On Sunday May 1st, in week 17, Atlético San Luis will play host to Santos Laguna in a meeting of these two Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. In their last match, 10th placed Atlético San Luis, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Cruz Azul. Ricardo Chávez struck first for Atlético San Luis in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Cruz Azul couldn’t muster any offence and Atlético San Luis ran away with the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Atlético San Luis should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Santos Laguna recorded a 1-1 draw against León. Mena Delgado scored the first goal for León in the 51st minute, but Aguirre Lara got the equalizer for Santos Laguna in the 57th minute 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.
In their last match together, in Estadio Nuevo Corona, Santos Laguna was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Eduar Ayrton Preciado Garcia scored the first goal for Santos Laguna in the 65th minute, then Ignacio Jeraldino added another in the 86th minute from the penalty spot At the end of 90 a dissapointed Atlético San Luis couldn’t manage to score, and Santos Laguna took the shutout win.
Santos Laguna’s top weapon lately has been Carrillo Rodriguez, who has two goals in the last five matches. Germán Berterame has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Atlético San Luis.