TORREóN. Santos Laguna succeeded in reverse the score against León to win 2-1. It was León to strike first with a goal of F. Ambriz at the 38′. Then it was a goal in the 41′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, F. Torres gave the win to Santos Laguna in the 63′ minute. Santos Laguna made the most of its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Corona stadium in Torreón on Thursday and it started at 7:05 pm local time. The referee was Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández who had the assistance of Enrique Isaac Bustos Díaz and Leonardo Javier Castillo Rodríguez. The 4th official was Guillermo Pacheco Larios. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 28.4 degrees Celsius or 83.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Santos Laguna was in firm control of the ball 58% while León was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Santos Laguna had a more offensive attitude with 47 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Santos Laguna won the match​.

Santos Laguna shot 20 times, 8 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, León shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Santos Laguna received 1 yellow card (J. Brunetta). On the opposite side, León received 4 yellow cards (O. Rodriguez, I. Rodriguez, P. Bellon and J. Campbell).

Standings

After this match, Santos Laguna will have 16 points to move down in the 5th place. On the other side, León will stay with 9 points to go up in the 15th place.

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 in favor of Santos Laguna (1 draw).

León will host Tijuana on the 3rd of October with a 12-9 head to head in favor of León (4 draws).

Santos Laguna – Formation

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

The manager Eduardo Fentanes Orozco decided to play with the following team: Carlos Acevedo (6.4), Carlos Orrantia (6.7), Félix Torres (7.7), Hugo Rodríguez (6.8), Omar Campos (7.7), Alan Cervantes (7.3), Jair Gonzalez (6.6), Fernando Gorriarán (8.1), Juan Brunetta (7.7), Eduardo Aguirre (6.1) and Javier Correa (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Gibran Lajud, Franco Pizzichillo, Leonardo Suárez (6.4), Ronaldo Prieto, Cecilio Domínguez, Edgar Games, Diego Medina (6.1), Aldo Lopez (6.6), Harold Preciado (6.2) and Eduardo Perez.

Substitutions

Santos Laguna made 4 changes: J. Gonzalez for H. Preciado (60′), J. Correa for D. Medina (76′), J. Brunetta for L. Suarez (86′) and E. Aguirre for A. Lopez (86′).

Best player: Fernando Gorriarán​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Santos Laguna was Fernando Gorriarán even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 91 passes (85% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.

León – Formation

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

Renato Manuel Alves Paiva played with: Rodolfo Cota (6.6), Jaine Barreiro (7.0), Julien Celestine (6.7), Paul Bellón (6.1), Byron Castillo (6.2), Fidel Ambríz (7.3), José Rodríguez (6.4), Osvaldo Rodríguez (6.2), Ángel Mena (6.9), Lucas Di Yorio (6.8) and Yairo Moreno (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Alfonso Blanco, Oscar Villa, Luis Montes, Elías Hernández, Javier Ibarra (6.3), Jorge Díaz, Federico Martínez (6.5), Victor Dávila (6.8), Joel Campbell (6.6) and José Alvarado.

Substitutions

León made 4 changes: Y. Moreno for F. Martinez (60′), A. Mena for J. Campbell (60′), O. Rodriguez for V. Davila (76′) and I. Rodriguez for J. Ibarra (83′).

Best player: Fidel Ambríz​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for León was Fidel Ambríz.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 46 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• Atlético San Luis – Pumas UNAM – 3-2
• Santos Laguna – León – 2-1