LEóN DE LOS ALDAMAS. León prevails over Toluca 1-0 after N. López scored just 1 goal (39′). Toluca lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

Juan Domínguez received a red card (83′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Toluca lost the match.

The match was played at the Estadio León stadium in León de los Aldamas on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Óscar Mejía García assisted by Jorge Antonio Sánchez Espinoza and Manuel Enrique Martínez Sánchez. The 4th official was Hector Salvador Solorio Arreola. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 25.51 degrees Celsius or 77.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 33%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Toluca was in firm control of the ball 60% while León was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Toluca was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, León managed to find the solution to win this match.​

León shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Toluca shot 16 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

León received 1 yellow card (Ángel Mena). Talking about the opposition, Toluca received 4 yellow cards (Claudio Baeza, Jesús Angulo, Robert Morales and Iván López).

Also, Toluca didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Juan Domínguez (Toluca) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (83′).

Standings

After playing this contest, León will have 18 points like Toluca to move down in the 7th place. On the other side, Toluca will stay with 18 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga MX, León will host Juárez on the 13th of November with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of León (2 draws).

Toluca will play away agasint Mazatlán on the 11th of November with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Toluca (2 draws).

León – Formation

León started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Nicolás Ricardo Larcamón decided to play with the following team: Rodolfo Cota (7.1), Iván Moreno (7.5), Adonis Frías (7.3), Paul Bellón (7.3), Osvaldo Rodríguez (7.5), Lucas Romero (7.9), José Rodríguez (7.0), David Ramírez (7.0), José Alvarado (7.8), Brian Rubio (7.0) and Nico López (8.7).

The home team had on the bench: Alfonso Blanco, Ángel Mena (6.7), Omar Fernández (6.6), Borja Sánchez, Oscar Villa, Jose Salazar, Luís Cervantes, Hector Uribe, Sebastian Santos and Pedro Budib.

León could not rely on the presence of Borja Sánchez (injured).

Substitutions

León made 3 changes: Nico López for Ángel Mena (62′), David Ramírez for Omar Fernández (62′) and Brian Rubio for Borja Sánchez (90′).

Best player: Nico López​

The player that probably impressed the most for León was Nico López.

His rating is (8.7) with 1 goal, 15 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 8 crosses.

Toluca – Formation

Toluca started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Marcos Ignacio Ambriz Espinoza played with: Tiago Volpi (8.1), Brian García (7.3), Andrés Mosquera (7.0), Valber Huerta (7.0), Abraham Vargas (7.3), Claudio Baeza (7.3), Marcel Ruiz (6.7), Juan Domínguez (6.8), Robert Morales (6.4), Maximiliano Araújo (6.4) and Iván López (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Fernando Piñuelas, Tomás Belmonte, Carlos Orrantía, Pedro Raul (6.7), Jesús Angulo (6.6), Jean Meneses (7.5), Fernando Navarro, Luis García, Adrián Mora and Jesús Venegas.

Toluca could not rely on the presence of Jesús Angulo (injured).

Substitutions

Toluca made 3 changes: Marcel Ruiz for Pedro Raul (66′), Robert Morales for Jesús Angulo (46′) and Maximiliano Araújo for Jean Meneses (46′).

Best player: Tiago Volpi​

The most impressive player for Toluca was the goalkeeper: Tiago Volpi. His rating is 8.06. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.​

• León – Toluca – 1-0
• Puebla – Guadalajara – 0-2
• Juárez – Pachuca – 0-1
• Atlas – Mazatlán – 1-3