SANTIAGO DE QUERéTARO. Santos Laguna overcomes Querétaro 1-0 after H. Preciado scored just 1 goal (76′). Santos Laguna capitalized on its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Estadio La Corregidora stadium in Santiago de Querétaro on Friday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Brian Omar González Veles with the support of Christian Kiabek Espinosa Zavala and José de Jesús Baños Caballero. The 4th official was Hector Salvador Solorio Arreola. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 24.31 degrees Celsius or 75.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 19%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Santos Laguna had a superior ball possession 58% while Querétaro was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Querétaro was more pushing with 83 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Santos Laguna succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Querétaro shot 12 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Santos Laguna shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Querétaro received 5 yellow cards (Jaime Gómez, Emanuel Gularte, Miguel Barbieri, Francisco Venegas and Pablo Barrera). Regarding the opposition, Santos Laguna received 5 yellow cards (Salvador Mariscal, , Bruno Amione, Dória and Emmanuel Ricardo Echeverría Mata).

Standings

After this match, Querétaro stays with 19 points to move up in the 12th place. On the other side, Santos Laguna will has 10 points like León and Atlético San Luis to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

Querétaro – Formation

Querétaro started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Mauro Nestor Gerk Larrea decided to play with the following team: Guillermo Allison (7.1), Emanuel Gularte (6.8), Miguel Barbieri (7.3), Francisco Venegas (7.1), Omar Mendoza (7.0), Federico Lértora (7.0), Kevin Escamilla (6.8), Raúl Sandoval (7.0), Pablo Barrera (7.5), Ettson Ayón (6.4) and Facundo Batista (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Fernando Tapia, Óscar Manzanárez (6.3), Jaime Gómez (6.4), Brayton Josué Vázquez Vélez, Marco García, Jordan Sierra (7.1), Rubio Rubín (6.8), Martín Rio, Pablo Nicolás Ortíz and Aldahir Perez (6.4).

Substitutions

Querétaro made 4 changes: Francisco Venegas for Jaime Gómez (62′), Raúl Sandoval for Óscar Manzanárez (63′), Ettson Ayón for Rubio Rubín (78′) and Kevin Escamilla for Jordan Sierra (78′).

Player of the match: Pablo Barrera​

The player that probably impressed the most for Querétaro was Pablo Barrera.

His rating is 7.5 with 30 passes (73% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 19 crosses.

Santos Laguna – Formation

Santos Laguna started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Marcos Ignacio Ambriz Espinoza played with: Carlos Acevedo (7.3), Ismael Govea (7.0), Hugo Rodríguez (6.7), Dória (7.9), Bruno Amione (7.0), Diego Medina (6.8), Alan Cervantes (7.5), Pedro Aquino (7.9), Emmanuel Ricardo Echeverría Mata (6.7), Jesús Ocejo (6.8) and Harold Preciado (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Santiago Núñez, Jordan Carrillo Rodríguez (7.3), Franco Fagúndez (6.7), Aldo Lopez, Santiago Muñoz (7.0), Ronaldo Prieto, Raúl López, R. Sordo (7.0), Hector Holguin and Salvador Mariscal (6.4).

Santos Laguna could not rely on the presence of R. Sordo (injured).

Substitutions

Santos Laguna made 5 changes: Jesús Ocejo for Jordan Carrillo Rodríguez (62′), Bruno Amione for R. Sordo (62′), Diego Medina for Salvador Mariscal Murra (77′), Harold Preciado for Santiago Muñoz (78′) and Pedro Aquino for Franco Fagúndez (78′).

Player of the match: Pedro Aquino​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Santos Laguna was Pedro Aquino even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 7.9 with 54 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Querétaro – Santos Laguna – 0-1
• Atlético San Luis – Puebla – 4-0
• Mazatlán – Necaxa – 2-1
• Toluca – Tigres UANL – 2-1