AGUASCALIENTES. Necaxa overcomes Santos Laguna with a 2-0 win with a goal from R. Monreal (40′) and a goal from B. Samudio (55′). Santos Laguna was surely superior in terms of ball possession (73%).
The match was played at the Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes stadium in Aguascalientes on Friday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Hernández Gómez who had the assistance of Alberto Morín Méndez and Rodrigo René Sansores Díaz. The 4th official was Miguel Ángel Anaya Suárez. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was hot at 25.33 degrees Celsius or 77.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 26%.
Match Statistics
- ! 27 Ball Possession 73
Shots
- 14 Total 4
- 6 On Target 1
- 5 Off Target 1
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 90 Attack 121
- 46 Dangerous attack 33
- 61 Ball safe 83
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 8
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 5
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Santos Laguna had a strong ball possession 73% while Necaxa was struggling with a 27% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Necaxa was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Necaxa won the match.
Necaxa shot 14 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Santos Laguna shot 4 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Necaxa received 1 yellow card (Alejandro Andrade). Regarding the opposition, Santos Laguna received 1 yellow card (Diego Medina).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Necaxa has 15 points like Santos Laguna and Mazatlán to remain in the 17th place. On the other side, Santos Laguna will stays with 15 points like Mazatlán and Necaxa to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
Necaxa – Formation
Necaxa
57'
55'
88'
Necaxa adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Eduardo Fentanes Orozco decided to play with the following team: Ezequiel Unsain , Alexis Peña , Alán Montes , Agustín Oliveros , Jorge Rodríguez , Brayan Garnica , Fernando Arce , Diego Gómez , Braian Samudio , José Paradela and Ricardo Monreal .
The home team had on the bench: Raúl Gudiño, Emilio Martínez , Alejandro Mayorga , J. Alcántar, Alejandro Andrade , Rogelio Cortéz , Jair Cortés, Andrés Colorado, César Gerardo López Meza and Waldo Madrid.
Substitutions
Necaxa made 4 changes: Jorge Rodríguez for Emilio Martínez (57′), Diego Gómez for Alejandro Andrade (73′), Braian Samudio for Rogelio Cortéz (73′) and José Paradela for Alejandro Mayorga (84′).
Player of the match: Braian Samudio
The most impressive player for Necaxa was Braian Samudio.
His rating is with 1 goal, 27 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Santos Laguna – Formation
Santos Laguna
Also Santos Laguna adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Marcos Ignacio Ambriz Espinoza played with: Carlos Acevedo , Vladímir Loroña , Matheus Dória , Bruno Amione , Emmanuel Ricardo Echeverría Mata , Diego Medina , S. Mariscal , Aldo López , J. Carrillo , S. Carrillo and Santiago Muñoz .
These were the players on the bench: I. Govea, A. Cervantes , Franco Fagúndez , Jesús Ocejo, Hugo Rodríguez, Ronaldo Prieto, Gibrán Lajud, Ramiro Sordo , Luis Espinoza and T. Jiménez .
Substitutions
Santos Laguna made 3 changes: Aldo López for A. Cervantes (46′), Vladímir Loroña for Ramiro Sordo (46′) and Santiago Muñoz for Franco Fagúndez (46′).
Player of the match: Bruno Amione
The player that probably impressed the most for Santos Laguna was Bruno Amione.
His rating is with 81 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.
- Querétaro – Mazatlán – 0-2
- Necaxa – Santos Laguna – 2-0
- Puebla – Cruz Azul – 0-1
- Pachuca – Guadalajara – 0-1
