In this week 15 match on the 20th of April, Mazatlán will play host to Santos Laguna in a meeting of these two Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 17th placed Mazatlán, recorded a 2-1 win against Atlas. Gonzalo Sosa struck first for Mazatlán in the 31st minute, then Gonzalo Sosa added another in the 43rd minute on a feed from Néstor Vidrio. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Santos Laguna recorded a 1-1 draw against Querétaro. Torres Caicedo scored the first goal for Querétaro on an own goal in the 68th minute, then Carrillo Rodriguez tied it up for Santos Laguna in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Santos Laguna. Santos Laguna is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
Mazatlán and Santos Laguna last played eachother at the Estadio Nuevo Corona on Sun Oct 3rd. Santos Laguna won by a score of 1 to 0. Lozano Aparicio scored the first goal for Santos Laguna in the 45th minute from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Mazatlán couldn’t manage to score, and Santos Laguna took the shutout win.
Santos Laguna’s top weapon lately has been Harold Fabian Preciado Villarreal, who has three goals in the last five matches. Both Roberto Meraz Bernal and Gonzalo Sosa have been the hottest scorers for Mazatlán in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.