TORREóN. Santos Laguna wipes out Cruz Azul 4-0 with goals of J. Correa (18′), H. Rodriguez (48′), E. Aguirre (52′) and C. Orrantia (57′).

A. Romero didn’t score a decisive penalty (86′). That would have allowed Cruz Azul to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Corona stadium in Torreón on Saturday and it started at 9:05 pm local time. The referee was Óscar Macías Romo who had the assistance of Michel Alejandro Morales Morales and Edgar Magdaleno Castrejon. The 4th official was Aldo Ballesteros Barba. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 28.2 degrees Celsius or 82.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 31%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Santos Laguna was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Cruz Azul that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Santos Laguna was putting more pressure with 32 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Santos Laguna won the match​.

Santos Laguna shot 16 times, 9 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cruz Azul shot 11 times, 1 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga MX, Santos Laguna will host Mazatlán on the 2nd of October with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Santos Laguna (1 draw).

Cruz Azul will host Guadalajara on the 2nd of October with a 11-9 head to head record in favor of Cruz Azul (16 draws).

Santos Laguna – Formation

Santos Laguna started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).

The manager Pedro Miguel Faria Caixinha decided to play with the following team: Carlos Acevedo (7.0), Carlos Orrantia (7.7), Félix Torres (7.1), Hugo Rodríguez (8.1), Omar Campos (7.2), Alan Cervantes (7.2), Jair Gonzalez (6.3), Fernando Gorriarán (8.4), Juan Brunetta (7.6), Javier Correa (7.6) and Eduardo Aguirre (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Aldo Lopez, Edgar Games, Harold Preciado (6.8), Diego Medina (6.2), Eduardo Perez, Leonardo Suárez (6.5), Gibran Lajud, Cecilio Domínguez (6.7), Franco Pizzichillo and Ronaldo Prieto.

Santos Laguna could not rely on the presence of A. Lopez (injured) and A. Lopez (injured).

Substitutions

Santos Laguna made 9 changes: J. Correa for H. Preciado (68′), J. Brunetta for L. Suarez (68′), J. Brunetta for L. Suarez (68′), J. Gonzalez for D. Medina (69′), J. Gonzalez for D. Medina (69′), E. Aguirre for C. Dominguez (77′), E. Aguirre for C. Dominguez (77′), A. Cervantes for A. Lopez (90′) and A. Cervantes for A. Lopez (90′).

Best player: Fernando Gorriarán​

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

His rating is (8.4) with 58 passes (81% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.

Cruz Azul – Formation

Cruz Azul started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Diego Vicente Aguirre Camblor played with: Sebastián Jurado (6.2), Joaquín Martínez (6.0), Juan Escobar (6.4), Luis Abram (6.1), José Rivero (7.0), Erik Lira (6.8), Rafael Baca (6.1), Uriel Antuna (6.2), Carlos Rodríguez (7.0), Carlos Rotondi (6.2) and Iván Morales (6.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jesús Corona, Rodrigo Huescas, Andrés Gudiño, Jaiber Jiménez, Jorge Luis García Rivas, Ángel Romero (5.9), Rafael Guerrero, Cristian Jiménez, Christian Tabó (6.8) and Gonzalo Carneiro (6.4).

Substitutions

Cruz Azul made 4 changes: E. Lira for G. Carneiro (46′), I. Morales for A. Romero (46′), C. Rotondi for C. Tabo (76′) and C. Rotondi for C. Tabo (76′).

Best player: Carlos Rodríguez​

The most impressive player for Cruz Azul was Carlos Rodríguez.

His rating is (7.0) with 46 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Pachuca – Tigres UANL – 2-0
• Atlético San Luis – Necaxa – 1-2
• Toluca – Tijuana – 3-1
• Santos Laguna – Cruz Azul – 4-0
• Monterrey – León – 5-1