In a weekend match in week 4, on Friday Jan 27th, Atlas will host Santos Laguna in a meeting of these two Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. Atlas sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-3 draw against Querétaro. Julio Furch struck first for Atlas in the 22nd minute on a feed from Jonathan Ozziel Herrera Morales, then Rodrigo Lopez Quinones got the equalizer for Querétaro in the 38th minute on a feed from Jose Madueña . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while santos Laguna is fresh off their 2-1 win against Mazatlán. Juan Brunetta struck first for Santos Laguna in the 36th minute, but Ariel Nahuelpán got the equalizer for Mazatlán in the 62nd minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Santos Laguna should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Santos Laguna and Atlas last played eachother at the Estadio Nuevo Corona on Monday Aug 1st. Santos Laguna was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. 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.
Harold Fabian Preciado Villarreal has been the most prolific scorer on Santos Laguna in the last five matches with 3 goals. Atlas is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Christopher Brayan Trejo Morantes and Julian Andres Quinones Quinones each having 2 goals in their last 5.