TORREóN. Santos Laguna defeated Mazatlán to win 2-1. J. Brunetta was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Santos Laguna to strike first with an early goal of Juan Brunetta at the 7′. Then it was a goal in the 47′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Juan Brunetta gave the win to Santos Laguna in the 70′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Mazatlán lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Corona stadium in Torreón on Thursday and it started at 9:10 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Guerrero Ramírez assisted by Michel Alejandro Morales Morales and Marco Antonio Bisguerra Mendiola. The 4th official was Óscar Macías Romo. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 19.36 degrees Celsius or 66.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Mazatlán had a superior ball possession 57% while Santos Laguna was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Mazatlán was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Santos Laguna managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Santos Laguna shot 13 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Mazatlán shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Santos Laguna received 3 yellow cards (Ismael Govea, Ronaldo Prieto and Harold Preciado). On the other side, Mazatlán received 3 yellow cards (Jefferson Intriago, Luis Olivas and Francisco Venegas).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga MX, Santos Laguna will play away against León on the 27th of November with a 12-8 head to head stats in favor of León (5 draws).

Santos Laguna – Formation

Santos Laguna adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Pablo Eduardo Repetto Aquino decided to play with the following team: Carlos Acevedo (6.7), Ismael Govea (7.5), Félix Torres (7.0), Ronaldo Prieto (6.3), Omar Campos (6.7), Alan Cervantes (7.0), Pedro Aquino (6.4), Emerson Rodríguez (6.7), Juan Brunetta (8.8), Duván Vergara (7.1) and Harold Preciado (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Jesús Gómez, Javier Correa (7.3), Jesús Ocejo, Aldo Lopez (6.3), Jair Gonzalez (6.8), Santiago Muñoz, Raúl López, Diego Medina (7.0), Hector Holguin and Salvador Mariscal.

Santos Laguna could not rely on the presence of Aldo Lopez (injured).

Substitutions

Santos Laguna made 4 changes: Pedro Aquino for Aldo Lopez (42′), Duván Vergara for Diego Medina (64′), Emerson Rodríguez for Jair Gonzalez (86′) and Francisco Venegas for Javier Correa (87′).

Player of the match: Juan Brunetta​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Santos Laguna was Juan Brunetta.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 26 passes (75% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 10 crosses.

Mazatlán – Formation

Also Mazatlán adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ismael Rescalvo Sánchez played with: Hugo Gonzalez (7.5), Bryan Colula (6.8), Facundo Almada (7.3), Luis Olivas (7.1), Francisco Venegas (6.8), Andres Montaño (7.0), Sergio Flores (8.1), Yoel Bárcenas (7.0), Jefferson Intriago (7.1), Josué Colmán (6.1) and Luis Amarilla (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Ricardo Gutierrez, Néstor Vidrio, Jair Díaz, Alan Medina (7.3), José Joaquín Esquivel, Eduard Bello (6.8), Jorge Padilla, Raúl Camacho (6.4), José Madueña and Ramiro Árciga.

Mazatlán could not rely on the presence of Alan Medina (injured) and Eduard Bello (injured).

Substitutions

Mazatlán made 3 changes: Yoel Bárcenas for Alan Medina (46′), Sergio Flores for Eduard Bello (77′) and Harold Preciado for Raúl Camacho (87′).

Player of the match: Sergio Flores​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Mazatlán was Sergio Flores.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 56 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 10 duels out of 15.

Results of the day

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

• Atlético San Luis – León – 3-2
• Santos Laguna – Mazatlán – 2-1