In this 7th week match, on Sunday Aug 7th, Santos Laguna plays host to Cruz Azul in a Liga MX match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 11th placed Santos Laguna is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Atlas. Juan Brunetta scored the first goal for Santos Laguna in the 60th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Atlas was frustrated by Santos Laguna’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Santos Laguna ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while cruz Azul sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Necaxa. Morales Bravo struck first for Cruz Azul in the 38th minute on a feed from Rafael Baca Miranda, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Necaxa was frustrated by Cruz Azul’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Cruz Azul ended the match with the shutout victory. Cruz Azul is looking for direction having earned 12 points 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 1 win and 1 draw.
Santiago Giménez has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Cruz Azul. Brian Avelino Lozano Aparicio and Harold Fabian Preciado Villarreal are the top scorers for Santos Laguna in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.