TORREóN. Santos Laguna found a way to turn the tables against León to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was León to strike first with a goal of Steven Mendoza at the 69′. Then it was a goal in the 75′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Anderson Santamaría gave the win to Santos Laguna in the 90′ minute.

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Corona stadium in Torreón on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. In front of 23,111 spectators.​ The referee was Guillermo Pacheco Larios who had the assistance of Enrique Isaac Bustos Díaz and Jéssica Fernanda Morales Morales. The 4th official was José Luis Alba. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 17.96 degrees Celsius or 64.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 16%.​

Match Statistics​

Santos Laguna

2 - 1

León

• 54 Ball Possession 46

Shots

• 21 Total 12
• 5 On Target 4
• 12 Off Target 4
• 4 Shots blocked 4

• 90 Attack 74
• 59 Dangerous attack 45
• 62 Ball safe 73

• 9 Free Kicks 14
• 0 Penalties 0
• 3 Corners 3
• 1 Off Sides 5

Fouls

• 14 Total 9
• 4 Yellow Cards 3
• 0 Double Yellow 1
• 0 Red Card 1

Other

• 3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Santos Laguna was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. León that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Santos Laguna was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Santos Laguna won the match​.

Santos Laguna shot 21 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, León shot 12 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Santos Laguna received 4 yellow cards (Franco Fagúndez, Ramiro Sordo, Emmanuel Echeverría and Edson Gutiérrez). Regarding the opposition, León received 2 yellow cards (Rodrigo Echeverría and Adonis Frías).

Standings

After playing this match, Santos Laguna has 10 points to remain in the 18th place. On the other side, León stays with 18 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga MX, Santos Laguna will play away with Tigres UANL on the 15th of March with a 19-12 head to head statistic in favor of Tigres UANL (18 draws).

León will play away against Necaxa on the 15th of March with a 12-3 head to head in favor of León (3 draws).

Santos Laguna – Formation

Santos Laguna

G

C. Acevedo 1.Mexico

6.9

D

A. Santamaría 5.Peru

7.9

90'

D

J. Abella 13.Mexico

7.4

D

E. Echeverría 17.Mexico

6.7

68'

D

É. Gutiérrez 23.Mexico

7.1

80'

M

J. Güémez 6.Mexico

8.1

M

A. López 16.Mexico

6.8

81'

M

S. Muñóz 19.Mexico

6.9

M

R. Sordo 26.Argentina

8.0

37' 75'

M

Fran Villalba 14.Spain

7.0

74'

F

B. Barticciotto 32.Chile

6.5

46'

Substitutes

G

H. Holguín 33.Mexico

D

B. Amione 2.Argentina

D

I. Govea 3.Mexico

M

S. Mariscal 8.Mexico

M

J. Carrillo 9.Mexico

M

P. Aquino 18.Peru

F

C. Dájome 7.Colombia

6.7

46'

F

F. Fagúndez 10.Uruguay

7.0

81' 90'

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

The manager Fernando Ortiz decided to play with the following team: Carlos Acevedo (6.9), José Abella (7.4), Edson Gutiérrez (7.1), Anderson Santamaría (7.9), Emmanuel Echeverría (6.7), Aldo Lopez (6.8), Javier Güemez (8.1), Santiago Muñoz (6.9), Francisco Villalba (7.0), Ramiro Sordo (8.0) and Bruno Barticciotto (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Cristián Dájome (6.7), Bruno Amione, Ismael Govea, Salvador Mariscal, Jordan Carrillo, Franco Fagúndez (7.0), Pedro Aquino, Hector Holguin, Luis Vega Espinoza and Ronaldo Rubio (6.6).

Substitutions

Santos Laguna made 2 changes: Bruno Barticciotto for Cristián Dájome (46′) and Aldo Lopez for Franco Fagúndez (81′).

Player of the match: Javier Güemez​

The player that probably impressed the most for Santos Laguna was Javier Güemez even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 68 passes (84% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

León – Formation

León

G

Alfonso Blanco 1.Mexico

6.5

D

Stiven Barreiro 21.Colombia

7.0

D

Adonis Frías 22.Argentina

6.2

35'

D

Salvador Reyes 26.Mexico

7.0

D

Sebastian Santos 31.Mexico

6.8

90'

M

Nicolas Fonseca 4.Italy

7.0

M

Iván Moreno 7.Mexico

7.2

84'

M

James Rodríguez 10.Colombia

7.3

72'

M

Steven Mendoza 11.Colombia

7.5

69'

M

Rodrigo Echeverría 20.Chile

6.7

90'

F

Jhonder Cádiz 29.Venezuela

7.6

84'

Substitutes

G

Óscar Jiménez 12.Mexico

D

Mauricio Andre Isais 2.Mexico

D

Paul Bellón 25.Mexico

6.5

72'

M

Sebastian Fierro 5.Mexico

M

Emiliano Rigoni 8.Argentina

6.7

84'

M

Edgar Guerra 15.Colombia

6.6

84'

M

Andrés Guardado 18.Mexico

M

Carlos Cisneros 24.Mexico

90'

M

Ángel Estrada 27.Mexico

M

David Ramírez 28.Mexico

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

Manuel Eduardo Berizzo played with: Alfonso Blanco (6.5), Sebastian Santos (6.8), Stiven Barreiro (7.0), Adonis Frías (6.2), Salvador Reyes (7.0), Nicolas Fonseca (7.0), Rodrigo Echeverría (6.7), James Rodríguez (7.3), Iván Moreno (7.2), Steven Mendoza (7.5) and Jhonder Cádiz (7.6).

These were the players on the bench: Mauricio Andre Isais, Sebastian Fierro, Emiliano Rigoni (6.7), Óscar Jiménez, Edgar Guerra (6.6), Andrés Guardado, Carlos Cisneros, Paul Bellón (6.5), Ángel Estrada and David Ramírez.

Substitutions

León made 4 changes: James Rodríguez for Paul Bellón (72′), Iván Moreno for Emiliano Rigoni (84′), Jhonder Cádiz for Edgar Guerra (84′) and Sebastian Santos for Carlos Cisneros (90′).

Player of the match: Jhonder Cádiz​

The most impressive player for León was Jhonder Cádiz.

His rating is 7.6 with 20 passes (65% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Pachuca – Mazatlán – 1-1
• Cruz Azul – Monterrey – 1-1
• Guadalajara – América – 0-0
• Santos Laguna – León – 2-1