TORREóN. Santos Laguna prevailed over Tigres UANL to win 2-1. It was Santos Laguna to strike first with an early goal of D. Valdes at the 4′. Then E. Aguirre scored again for Santos Laguna in the 12′ minute with a goal. Eventually, A. Gignac reduced the distance for Tigres UANL with a goal. Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.​ Tigres UANL was much better in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Corona stadium in Torreón on Thursday and it started at 9:05 pm local time. The referee was Óscar Macías Romo who had the assistance of Miguel Ángel Hernández Paredes and Leonardo Javier Castillo Rodríguez. The 4th official was Brian Omar González Veles. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.5 degrees Celsius or 56.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Tigres UANL was in firm control of the ball 64% while Santos Laguna was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Tigres UANL was putting more pressure with 36 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Santos Laguna was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Santos Laguna shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Tigres UANL shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Santos Laguna didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Tigres UANL received 5 yellow cards (L. Quinones, L. Quinones, L. Rodriguez, L. Rodriguez and J. Sanchez).

Standings

After playing this match, Santos Laguna will have 24 points like Toluca and Puebla to sit in the 5th place. On the other side, Tigres UANL will stay with 28 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

Santos Laguna – Formation

Santos Laguna started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Jorge Guillermo Almada Álves decided to play with the following team: Carlos Acevedo (6.7), Carlos Orrantia (6.8), Félix Torres (7.6), Dória (7.4), Omar Campos (7.4), Diego Valdés (8.2), Alan Cervantes (6.8), Fernando Gorriarán (6.4), Ayrton Preciado (6.4), Eduardo Aguirre (6.7) and Juan Otero (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Ismael Govea, David Andrade, Jordan Carillo Rodriguez, Gibran Lajud, Jesús Ocejo, Ignacio Jeraldino (6.6), Hugo Rodriguez (6.4), Brian Lozano (6.7), Ronaldo Prieto and Jose Avila.

Substitutions

Santos Laguna made 5 changes: E. Preciado for H. Rodriguez (56′), E. Preciado for H. Rodriguez (56′), E. Aguirre for B. Lozano (72′), D. Valdes for I. Jeraldino (83′) and D. Valdes for I. Jeraldino (83′).

Best player: Diego Valdés​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Santos Laguna was Diego Valdés.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 18 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Tigres UANL – Formation

Tigres UANL started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Miguel Ernesto Herrera Aguirre played with: Nahuel Guzmán (6.4), Luís Rodríguez (6.1), Juan Sanchez (6.9), Hugo Ayala (7.1), Carlos Salcedo (6.8), Javier Aquino (6.3), Juan Vigón (7.3), Rafael Carioca (7.3), Luis Quiñones (7.3), Nico López (6.4) and André-Pierre Gignac (7.1).

They had on the bench: Jesús Dueñas, Florian Thauvin (6.2), Carlos González (6.8), Aldo Cruz, Leonardo Fernández (6.8), Miguel Ortega, Francisco Venegas, Raymundo Fulgencio, David Ayala and Diego Reyes.

Substitutions

Tigres UANL made 2 changes: N. Lopez for L. Fernandez (64′) and J. Vigon for F. Thauvin (75′).

Best player: Juan Vigón​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Tigres UANL was Juan Vigón.

His rating is (7.3) with 20 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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

• Puebla – León – 2-1
• Santos Laguna – Tigres UANL – 2-1