On Sunday Feb 13th, in week 5, Santos Laguna will host América at Estadio Nuevo Corona in a clash of these two evenly matched Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 17th placed Santos Laguna, recorded a 1-2 loss against Atlas. Nervo scored the first goal for Atlas in the 28th minute, then Ian Jairo Misael Torres Ramirez added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time. Santos Laguna is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while américa sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against Atlético San Luis. Unai Bilbao struck first for Atlético San Luis in the 6th minute, then Abel Hernández added another in the 54th minute on a feed from Juan Sanabria Magole. América is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 20th of October, América hosted Santos Laguna in their last match together. América won by a score of 2 to 1. Álvaro Fidalgo struck first for América in the 68th minute, but Fernando Gorriaran Fontes got the equalizer for Santos Laguna in the 73rd minute.
América is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Emanuel Aguilera and Salvador Reyes each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Lozano Aparicio and Eduar Ayrton Preciado Garcia are the top scorers for Santos Laguna in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.