On the 26th of August, in this week 16 match, Tijuana hosts Santos Laguna in a Liga MX match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. Tijuana is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Querétaro. Pablo Barrera struck first for Querétaro in the 3rd minute, then Ángel Sepúlveda added another in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Tijuana was frustrated by Querétaro’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Querétaro ended the match with the shutout victory. Tijuana is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while santos Laguna sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 5-1 win against Pumas UNAM. Harold Fabian Preciado Villarreal struck first for Santos Laguna in the 30th minute, then Harold Fabian Preciado Villarreal added another in the 38th minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Santos Laguna should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Both Juan Brunetta and Preciado Villarreal have been the hottest scorers for Santos Laguna in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Edgar Ivan Lopez Rodriguez has been the most prolific scorer on Tijuana in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.