TOLUCA DE LERDO. Toluca prevailed over Santos Laguna to win 2-1. Paulinho was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Toluca to strike first with a goal of Paulinho at the 39′. Then Marcel Ruíz scored again for Toluca in the 45′ minute. Eventually, Javier Güemez reduced the distance for Santos Laguna (66′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the Estadio Nemesio Díez stadium in Toluca de Lerdo on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre with the help of Michel Ricardo Espinoza Avalos and Erick Durón Martínez. The 4th official was Julio César Gil Jiménez. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 19.56 degrees Celsius or 67.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.​

Match Statistics​

Toluca

2 - 1

Santos Laguna

• 53 Ball Possession 47

Shots

• 14 Total 16
• 6 On Target 2
• 7 Off Target 10
• 1 Shots blocked 4

• 79 Attack 58
• 42 Dangerous attack 41
• 65 Ball safe 63

• 12 Free Kicks 20
• 0 Penalties 0
• 1 Corners 4

Fouls

• 20 Total 12
• 2 Yellow Cards 3
• 0 Double Yellow 0
• 0 Red Card 0

Other

• 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Toluca was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Santos Laguna that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Toluca was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Toluca won the match​.

Toluca shot 14 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Santos Laguna shot 16 times, 2 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Toluca received 2 yellow cards (Jesús Gallardo and Isaías Violante). On the other side, Santos Laguna received 3 yellow cards (Javier Güemez, Jordan Carrillo and Emmanuel Echeverría).

Standings

After playing this match, Toluca has 30 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Santos Laguna stays with 10 points like Tijuana to remain in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga MX, Toluca will play away against Atlas on the 13th of April with a 18-6 head to head stats in favor of Toluca (15 draws).

Santos Laguna will host Querétaro on the 13th of April with a 19-10 head to head statistic in favor of Santos Laguna (8 draws).

Toluca – Formation

Toluca

G

Luis García 22.Mexico

6.8

D

Everardo López 25.Mexico

6.9

D

Diego Barbosa 2.Mexico

7.5

D

Federico Pereira 6.Uruguay

7.7

D

Jesús Gallardo 20.Mexico

8.2

55'

M

Victor Arteaga 198.Mexico

7.3

M

Juan Dominguez 7.Mexico

6.8

68'

M

Alexis Vega 9.Mexico

7.0

83'

M

Jesús Ricardo Angulo 10.Mexico

7.4

83'

M

Marcel Ruíz 14.Mexico

8.0

45'

M

Héctor Herrera 16.Mexico

F

Paulinho 26.Portugal

7.8

90' 39', 84'

Substitutes

G

Pau López 18.Spain

D

Luan Garcia 13.Brazil

90'

D

David Lopez 185.

D

Bruno Méndez 4.Uruguay

M

Helinho 11.Brazil

7.0

83'

M

Frankie Amaya 24.United States

M

Wanderson Barros de Sousa 205.

F

Isaías Violante 12.Mexico

6.5

83' 90'

F

Ivan López 19.Mexico

F

Robert Morales 31.Paraguay

6.6

68'

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

The manager Antonio Ricardo Mohamed Matijevich decided to play with the following team: Luis García (6.8), Diego Barbosa (7.5), Federico Pereira (7.7), Everardo López (6.9), Jesús Gallardo (8.3), Marcel Ruíz (8.0), Héctor Herrera, Victor Arteaga (7.3), Juan Dominguez (6.8), Jesús Ricardo Angulo (7.4), Alexis Vega (7.0) and Paulinho (8.8).

The home team had on the bench: Bruno Méndez, Pau López, Helinho (7.0), Isaías Violante (6.5), Luan Garcia, Ivan López, Frankie Amaya, Robert Morales (6.6), David Lopez and Wanderson Barros de Sousa.

Substitutions

Toluca made 4 changes: Alexis Vega for Isaías Violante (83′), Paulinho for Luan Garcia (90′), Juan Dominguez for Robert Morales (68′) and Jesús Ricardo Angulo for Helinho (83′).

Player of the match: Paulinho​

The most impressive player for Toluca was Paulinho.

His rating is 8.8 with 2 goals, 24 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7.

Santos Laguna – Formation

Santos Laguna

G

C. Acevedo 1.Mexico

6.7

D

J. Abella 13.Mexico

8.0

D

E. Echeverría 17.Mexico

6.5

11'

D

É. Gutiérrez 23.Mexico

6.9

M

J. Carrillo 9.Mexico

6.8

63' 55'

M

J. Güémez 6.Mexico

7.7

89' 66'

M

Fran Villalba 14.Spain

7.5

80'

M

A. López 16.Mexico

6.8

80'

M

R. Sordo 26.Argentina

7.6

F

Tahiel Jiménez 247.Mexico

6.8

63'

F

B. Barticciotto 32.Chile

Substitutes

G

H. Holguín 33.Mexico

D

I. Govea 3.Mexico

7.1

46'

M

S. Mariscal 8.Mexico

M

P. Aquino 18.Peru

M

R. Prieto 22.Mexico

M

D. Medina 24.Mexico

7.1

63'

F

F. Fagúndez 10.Uruguay

6.9

80'

F

A. Lozano 11.Honduras

6.5

80'

F

S. Muñóz 19.Mexico

6.9

63'

F

C. Dájome 7.Colombia

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

Fernando Ortiz played with: Carlos Acevedo (6.4), José Abella (7.7), Edson Gutiérrez (6.7), Jonathan Pérez, Jonathan Pérez (6.6), Emmanuel Echeverría (6.3), Aldo Lopez (6.8), Javier Güemez (7.6), Francisco Villalba (7.5), Jordan Carrillo (6.8), Ramiro Sordo (7.5) and Bruno Barticciotto, Tahiel Jiménez (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Cristián Dájome, Ismael Govea (7.0), Salvador Mariscal, Franco Fagúndez (6.8), Anthony Lozano (6.5), Pedro Aquino, Santiago Muñoz (6.8), Ronaldo Prieto, Diego Medina (7.0) and Hector Holguin.

Substitutions

Santos Laguna made 5 changes: Jonathan Pérez for Ismael Govea (46′), Jordan Carrillo for Diego Medina (63′), Tahiel Jiménez for Santiago Muñoz (63′), Francisco Villalba for Anthony Lozano (80′) and Aldo Lopez for Franco Fagúndez (80′).

Player of the match: José Abella​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Santos Laguna was José Abella.

His rating is 7.7 with 43 passes (88% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Toluca – Santos Laguna – 2-1