On Sun Feb 12th, in week 6, Santos Laguna will travel to Ciudad Juárez to battle Juárez in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. 14th placed Juárez is fresh off their 3-2 win against Mazatlán. Denzell Arturo Garcia Bojorquez struck first for Juárez in the 14th minute on a feed from Jaime Gomez, but Aké Loba got the equalizer for Mazatlán in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time , but luckily for Juárez it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Juárez is looking for direction having 4 win and 6 losses in their last 10 matches, while santos Laguna is fresh off their 2-2 draw against América. Preciado Villarreal scored the first goal for Santos Laguna in the 23rd minute, then Javier Correa added another in the 41st minute. Santos Laguna is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 19th, Santos Laguna hosted Juárez at the Estadio Nuevo Corona in their last match together. Santos Laguna was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Preciado Villarreal struck first for Santos Laguna in the 30th minute on a penalty shot, then Javier Correa added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Juárez couldn’t muster any offence and Santos Laguna ran away with the shutout win.
Harold Fabian Preciado Villarreal has been the most effective weapon for Santos Laguna lately. The attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches. Dario Lezcano has been the most prolific scorer on Juárez in his last five matches with 3 goals.