Week 1 brings us a match on Jan 9th, where Santos Laguna will host Tigres UANL 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 20 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Santos Laguna recorded a 2-1 win against TBC. Jean Meneses struck first for Toluca in the 47th minute, then Andres Mosquera added another in the 50th minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Santos Laguna should be reasonably happy with their performance, while tigres UANL is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Necaxa. Gignac struck first for Tigres UANL in the 60th minute, then Andre-Pierre Gignac added another in the 73rd minute on a feed from Fulgencio Roman At the end of 90 a dissapointed Necaxa couldn’t manage to score, and Tigres UANL took the shutout win. Tigres UANL is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Tigres UANL won by a score of 2 to 0. Sebastián Cordova struck first for Tigres UANL in the 26th minute, then Luis Enrique Quinones added another in the 57th minute In the end, Santos Laguna couldn’t muster any offence and Tigres UANL ran away with the shutout win.
Gignac has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Tigres UANL. Both Javier Correa and Preciado Villarreal have been the hottest scorers for Santos Laguna in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals.