TOLUCA DE LERDO. Toluca demolishes León 4-1 with goals of Juan Domínguez (17′), Federico Pereira (23′), Maximiliano Araújo (30′) and Alexis Vega (86′). Talking about the opposition, León scored with Nicolás López (47′). Toluca was surely better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estadio Nemesio Díez stadium in Toluca de Lerdo on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Ismael Rosario Lopez Peñuelas with the collaboration of Enrique Isaac Bustos Díaz and Mauricio Nieto Torres. The 4th official was Aldo Ballesteros Barba. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 15.19 degrees Celsius or 59.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Toluca was in firm control of the ball 61% while León was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Toluca had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Toluca won the match.
Toluca shot 14 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, León shot 8 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Toluca received 3 yellow cards (Marcel Ruiz, Jesús Angulo and Brian García). On the other side, León didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Toluca has 21 points to sit in the 9th place. On the other side, León will stays with 4 points like Santos Laguna and Puebla to drop in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the León will play away against Pachuca on the 8th of February with a 13-8 head to head record in favor of Pachuca (7 draws).
Toluca – Formation
Toluca
23'
72'
48'
Toluca started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Renato Manuel Alves Paiva decided to play with the following team: Tiago Volpi , Brian García , Federico Pereira , Valber Huerta , Maximiliano Araújo , Claudio Baeza , Tomás Belmonte , Juan Domínguez , Marcel Ruiz , Jean Meneses and Iván López .
The home team had on the bench: Carlos Orrantía , Jesús Angulo , Mauricio Isaís, Antonio Figueroa, Luis García, Juan Escobar, Alexis Vega , Robert Morales , Abraham Vargas and Víctor Manuel Arteaga Camarena.
Toluca could not rely on the presence of Abraham Vargas (injured).
Substitutions
Toluca made 5 changes: Jean Meneses for Robert Morales (60′), Marcel Ruiz for Jesús Angulo (61′), Brian García for Carlos Orrantía (72′), Juan Domínguez for Alexis Vega (72′) and Maximiliano Araújo for Abraham Villegas (72′).
Player of the match: Tomás Belmonte
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Toluca was Tomás Belmonte even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 60 passes (97% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 4.
León – Formation
León
León started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
Jorge Rodrigo Bava played with: Rodolfo Cota , David Ramírez , Stiven Barreiro , Adonis Frías , Osvaldo Rodríguez , Ángel Mena , Fidel Ambríz , Iván Rodríguez , Gonzalo Nápoli , Alan Medina and Federico Viñas .
They had on the bench: Alfonso Blanco, William Tesillo , Iván Moreno , Nicolás López , Elías Hernández, Andrés Guardado , Alfonso Alvarado , Óscar Villa, Luís Cervantes and Sebastian Santos.
Substitutions
León made 5 changes: Gonzalo Nápoli for Alfonso Alvarado (46′), Federico Viñas for Nicolás López (46′), Iván Rodríguez for Andrés Guardado (57′), Osvaldo Rodríguez for William Tesillo (76′) and Ángel Mena for Iván Moreno (77′).
Player of the match: Ángel Mena
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for León was Ángel Mena.
His rating is with 19 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.
