On Mon Feb 7th, in week 4, Atlas will host Santos Laguna in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Atlas recorded a 2-0 shutout win against América. Diego Armando Barbosa Zaragoza struck first for Atlas in the 70th minute, then Herrera Morales added another in the 6th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, América couldn’t muster any offence and Atlas ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Atlas should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Santos Laguna recorded a 1-4 loss against Necaxa. Felix Eduardo Torres Caicedo struck first for Santos Laguna in the 36th minute, but Ángelo Araos got the equalizer for Necaxa in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 53rd minute on a goal by Milton Giménez. Santos Laguna is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Santos Laguna and Atlas battled to a 1-1 draw. Julian Andres Quinones Quinones struck first for Atlas in the 25th minute, but Felix Eduardo Torres Caicedo got the equalizer for Santos Laguna in the 68th minute earning them at least the one point.
Santos Laguna hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Eduardo Daniel Aguirre Lara and Diego Valdés, and they each have 1 goal. Julio Furch and Luis Reyes are the top scorers for Atlas in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.