Puebla vs Santos Laguna Odds & Prediction

America’s Andres Ibarguen, proper, breaks away from Santos’ Carlos Orrantía, left, throughout a Mexico soccer league match in Mexico Metropolis, Saturday, April 27, 2019. America received 1-0. (AP Photograph/Anthony Vazquez)

• Puebla FC face uphill battle as they enter second leg of their Liga MX 2021 Guard1anes semifinal matchup with Santos Laguna as slim dwelling favorites
• Puebla haven’t posted a win in opposition to Santos Laguna since 2004,  and face a 3-0 combination aim deficit coming into the second leg
• We’ve obtained you coated with all the chances and tendencies forward of Sunday night time’s conflict at Estadio Cuauhtémoc

Following a devastating loss within the first leg of their Liga MX 2021 Guard1anes semifinal conflict with Santos Laguna, Puebla FC will probably be in desperation mode as they return to the pitch for second leg motion as slim +148 favorites.

Puebla stumbled out of the gate on their approach to a decisive 3-0 loss, and can want an enormous offensive effort to keep away from elimination in Sunday night time’s conflict at Estadio Cuauhtémoc. Using excessive following their dominating first leg efficiency, Santos Laguna appears to be like to their second leg matchup as a sexy +200 guess.

The Verdiblancos are actually undefeated in 5 straight league outings, however have did not earn the win in every of their previous 4 street contests

Right here’s a have a look at all the chances and tendencies forward of the second leg of this 2021 Guard1anes semifinal, which will get underway on Sunday night time at 8:00pm ET.

Puebla FC vs Santos Laguna Odds

Odds as of Might 23 at DraftKings

Santos Scored Early and Usually in First Leg Win

Santos’ long-time domination of Puebla continued within the opening leg of this Liga MX postseason matchup. With a quick, aggressive begin clearly a part of the sport plan, Santos wanted lower than a minute to open the scoring. The membership benefited from a positive VAR evaluation that overturned a Puebla aim, and celebrated quickly after with their second aim of the match, on their approach to a decisive 3-0 victory.

Santos 3-0 Puebla

✔Contundente victoria de los guerreros que ponen un pie en la last
✔Doblete del Mudo, incluido uno de vestidor
✔Puebla tuvo sus probabilities, pero Acevedo anduvo muy bien
✔Ayrton volvió a marcar
✔Nada definido, pero es una GRAN ventaja pic.twitter.com/uZDFOksMsE

— Guerreros Del Santos Laguna (@guerrerosSL) Might 21, 2021

Along with paying out as brief -143 favorites, Thursday’s victory prolonged what has been a dominating run for Santos in head-to-head conferences with Puebla. The Verdiblancos have now averted defeat in 31 straight clashes with Puebla since 2004, and saved clear sheets in every of their previous three conferences.

Can Aguirre Keep Scoring Tempo on the Highway?

Eduardo Aguirre emerged because the hero in Thursday’s victory. The membership’s main goalscorer this season, Aguirre maintained his latest scorching tempo by potting every of Santos’ first two targets in Thursday’s victory.

Lalo Aguirre now has 4 targets in his final 4 video games.

It didn’t take him lengthy to search out the again of the online tonight! #VaPor7i ⭐️#ModoGuerrero 🇳🇬⚔️ pic.twitter.com/TQPLzJjkut

— Membership Santos EN (@ClubSantosEn) Might 21, 2021

The 22-year-old rising star has now potted seven targets over his previous seven match together with a trio of multi-goal outings. Nonetheless, Aguirre has did not contribute on the street this season, with every of his eight markers to this point approaching dwelling turf. With the membership possible targeted on avoiding getting right into a high-scoring affair on Sunday night time, there may be little worth to be discovered within the +650 odds of Aguirre discovering the again of the online in second leg motion.

Santos Laguna vs Puebla Head-to-Head Stats

Puebla Seek for Solutions to Offensive Hunch

Whereas Santos have stuffed the online with regularity throughout their latest surge, Puebla will probably be in search of methods to spice up their moribund assault in Sunday’s contest. The membership has managed to attain only one complete aim whereas selecting up just one victory over their previous 5 matches.

¡¡¡ Primer paso rumbo a la Gran Ultimate !!!@ClubSantos superó a @ClubPueblaMX en el primer episodio de la Semifinal en el TSM Corona. Te mostramos el stability de este compromiso.

¡Regístrate ahora en https://t.co/PigIFB93t5 y recibe $400 🤑 de regalo! 📲 https://t.co/zKScgtX1Wh pic.twitter.com/eeuDxhkhtx

— Liga BBVA MX (@LigaBBVAMX) Might 21, 2021

Nonetheless, Puebla has confirmed their capacity to generate offense beforehand this season, closing out their Clausura schedule racked fourth in Liga MX in group scoring. That functionality was on full show throughout a 3-1-0 run that began in late March, throughout which Puebla shooters racked up 14 complete targets.

Ormeno Should Step Up

But when Puebla are to have any likelihood to beat a large 3-0 combination aim deficit on Sunday night time, they’ll want a much bigger contribution from their main goalscorer Santiago Ormeno.

Tristes por el resultado, pero somos @ClubPueblaMX y no nos rendimos. Necesitamos remar y trabajar todos juntos para intentar remontar la eliminatoria. Hagamos pesar el Cuauhtemoc, juntos todo es posible. Vamos carajo! 🎽💪 pic.twitter.com/um0WJ7GJVq

— Santiago Ormeño (@santorme) Might 21, 2021

Whereas the 27-year-old has made an effort to rally fan assist on social media forward of Sunday’s contest, he has been noticeably quiet on the pitch, scoring simply as soon as in his previous seven total outings, and simply as soon as over his previous 4 appearances on dwelling turf.

These is little indication that Puebla’s present goalscoring swoon is about to finish. Certainly, the membership is confronted with little alternative however to play a large open type on Sunday night time. That’s more likely to be simply superb with Santos, who’ve thrived in high-scoring contests of late. Search for the Verdiblancos to proceed their domination of Puebla with one more victory.

The Picks: Santos Laguna +200; OVER 2.5 (+116)

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