Choco Lozano and Santos will take the pitch against Giorgos Giakoumakis and Cruz Azul on Saturday night.
Santos Laguna will head on the road this week in Liga MX soccer to take on Cruz Azul at Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico, on Saturday night. Cruz Azul leads the league through 14 games, winning 12 of them. It drew one and lost one of the other two games. With a total of 37 points on the table, it sits six points ahead of Toluca, 10 points ahead of Tigres UANL, and 12 points ahead of Monterrey. It also boasts a 25-goal differential, which is the best in the league. The team’s only loss came back in September when it was taken down 3-1 against San Luis.
It did win all four of its games in October, beating Necaxa 3-0 on goals from Alexis Gutierrez, Rodolfo Rotondi, and Lorenzo Faravelli. It beat Puebla 2-1 with goals from Giorgos Giakoumakis and Rotondi before beating Juarez 4-0. Faravelli scored again in that win, along with two goals from Ángel Sepúlveda and one from Gabriel Fernandez. Its last win ended in a 2-0 defeat over Pumas UNAM.
Santos Laguna is the No. 16 team in the Liga MX table. It has a total of 10 points, tied with Pachuca and Juarez. It is three points behind Necaxa and Mazatlán. With a record of 2-4-8, it also has a goal differential of negative-13 goals. Santos lost two and drew two games in the month of October.
It lost 2-0 to Juarez and 3-0 to América before drawing 1-1 with Pachuca on a goal fro Choco Lozano and drew 0-0 with Mazatlán. Lozano leads the team in scoring this season with three goals in 12 games followed by Santiago Muñoz who has two goals in as many games.
