info

Liga MX - Apertura - Round 1

Date: 18 July 2026, Saturday

Location: Estadio BBVA (Monterrey)

Where to Watch on TV:


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Usa	SportsEngine Play, TUDN, Univision


	Monterrey		Santos Laguna

	1	X	2
	1.46	4.50	5.75	Watch
	1.50	4.50	5.50
	1.49	4.50	5.50	Watch
	1.50	4.84	6.83
	1.58	4.43	5.2	Watch
	1.44	4.70	6.65	Watch
	1.51	4.59	6.18	Watch
	1.49	4.60	5.60
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.5 ↓ (1.52)	4.58 ↑ (4.46)	5.9 ↑ (5.26)

The most likely Over/Under: 3.25

The best margin for this event is 2%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Monterrey
63.3%

Draw
20.7%

Santos Laguna
16%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

61.4%

20.9%

17.7%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Monterrey has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+1.9%)

Santos Laguna has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-1.7%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
76.5%	11.8%	11.8%

Monterrey - Santos Laguna Predictions

Users Predictions: 16 users predict this event. Monterrey will win (votes: 12 - 75%). Santos Laguna will win (votes: 2 - 12.5%). It will Tie (votes: 2 - 12.5%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Monterrey: 53.8% – 96.2%.

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 1 Selected Experts predict this event. Monterrey (votes: 1 - 100%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 2:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
22. Cardenas L. (G) 2. Chavez R. 33. Medina S. 19. Aceves A. 3. Arteaga G. 8. Torres O. 30. Rodriguez J. 10. Orellano L. 17. Corona J. (C) 7. Ocampos L. 9. Rossi D.	1. Acevedo C. (G) 4. Abella J. (C) 18. Pardo F. 25. Sanchez F. 3. Cuevas M. 8. Mariscal Murra S. 11. Gruezo C. 7. Gonzalez D. 10. Bullaude E. 26. Sordo R. 9. Di Yorio L.
Substitutes
5. Ambriz F. 27. de la Rosa R. 32. Djurdjevic U. 11. Fimbres I. 200. Galvez O. 18. Garza C. 4. Guzman V. 31. Ramos C. (G) 194. Reyes C. 21. Reyes L.	19. Aguirre E. 33. Holguin H. (G) 5. Lopez A. 15. Mancha J. 24. Medina D. 14. Orona E. 28. Perez J. 22. Picon K. 192. Ulloa J. 21. Villalba F.
Coaches
Almeyda M.	Alves R.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (3 - 1)
20', 1 - 0, Ocampos L. ⚽, Rossi D. (A),
25', 2 - 0, Ocampos L. ⚽, Torres O. (A),
31', 3 - 0, Corona J. ⚽, Ocampos L. (A),
40', 3 - 1, Di Yorio L. ⚽,
2nd Half (0 - 1)
60', Abella J. ↓, Picon K. ↑,
60', Di Yorio L. ↓, Aguirre E. ↑,
60', Gonzalez D. ↓, Villalba F. ↑,
62', Corona J. ↓, Ambriz F. ↑,
76', Rodriguez J. ↓, Fimbres I. ↑,
82', Sordo R. ↓, Medina D. ↑,
82', Gruezo C. ↓, Lopez A. ↑,
89', Ocampos L. ↓, Reyes L. ↑,
89', Torres O. ↓, Djurdjevic U. ↑,
89', Rossi D. ↓, de la Rosa R. ↑,
90+6', 3 - 2, Aguirre E. ⚽, Sanchez F. (A),

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Monterrey won 4.

Santos Laguna may face physical challenges compared to their opponent, as they have played more matches in recent days.

In this match, Monterrey is seen as the favorite.

There will not play in Santos Laguna: Palacios K. (Shoulder Injury)

There are questionable in Monterrey: Rodriguez J. (Back Injury)

There are questionable in Santos Laguna: Lozano C. (Knee Injury)

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Monterrey won 9 matches, drew 5 matches, lost 6 matches, and goals 27:20. (average 1.4:1).

Including home matches between the teams, Monterrey won 6 matches, drew 2 matches, lost 2 matches, and goals 16:8. (average 1.6:0.8).

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
10	Monterrey	9	4	1	4	16:14	2	13
16	Santos Laguna	10	3	1	6	10:15	-5	10

Last Results with these Odds

Monterrey - the odds 1.52 are the expected chance of winning is 61.37%, but this team recently wins 88% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- CF Monterrey
Club Friendly
21.06.26	Cancún - Monterrey	1:4 ✺
Mexican Liga MX
26.04.26	Santos Laguna - Monterrey	3:0 ✺
21.04.26	Monterrey - Puebla	2:1 ✺
18.04.26	Monterrey - Pachuca	1:3 ✺
11.04.26	Atlas - Monterrey	0:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 3.9 WLWLT
- Santos Laguna
Club Friendly
09.07.26	Santos Laguna - América de Cali	0:1 ✺
23.06.26	Annapolis Blues - Santos Laguna	0:2 ✺
Mexican Liga MX
26.04.26	Santos Laguna - Monterrey	3:0 ✺
22.04.26	Atlético San Luis - Santos Laguna	2:0 ✺
19.04.26	Santos Laguna - Atlas	0:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 8.6 LWWLL

Latest Head to Head

Mexican Liga MX
26.04.26	Santos Laguna - Monterrey	3:0
27.09.25	Monterrey - Santos Laguna	1:0
02.03.25	Monterrey - Santos Laguna	4:2
14.09.24	Santos Laguna - Monterrey	0:2
21.01.24	Santos Laguna - Monterrey	0:2
08.11.23	Monterrey - Santos Laguna	3:0
13.05.23	Monterrey - Santos Laguna	2:0

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