Atlas and Santos Laguna meet in Liga MX action at Estadio Jalisco. Both sides are looking for an early-season win at the start of this Clausura campaign. Atlas are the slight favorites, but there is hardly anything in the betting.
Read on for our Liga MX picks and Atlas vs Santos picks. We also hunt down the latest soccer betting odds in this in-depth betting preview.
Atlas vs. Santos Laguna Odds
Atlas are the slight favorites to get the three points on their own patch. They are unbeaten thus far, collecting four points from two games. If you fancy the hosts to keep up their undefeated start with a home victory, you can get the solid betting odds of +138 for a home win.
Santos Laguna opened the Clausura season with a heavy home defeat, but Eduardo Fentanes’ troops have responded with back-to-back wins. The visitors are priced at +190 to make it three victories in a row here.
Atlas vs. Santos Laguna Information
Atlas vs Santos Laguna
Location of the game: Estadio Jalisco. Guadalajara, MX.
Date: Thursday, January 26. 9:05 PM CT.
Atlas vs. Santos Laguna Betting Preview
The Red and Blacks had an Extremely Disappointing Opening Campaign
Atlas had an extremely disappointing 2022 Apertura campaign, finishing 17th out of 18 clubs. They managed to win just three league games, suffering ten defeats along the way. The Red and Blacks finished six points behind 12th in the race to make it to the final phase.
They performed much better in the last Clausura, finishing third in the regular season and going on to win the championship. They beat Leon on penalties in the final after a thrilling 3-3 aggregate draw. It was the club’s second Mexican title.
Atlas kicked off this season with a hard-fought win over Mazatlan on home turf on the opening weekend of the 2023 season. It was a real battle, but Julio Furch and Julian Quinones got the goals in the 2-1 victory.
Benjamin Mora’s men followed that up with a 3-3 draw with Queretaro last time out. They led three times at Estadio Corregidora, but the home side pegged them back to rescue a point – their third equalizer came in injury time.
Can the home side build on their good start and extend their unbeaten run to three? Keep reading our Atlas game prediction for the best Atlas vs Santos picks and the latest odds on today’s soccer matches in Liga MX.
The Warriors Had a Strong Opening Season
Santos Laguna finished third at the end of the 2022 Apertura after a strong season. They won ten of their 17 matches and were only five points away from table-toppers America.
The Warriors were beaten in the quarter-finals, though, losing 4-2 on aggregate to Toluca. In the last Clausura campaign, they missed out on a place in the top 12, winning just five times in the regular season.
This term, the Warriors got off to the worst possible start, as they were hammered 3-0 at home by Tigres. Nevertheless, the Santos stats have been much better since that heavy reverse, as the club have secured back-to-back league wins.
In game two, goals from Diego Medina (2) and Harold Preciado gave Laguna a 3-0 home victory over Pumas UNAM. They built on that with an impressive 2-1 success at Mazatlan last time out, with Juan Brunetta and Preciado getting the goals at Estadio de Mazatlan. Can they make it three wins on the bounce this Friday? Below are our Atlas vs Santos picks.
Atlas vs. Santos Laguna Betting Picks
These two sides last met back in August 2022 in the Apertura. It was a tight and tense matchup at Estadio Corona, with a Brunetta goal on the hour-mark giving the Green and Whites a 1-0 home success.
Atlas edged the reverse match on their own patch, picking up a 2-1 Clausura victory in February 2022. Preciado pulled one back for Santos late on, but first-half goals from Hugo Nervo and Jairo Torres did the damage.
Games between these two sides are usually close on the scoreline, and we fancy the pair to play out a draw in Jalisco. Check out the draw and both teams to score at the top soccer betting odds of +333. Also, back over 2.5 goals at -118.
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