Week 7 features a match on Monday Feb 28th, where Santos Laguna and Cruz Azul will play a match in Mexico City in a clash of the Liga MX. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which is great football weather. 3rd placed Cruz Azul is fresh off their 4-1 win against Toluca. Escobar Chena struck first for Cruz Azul in the 7th minute on a feed from Carlos Rodriguez, then Camilo Sanvezzo tied it up for Toluca in the 20th minute. Cruz Azul is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 18th placed Santos Laguna, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Juárez. Neither Juárez nor Santos Laguna could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Santos Laguna looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
Santos Laguna and Cruz Azul last played eachother at the Estadio Nuevo Corona on the 1st of August. Santos Laguna and Cruz Azul battled to a 1-1 draw. Jimenez Ramirez struck first for Cruz Azul in the 64th minute, but Diego Valdés got the equalizer for Santos Laguna in the 82nd minute earning Santos Laguna a comeback draw.
Preciado Garcia and Felix Eduardo Torres Caicedo are the top scorers for Santos Laguna in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Both Uriel Antuna and Santiago Tomas Gimenez have been the hottest scorers for Cruz Azul in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.