Necaxa defeats Santos Laguna 5-2 after playing a incredible match. HIGHLIGHTS

TORREóN. Necaxa overcomes Santos Laguna 5-2 after playing a incredible match.

September 26, 2023

TORREóN. Necaxa prevails over Santos Laguna 5-2 after playing a incredible match. Santos Laguna was surely superior in terms of ball possession (65%).

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Corona stadium in Torreón on Sunday and it started at 9:05 pm local time. The referee was Óscar Mejía García with the assistance of Marco Antonio Bisguerra Mendiola and Jéssica Fernanda Morales Morales. The 4th official was Aldo Ballesteros Barba. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 33.46 degrees Celsius or 92.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 26%.

Match Statistics

Santos Laguna

2 - 5

Necaxa

! 65 Ball Possession 35

Shots

28 Total 14
6 On Target 5
11 Off Target 5
11 Shots blocked 4

129 Attack 87
71 Dangerous attack 37
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
14 Corners 4
3 Off Sides 2

Fouls

7 Total 14
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Ball possession

Santos Laguna was in firm control of the ball 65% while Necaxa was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Santos Laguna was more pushing with 71 dangerous attacks and 28 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Necaxa managed to find the solution to win this encounter.

Santos Laguna shot 28 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Necaxa shot 14 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Santos Laguna received 1 yellow card (Alan Cervantes). On the opposite side, Necaxa didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

25'

Alán Montes- sub ->Jhon Chancellor

32'

Alejandro Andrade(goal)Heriberto De Jesus

Matheus Dória(VAR)

40'

Diego Medina- sub ->Emerson Rodríguez

46'

Ricardo Monreal- sub ->Edgar Méndez

46'

Ezequiel Unsain- sub ->Raúl Gudiño

49'

Ricardo Monreal(goal)Facundo Batista

52'

Alejandro Andrade(goal)Ricardo Monreal

Raúl López- sub ->Ismael Govea

53'

Santiago Muñoz- sub ->Pedro Aquino

53'

64'

Fernando Arce(goal)Ricardo Monreal

67'

Alexis Peña (goal)Heriberto De Jesus

Harold Preciado(goal)Santiago Muñoz

69'

72'

73'

Rogelio Cortéz- sub ->Heriberto De Jesus

Jesús Ocejo- sub ->Duván Vergara

78'

Ronaldo Prieto- sub ->Omar Campos

78'

Harold Preciado(penalty)

83'

A. Cervantes- Yellow

64'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Santos Laguna will stay with 11 points like León and Querétaro to remain in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Necaxa will have 7 points like Mazatlán to remain in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga MX, Santos Laguna will play away against Atlético San Luis on the 11th of November with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of Santos Laguna (2 draws).

Necaxa will play away agasint Atlas on the 11th of November with a 11-8 head to head record in favor of Atlas (6 draws).

Santos Laguna – Formation

Santos Laguna

Gibrán Lajud 25.Mexico

5.4

Omar Campos 2.Mexico

5.8

78'

I. Govea 3.Mexico

6.3

53'

F. Torres 5.Ecuador

6.4

Matheus Dória 21.Brazil

6.4

A. Cervantes 6.Mexico

6.4

64'

Juan Brunetta 10.Argentina

7.7

Duván Vergara 11.Colombia

6.6

78'

Pedro Aquino 18.Peru

6.3

53'

Emerson Rodríguez 31.Colombia

6.4

46'

Harold Preciado 7.Colombia

8.5

69', 83'

Substitutes

Héctor Holguín 33.Mexico

Hugo Rodríguez 20.Mexico

Raúl López 23.Mexico

7.0

53'

Aldo López 16.Mexico

Jair González 17.Mexico

Ronaldo Prieto 22.Mexico

6.6

78'

Diego Medina 24.Mexico

6.3

46'

Salvador Mariscal Murra 190.Mexico

Jesús Ocejo 13.Mexico

6.4

78'

Santiago Muñoz 19.Mexico

8.1

53'

Santos Laguna adopted the conservative line-up (4-5-1).

The manager Pablo Eduardo Repetto Aquino decided to play with the following team: Gibran Lajud (5.4), Ismael Govea (6.3), Félix Torres (6.4), Dória (6.4), Omar Campos (5.8), Alan Cervantes (6.4), Pedro Aquino (6.3), Emerson Rodríguez (6.4), Juan Brunetta (7.7), Duván Vergara (6.6) and Harold Preciado (8.5).

The home team had on the bench: Jesús Ocejo (6.4), Aldo Lopez, Jair Gonzalez, Santiago Muñoz (8.1), Hugo Rodríguez, Ronaldo Prieto (6.6), Raúl López (7.0), Diego Medina (6.3), Hector Holguin and Salvador Mariscal.

Santos Laguna could not rely on the presence of Ronaldo Prieto (injured).

Substitutions

Santos Laguna made 5 changes: Ismael Govea for Raúl López (53′), Pedro Aquino for Santiago Muñoz (53′), Emerson Rodríguez for Diego Medina (46′), Duván Vergara for Jesús Ocejo (78′) and Omar Campos for Ronaldo Prieto (78′).

Best player: Harold Preciado

The most impressive player for Santos Laguna was Harold Preciado.

His rating is (8.5) with 2 goals, 30 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 9.

Necaxa – Formation

Necaxa

Raúl Gudiño 1.Mexico

7.3

46'

Agustín Oliveros 3.Uruguay

Alexis Peña 4.Mexico

7.3

67'

Jair Cortés 24.Mexico

6.8

J. Chancellor 34.Venezuela

6.4

25'

Heriberto Jurado 11.Mexico

7.9

73'

Alejandro Andrade 13.Mexico

9.1

32', 52'

Brayan Garnica 15.Mexico

7.1

Fernando Arce 33.United States

7.3

64'

Edgar Méndez 7.Spain

7.0

46'

Facundo Batista 9.Uruguay

7.5

72'

Substitutes

Ezequiel Unsain 22.Argentina

6.7

46'

Jorge Rodríguez 20.Mexico

Alán Montes 23.Mexico

7.1

25'

Emilio Martínez 26.Mexico

Daniel Mantilla 10.Colombia

6.7

72'

Rogelio Cortéz 17.Mexico

6.8

73'

Alek Álvarez 21.Mexico

V. Poggi 25.Uruguay

Braian Samudio 27.Paraguay

Ricardo Monreal 30.Mexico

8.8

46'

49'

Also Necaxa adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Eduardo Fentanes Orozco played with: Raúl Gudiño (7.3), Jair Cortes (6.8), Alexis Peña (7.3), Jhon Chancellor (6.4), Agustín Oliveros, Bryan Garnica (7.1), Fernando Arce Jr. (7.3), Alejandro Andrade Rivera (9.1), Heriberto De Jesus (7.9), Edgar Méndez (7.0) and Facundo Batista (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Daniel Mantilla (6.7), Rogelio Cortéz Pineda (6.8), Jorge Rodríguez, Alek Álvarez, Ezequiel Unsain (6.7), Alan Montes (7.1), Vicente Poggi, Emilio Martinez, Braian Samudio and Ricardo Monreal (8.8).

Necaxa could not rely on the presence of Alan Montes (injured).

Substitutions

Necaxa made 5 changes: Jhon Chancellor for Alan Montes (25′), Edgar Méndez for Ricardo Monreal (46′), Raúl Gudiño for Ezequiel Unsain (46′), Facundo Batista for Daniel Mantilla (72′) and Heriberto De Jesus for Rogelio Cortéz Pineda (73′).