How to watch today's Necaxa vs Santos Laguna Liga MX game: Live stream, TV channel, and start time

Necaxa cannot qualify for the quarter-finals in 2025-26 Torneo Arpetura in Liga MX, but are hopeful of making the play-in round as they face Santos Laguna at Estadio Victoria on Friday.

One the other hand, under pressure from the chasing pack in the second half of the standings table, Guerreros will look to hold on to their top-10 spot.

Here, GOAL brings you everything you need to know about how to watch, including TV channel, streaming details and more.

How to watch Necaxa vs Santos Laguna online - TV channels & live streams

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Necaxa vs Santos Laguna kick-off time

Liga MX - Apertura

Estadio Victoria

The Liga MX match between Necaxa and Santos Laguna will be played at Estadio Victoria in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

It will kick off at 6 pm PT / 9 pm ET on Friday, October 31, in the US.

Team news & squads

Necaxa vs Santos Laguna lineups

Necaxa

5-3-2

Formation

4-1-4-1

SAN

22

E. Unsain

7

K. Rosero

24

F. Rossano

26

E. Lara

16

C. Calderon

3

A. Oliveros

29

J. Rodriguez

8

A. Palavecino

5

T. Jacob

9

T. Badaloni

27

D. Cambindo

1

C. Acevedo

4

J. Abella

2

B. Amione

35

K. Balanta

19

O. Ortega

21

F. Villalba

6

J. Guemez

26

R. Sordo

20

K. Palacios

8

S. Mariscal

13

J. Ocejo

4-1-4-1

SAN

NEC

-Line up

• 22

  E. Unsain

• 7

  K. Rosero

  55’

  84’

• 24

  F. Rossano

  84’

• 26

  E. Lara

• 16

  C. Calderon

  11’

• 3

  A. Oliveros

• 29

  J. Rodriguez

  90’ + 1’

• 8

  A. Palavecino

• 5

  T. Jacob

  49’

  85’

• 9

  T. Badaloni

  42’

  75’

• 27

  D. Cambindo

  11’

  55’

  57’

Substitutes

• 13

  A. Andrade

• 15

  P. Perez

  57’

• 12

  L. Jimenez

• 14

  D. De Buen

  85’

• 2

  E. Martinez

  84’

• 30

  R. Monreal

  75’

• 21

  J. Rojas

  84’

• 17

  R. Cortez

• 11

  R. Sanchez

• 4

  A. Pena

Manager

• F. Gago

SAN

-Line up

• 1

  C. Acevedo

• 4

  J. Abella

  46’

• 2

  B. Amione

  5’

• 35

  K. Balanta

• 19

  O. Ortega

  36’

  47’

• 21

  F. Villalba

  66’

• 6

  J. Guemez

  46’

• 26

  R. Sordo

  45’

• 20

  K. Palacios

  36’

  85’

• 8

  S. Mariscal

• 13

  J. Ocejo

  38’

  64’

  66’

Substitutes

• 9

  J. Carrillo

  66’

• 7

  C. Dajome

  46’

• 188

  J. Perez Sanchez

• 99

  B. Barticciotto

  66’

• 204

  T. Jimenez

• 17

  E. Echeverria

• 24

  D. Medina

  85’

• 5

  A. Lopez

  46’

• 23

  E. Gutierrez

• 33

  H. Holguin

Manager

• F. Rodriguez

Necaxa team news

Coming off a 4-3 win at San Luis, Los Rayos boss Fernando Gago is expected to have a full strength squad at his disposal once again.

After being helped by an own goal, Tomas Badaloni, Kevin Rosero and Cambindo Abonia completed in the rare win for the side in recent times.

Santos Laguna team news

The visitors head coach, Francisco, continues to deal with a couple of injury absentees in Anthony Lozano and Bruno Barticciotto, but Cristian Dajome seems eligible to return after serving a yellow cards ban.

Jesus Ocejo, Kevin Palacios and Fran Villalba were on target in the 3-1 victory over Queretaro last weekend.

Form

Head-to-Head Record

NEC

Last 5 matches

SAN

3

Wins

1

Draw

1

Win

• Necaxa

  3

  -

  2

  Santos Laguna

• Santos Laguna

  3

  -

  2

  Necaxa

• Necaxa

  2

  -

  0

  Santos Laguna

• Santos Laguna

  2

  -

  5

  Necaxa

• Necaxa

  0

  -

  0

  Santos Laguna

12

Goals scored

7

Games over 2.5 goals

3/5

Both teams scored

3/5

Standings

Useful links

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