Liga MX: Tigres UANL prevails over Santos Laguna 3-0
TORREóN. Tigres UANL was finally too good for Santos Laguna.
TORREóN. Tigres UANL was ultimately too much to handle for Santos Laguna with the goal of Diego Reyes (7′), André-Pierre Gignac (83′) and Luis Quiñones (89′). Santos Laguna lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Estadio Nuevo Corona stadium in Torreón on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Óscar Mejía García with the collaboration of Jorge Antonio Sánchez Espinoza and Jesús Lorenzo Soto Dávila. The 4th official was Luis Alfredo García Rodríguez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 16.6 degrees Celsius or 61.95 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 54%.
Match Statistics
Santos Laguna was in firm control of the ball 57% while Tigres UANL was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Santos Laguna was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Tigres UANL was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Santos Laguna shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Tigres UANL shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Santos Laguna received 1 yellow card (Alan Cervantes). On the other side, Tigres UANL received 2 yellow cards (Igor Lichnovsky and Jesús Garza).
(Santos Laguna) was sent out after receiving a red card in the (62′).
After this match, Santos Laguna will stay with 0 points like Atlas, Cruz Azul, Necaxa, Juárez, León, Mazatlán, Monterrey, Pachuca, Puebla, Tigres UANL, Tijuana and Toluca to move down in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Tigres UANL will have 3 points like Atlético San Luis, Pumas UNAM and Guadalajara to move down in the 1st place.
Match Events
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7'7'
Diego Reyes
Fernando Gorriarán
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16'16'
Alan Cervantes
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44'44'
Igor Lichnovsky
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46'46'
Eduardo Aguirre
Diego Medina
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51'51'
Jose Garcia (Penalty cancelled)
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54'54'
Jesús Garza
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62'62'
Eduardo Aguirre
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67'67'
José Ávila
Raúl López
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71'71'
Juan Pablo Vigón
Fernando Gorriarán
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81'81'
Nicolás López
Rafael Carioca
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82'82'
Cecilio Domínguez
Alan Cervantes
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82'82'
Joshua Dalai Mancha García
J. González
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83'83'
André-Pierre Gignac
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89'89'
Luis Quiñones
André-Pierre Gignac
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90'90'
Sebastián Córdova
Luis Quiñones
Next match
In the upcoming Liga MX match, Santos Laguna will host Pumas UNAM on the 15th of January with a 16-12 head to head statistic in favor of Pumas UNAM (11 draws).
Tigres UANL will host Pachuca on the 16th of January with a 16-14 head to head record in favor of Tigres UANL (13 draws).
Santos Laguna: Formation and Lineups
Santos Laguna started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Eduardo Fentanes Orozco chose to play with the following team: Carlos Acevedo , Raúl López , Félix Torres , Hugo Rodríguez , Omar Campos , Alan Cervantes , Aldo Lopez , Jair Gonzalez , Juan Brunetta , Diego Medina and Harold Preciado .
Substitutes
Santos Laguna made 4 changes: Diego Medina for Eduardo Aguirre (46′), Raúl López for José Ávila (67′), Alan Cervantes for Cecilio Domínguez (82′) and J. González for Joshua Dalai Mancha García (82′).
Top player: Juan Brunetta
Probably the most impressive player in Santos Laguna was Juan Brunetta.
His rating is with 46 passes (91% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 13 crosses.
Tigres UANL: Formation and Lineups
Tigres UANL started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Talking about the opposition, Diego Martín Cocca Pera played with: Nahuel Guzmán , Jesus Angel Garza Garcia , Igor Lichnovsky , Diego Reyes , Jesús Angulo , Fernando Gorriarán , Guido Pizarro , Rafael Carioca , Javier Aquino , André-Pierre Gignac and Luis Quiñones .
Tigres UANL could not rely on the presence of Juan Pablo Vigón (injured).
Substitutes
Tigres UANL made 3 changes: Fernando Gorriarán for Juan Pablo Vigón (71′), Rafael Carioca for Nicolás López (81′) and Luis Quiñones for Sebastián Córdova (90′).
Best player: Nahuel Guzmán
The player that probably impressed the most for Tigres UANL was the goalkeeper: Nahuel Guzmán. His rating is 7.80. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga MX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brian Pempus
born and raised in India's Goa region. Football was a natural affection from infancy, even though most of the population considered cricket to be a religion. has an IT diploma, but when it came time to choose a job, her love of football easily won out. has worked with LOOTRS since February 2022 and has been connected to football teams like Sporting Club de Goa and FC Goa before focusing more on Indian football and other sports.
