Santos Laguna beats Necaxa 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

TORREóN. Santos Laguna overcomes Necaxa 3-1.

September 9, 2022

TORREóN. Santos Laguna beats Necaxa 3-1. Santos Laguna got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from J. Brunetta (45′) and D. Medina (57′). Necaxa tried to recover with a goal from A. Pena (79′). Nevertheless, the encounter was closed by a goal (90′ + 5′) scored by L. Suarez for Santos Laguna.

The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Corona stadium in Torreón on Tuesday and it started at 7:05 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Quintero Huittrón with the support of Michel Alejandro Morales Morales and Michel Caballero Galicia. The 4th official was Joaquín Alberto Vizcarra Armenta. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.5 degrees Celsius or 68.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.

Match Statistics

Santos Laguna

3 - 1

Necaxa

48 Ball Possession 52

Shots

20 Total 20
6 On Target 7
14 Off Target 13
0 Shots blocked 0

99 Attack 104
51 Dangerous attack 44
57 Ball safe 61

0 Penalties 0
1 Corners 2

Fouls

4 Total 14
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Santos Laguna was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Necaxa that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Santos Laguna was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Santos Laguna won the match.

Santos Laguna shot 20 times, 6 on target, 14 off target. Talking about the opposition, Necaxa shot 20 times, 7 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Santos Laguna didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Necaxa received 1 yellow card (J. Esquivel).

Match Timeline

45'

Diego Medina(goal)C. Orrantia

57'

64'

66'

Aldo López- sub ->D. Medina

68'

76'

77'

Ricardo Monreal- sub ->M. Gimenez

77'

79'

Alexis Peña (goal)

83'

87'

88'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, Santos Laguna will have 25 points like Pachuca to sit in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Necaxa will stay with 17 points to sit in the 8th 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).

Necaxa will play away agasint Atlas on the 2nd of October with a 9-8 head to head stats in favor of Atlas (6 draws).

Santos Laguna – Formation

Santos Laguna

Carlos Acevedo 1.Mexico

7.8

Hugo Rodríguez 20.Mexico

7.2

Carlos Orrantía 8.Mexico

7.2

Ronaldo Prieto 22.Mexico

7.4

Omar Campos 2.Mexico

6.2

Fernando Gorriarán 11.Uruguay

7.2

88'

A. Cervantes 6.Mexico

7.3

Diego Medina 24.Mexico

7.5

68'

57'

Juan Brunetta 29.Argentina

6.9

83'

45'

Harold Preciado 7.Colombia

6.8

87'

E. Aguirre 19.Mexico

7.1

83'

Substitutes

Gibrán Lajud 25.Mexico

Franco Pizzichillo 28.Uruguay

6.6

88'

Leo Suárez 9.Argentina

7.2

83'

90'

Aldo López 16.Mexico

6.8

68'

E. Games 201.Mexico

Salvador Mariscal Murra 193.Mexico

José Ávila De Santiago 17.Mexico

José Lozano 18.Mexico

C. Domínguez 30.Paraguay

6.7

87'

Eduardo Perez 15.Mexico

6.4

83'

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

The manager Pedro Miguel Faria Caixinha decided to play with the following team: Carlos Acevedo (7.8), Carlos Orrantia (7.2), Hugo Rodríguez (7.2), Ronaldo Prieto (7.4), Omar Campos (6.2), Diego Medina (7.5), Fernando Gorriarán (7.2), Alan Cervantes (7.3), Juan Brunetta (6.9), Eduardo Aguirre (7.1) and Harold Preciado (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Gibran Lajud, José Lozano, Leonardo Suárez (7.2), Cecilio Domínguez (6.7), Franco Pizzichillo (6.6), Aldo Lopez (6.8), Eduardo Perez (6.4), Edgar Games, Salvador Mariscal and José Ávila.

Substitutions

Santos Laguna made 5 changes: D. Medina for A. Lopez (68′), J. Brunetta for L. Suarez (83′), E. Aguirre for E. Perez (83′), H. Preciado for C. Dominguez (87′) and F. Gorriaran for F. Pizzichillo (88′).

Best player: Carlos Acevedo

The most impressive player for Santos Laguna was the goalkeeper: Carlos Acevedo. His rating is 7.81. He performed 6 saves.

Necaxa – Formation

Necaxa

L. Malagón 1.Mexico

6.1

Juan Pablo Segovia 6.Argentina

7.0

Alexis Peña 4.Mexico

7.5

79'

Agustín Oliveros 3.Uruguay

7.0

Brian García 17.Mexico

7.4

José Esquivel 16.Mexico

6.6

64'

Fernando Madrigal 8.Mexico

6.2

76'

Á. Araos 12.Chile

7.4

66'

Brayan Garnica 18.Mexico

6.8

77'

Milton Giménez 9.Argentina

7.4

77'

Facundo Batista 11.Uruguay

6.3

66'

Substitutes

Hugo González 22.Mexico

Daniel Parra 5.Mexico

6.5

77'

V. Poggi 25.Uruguay

6.8

76'

Diéter Villalpando 10.Mexico

6.6

66'

Diego Gómez 196.Mexico

Ricardo Monreal 30.Mexico

6.7

77'

J. Godínez 21.Mexico

6.7

66'

Rogelio Cortéz 188.Mexico

Also Necaxa adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Jaime Arturo Lozano Espin played with: Luis Malagón (6.1), Brian García (7.4), Alexis Peña (7.5), Juan Pablo Segovia (7.0), Agustín Oliveros (7.0), Ángelo Araos (7.4), José Joaquín Esquivel (6.6), Fernando Madrigal (6.2), Bryan Garnica (6.8), Facundo Batista (6.3) and Milton Giménez (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Ricardo Monreal (6.7), José Ramírez, Vicente Poggi (6.8), Dieter Villalpando (6.6), Daniel Parra (6.5), Waldo Madrid, José Godínez (6.7), Hugo Gonzalez, Diego Gómez and Rogelio Cortéz Pineda.

Substitutions

Necaxa made 5 changes: F. Batista for J. Godinez (66′), A. Araos for D. Villalpando (66′), F. Madrigal for V. Poggi (76′), M. Gimenez for R. Monreal (77′) and B. Garnica for D. Parra (77′).