LEóN DE LOS ALDAMAS. León topped Santos Laguna. Santos Laguna lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Estadio León stadium in León de los Aldamas on Sunday and it started at 8:06 pm local time. The referee was César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos assisted by Alberto Morín Méndez and Jorge Antonio Sánchez Espinoza. The 4th official was Daniel Quintero Huittrón. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 21.18 degrees Celsius or 70.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.​

Match Statistics​

León

3 - 2

Santos Laguna

  • 41 Ball Possession 59
Shots
  • 14 Total 25
  • 5 On Target 4
  • 6 Off Target 12
  • 3 Shots blocked 10
  • 81 Attack 124
  • 27 Dangerous attack 50
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 9
  • 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 9 Total 7
  • 2 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 6 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Santos Laguna had a superior ball possession 59% while León was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Santos Laguna was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, León found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

León shot 14 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Santos Laguna shot 25 times, 4 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

León received 3 yellow cards (Rodolfo Cota, Nicolás Larcamón and Fidel Ambríz). On the opposite side, Santos Laguna didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

Adonis Frías(goal)Ángel Mena
21'
F. Ambríz(goal)Elías Hernández
43'
F. Ambríz- Yellow
44'
46'
Diego Medina- sub ->Duván Vergara
Federico Viñas(goal)William Tesillo
48'
F. Ambríz(yellowredcard)
53'
58'
Paul Bellón- sub ->Elías Hernández
59'
72'
A. Cervantes(goal)Harold Preciado
71'
Raúl López- sub ->Ismael Govea
71'
Santiago Muñoz- sub ->Emerson Rodríguez
74'
Iván Rodríguez- sub ->José Alvarado
74'
74'
83'
Harold Preciado(goal)Raúl López
Rodolfo Cota - Yellow
90'
Stiven Barreiro- sub ->Lucas Romero
90'
David Ramírez- sub ->Omar Fernández
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
América
35
17
Monterrey
32
17
Tigres UANL
31
17
Guadalajara
31
17
Pumas UNAM
27
17
León
24
17
Pachuca
22
17
Toluca
21
17
Atlético San Luis
16
17
Mazatlán
16
17
Querétaro
19
17
Juárez
18
17
Santos Laguna
15
17
Cruz Azul
17
17
Tijuana
14
17
Atlas
17
17
Necaxa
15
17
Puebla
5
17

After playing this contest, León will have 23 points like Atlético San Luis, Tijuana and Santos Laguna to hold in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Santos Laguna will stay with 23 points like Atlético San Luis, Tijuana and León to remain in the 9th place.

Next matches

León – Formation

León
G
Rodolfo Cota 30.Mexico
7.0
90'
D
William Tesillo 6.Colombia
7.1
D
Iván Moreno 7.Mexico
6.6
D
Adonis Frías 22.Argentina
7.5
21'
D
Osvaldo Rodríguez 24.Mexico
6.7
M
F. Ambríz 5.Mexico
6.4
44' 43'
M
Elías Hernández 11.Mexico
7.5
59'
M
Ángel Mena 13.Ecuador
7.9
74'
M
L. Romero 29.Argentina
6.7
90'
F
Federico Viñas 18.Uruguay
7.1
74' 48'
F
Alfonso Alvarado 20.Mexico
7.0
74'
Substitutes
G
Alfonso Blanco 1.Mexico
D
Stiven Barreiro 21.Colombia
90'
D
Paul Bellón 25.Mexico
7.7
59'
D
David Ramírez 28.Mexico
90'
D
Óscar Villa 34.Mexico
M
Iván Rodríguez 8.Mexico
6.6
74'
M
Omar Fernández 16.Colombia
6.6
74'
M
Borja Sánchez 23.Spain
F
Brian Rubio 9.Mexico
6.6
74'
F
Nicolás López 17.Uruguay

León adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Nicolás Ricardo Larcamón decided to play with the following team: Rodolfo Cota (7.0), Iván Moreno (6.6), Adonis Frías (7.5), William Tesillo (7.1), Osvaldo Rodríguez (6.7), Ángel Mena (7.9), Lucas Romero (6.7), Fidel Ambríz (6.4), Elías Hernández (7.5), Federico Viñas (7.1) and José Alvarado (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Alfonso Blanco, José Rodríguez (6.6), Brian Rubio (6.6), Omar Fernández (6.6), Nico López, Jaine Barreiro, Borja Sánchez, Paul Bellón (7.7), David Ramírez and Oscar Villa.

León could not rely on the presence of Jaine Barreiro (injured).

Substitutions

León made 6 changes: Elías Hernández for Paul Bellón (59′), José Alvarado for José Rodríguez (74′), Federico Viñas for Brian Rubio (74′), Lucas Romero for Jaine Barreiro (90′), Omar Fernández for David Ramírez (90′) and Ángel Mena for Omar Fernández (74′).

Player of the match: Ángel Mena​

The most impressive player for León was Ángel Mena even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 28 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Santos Laguna – Formation

Santos Laguna
G
Carlos Acevedo 1.Mexico
6.4
D
Omar Campos 2.Mexico
6.3
D
I. Govea 3.Mexico
6.6
71'
D
F. Torres 5.Ecuador
7.3
D
Ronaldo Prieto 22.Mexico
7.1
58'
M
A. Cervantes 6.Mexico
7.3
72'
M
Harold Preciado 7.Colombia
8.2
83'
M
Juan Brunetta 10.Argentina
7.7
M
Duván Vergara 11.Colombia
6.6
46'
M
Aldo López 16.Mexico
6.4
M
Pedro Aquino 18.Peru
6.3
M
Emerson Rodríguez 31.Colombia
7.0
71'
Substitutes
G
Héctor Holguín 33.Mexico
D
Alejandro Gómez 4.Mexico
D
Raúl López 23.Mexico
7.9
71'
M
Jair González 17.Mexico
M
Diego Medina 24.Mexico
7.0
46'
M
Salvador Mariscal Murra 190.Mexico
F
Javier Correa 9.Argentina
7.0
58'
F
Jesús Ocejo 13.Mexico
F
Santiago Muñoz 19.Mexico
6.4
71'

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

Pablo Eduardo Repetto Aquino played with: Carlos Acevedo (6.4), Ismael Govea (6.6), Félix Torres (7.3), Ronaldo Prieto (7.1), Omar Campos (6.3), Alan Cervantes (7.3), Aldo Lopez (6.4), Pedro Aquino (6.3), Emerson Rodríguez (7.0), Juan Brunetta (7.7) and Duván Vergara (6.6), Harold Preciado (8.2).

They had on the bench: Jesús Gómez, Javier Correa (7.0), Jesús Ocejo, Jair Gonzalez, Santiago Muñoz (6.4), Raúl López (7.9), Diego Medina (7.0), Hector Holguin and Salvador Mariscal.

Santos Laguna could not rely on the presence of Javier Correa (injured).

Substitutions

Santos Laguna made 4 changes: Ronaldo Prieto for Javier Correa (58′), Duván Vergara for Diego Medina (46′), Ismael Govea for Raúl López (71′) and Emerson Rodríguez for Santiago Muñoz (71′).

Player of the match: Harold Preciado​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Santos Laguna was Harold Preciado.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 35 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 8. 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.​