- Atletico de San Luis have won four of the last five Liga MX league matches against Santos Laguna Mexico, including a 4-1 away victory in September 2025.
- San Luis will be playing at home in mild, partly cloudy conditions that should suit an open, competitive game.
- Santos Laguna have won just one of the past six competitive meetings with San Luis.
San Luis need the win more than Santos
San Luis will need to beat rock-bottom Santos Laguna on Thursday if they are to retain their slim Play-In ambitions and keep João Pedro in the running for the Golden Boot.
Clausura 2026 has been a rollercoaster of wins, draws and defeats for the Red and Whites, but they did grab a vital 2-1 away win at Monterrey at the start of April.
Raúl Chabrand has recently taken over as interim boss and will be trying to settle the ship and tighten up the defence while maximising the talents of talisman and San Luis’s top scorer João Pedro.
San Luis are currently floating around 14th-15th in the 2026 Clausura table with mid-teens points, keeping them in the Play-In places.
Santos Laguna will be desperate for the win because, even though they are virtually eliminated from playoff contention, they will want to grab some pride back with points after being in an all-time crisis streak, suffering multiple defeats and rare draws in their last five Liga MX matches.
San Luis should win the clash of styles
Carlos Acevedo, the captain and goalkeeper, has been the best player on the pitch for Santos Laguna throughout their woeful run and they are still a threat from set pieces to Bruno Amione, their excellent centre-back.
Omar Tapia has had to oversee damage limitation and try to tighten up Santos since taking over as interim boss in February.
Ezequiel Bullaude and Fran Villalba are two creative midfielders, but the team’s forward line has been woeful throughout Clausura 2026.
Santos will play on the front foot with a high press and look for turnovers so they can counter attack quickly, but their defensive gaps have been exploited in each of their recent losses.
San Luis play a possession-based, patient build-up game where they control the tempo and look to overload in the wide areas.
João Pedro is San Luis’s talisman and one of the league’s top scorers. He is fed some great service by the midfield.
Both teams will be looking for the three points as their respective clubs have changed coaches already in Clausura 2026 and the pressure is on each boss to deliver a result.
Therefore, we’re going to take the home side to claim the victory here at 1.75 as they are very much the superior team and it’s difficult to see why Santos are so highly priced at 4.03.
