In this 2nd week match, on Sun Jan 16th, Toluca and Santos Laguna will play a match in Toluca de Lerdo in a meeting of these two mismatched Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. 18th placed Toluca is fresh off their 0-5 blowout loss against Pumas UNAM. Rogério scored the first goal for Pumas UNAM in the 31st minute, then D. de Oliveira Barbosa added another in the 61st minute In the end, Toluca couldn’t muster any offence and Pumas UNAM ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 4 points in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Santos Laguna is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Tigres UANL. Carlos Joel Salcedo Hernandez struck first for Tigres UANL in the 82nd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Santos Laguna couldn’t manage to score, and Tigres UANL took the shutout win. Santos Laguna should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
Toluca and Santos Laguna last played eachother at the Estadio Nuevo Corona on Mon Oct 25th. Santos Laguna and Toluca battled to a 2-2 draw. Alessio Da Cruz scored the first goal for Santos Laguna in the 33rd minute, then Diego Chávez tied it up for Toluca in the 56th minute on a feed from Alexis Pedro Canelo .
Santos Laguna’s most prolific scorer has been Diego Valdés. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. Canelo and Diego Chávez are the top scorers for Toluca in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.