In a mid week match in week 11, on Mon Aug 29th, Santos Laguna will host Atlético San Luis at Estadio Nuevo Corona 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 33 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 5th placed Santos Laguna is fresh off their 5-1 win against Pumas UNAM. Preciado Villarreal struck first for Santos Laguna in the 30th minute, then Harold Fabian Preciado Villarreal added another in the 38th minute. Santos Laguna should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Atlético San Luis is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Toluca. Jhon Murillo struck first for Atlético San Luis in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Javier Guemez, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Toluca couldn’t muster any offence and Atlético San Luis ran away with the shutout win. Atlético San Luis is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Santos Laguna won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 1 draw.
Abel Hernández has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Atlético San Luis. Santos Laguna is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Juan Brunetta and Harold Fabian Preciado Villarreal each having 2 goals in their last five.