Santos Laguna vs. Atlas - prediction, team news, lineups

Looking to determination connected from their gameweek 1 decision successful this season's Apertura, Santos Laguna invited Atlas to Estadio TSM Corona connected Sunday night, aiming to assertion their archetypal Liga MX victory. 

Santos' comeback effort from 3-0 down astatine Monterrey failed to cookware out, and they question a effect against Hernan Crespo's team, who secured an entertaining 3-2 occurrence distant astatine Leon.

Match preview

After ending pre-season with a constrictive nonaccomplishment to America De Cali, Santos looked to instrumentality to winning ways successful a competitory league fixture against Monterrey, coincidentally the past squad they faced successful past season's Clausura successful April. 

However, Renato Paiva's squad soon recovered themselves trailing 3-0 aft 31 minutes, leaving them shell-shocked. 

While Lucas Di Yorio pulled 1 backmost for the Warriors earlier the break, they could not halve the shortage until the last infinitesimal of second-half stoppage time, erstwhile Eduardo Aguirre netted to springiness the people a much respectable feel. 

Nonetheless, Paiva's men volition rue their wretched commencement to the Apertura season, which near them chasing shadows for the game's entirety, and they anticipation for a acold much focused commencement connected Sunday nighttime erstwhile they play successful beforehand of their supporters for the archetypal clip this season. 

While they had a mixed tally of location results successful the Clausura, winning conscionable 2 of 8 betwixt January and April, they ended past year's Apertura claiming 3 wins connected the bounce, and volition question a 4th consecutive triumph astatine Estadio TSM Corona successful the Apertura this weekend.

Standing successful their mode are Atlas, who were connected the favourable extremity of a 3-2 effect connected the opening matchday, beating 10-man Leon astatine Estadio Leon. 

Pegged backmost by Diber Cambindo conscionable earlier the half-hour people aft Duk's second-minute opener, Cambindo's dismissal conscionable earlier the interruption broke the crippled unfastened for Crespo's team. 

The Red and Blacks duly took vantage aft the break, netting doubly to unfastened up a two-goal pb done Arturo Gonzalez and Aldo Rocha; however, that seemingly steadfast vantage was halved aft Leon scored successful the 77th minute. 

Nonetheless, Los Zorros held connected for the closing minutes, ending the opening play arsenic 1 of the 9 clubs to unafraid maximum points. 

Now entering the 2nd circular sitting 5th successful the table, Atlas purpose to proceed their unblemished commencement by seeing disconnected Santos successful different distant fixture. 

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Team News

Kevin Palacios and Bruno Amione person not played since the erstwhile play owed to enarthrosis and genu injuries, respectively, which should support some retired of this weekend's fixture. 

Having scored six goals successful the Clausura betwixt January and April, Di Yorio has had a agleam commencement successful the Apertura, and helium is aiming to people successful consecutive league games for the nine for the 2nd clip aft doing likewise successful February against Tigres and Mazatlan.

Ryan Mmaee failed to people connected his debut for Atlas, but the forward, who scored 25 goals successful 20 appearances for Omonia past season, aims to unfastened his relationship connected Sunday night. 

The Red and Blacks needed beardown performances from Duk, Rocha and Gonzalez successful gameweek one, and the visitors volition anticipation they prime up wherever they near disconnected to support their 100% commencement to the season. 

The Foxes seemingly came done the erstwhile play unscathed, giving Crespo a steadfast squad to take from this weekend.

Santos Laguna imaginable starting lineup:

Acevedo; Abella, Pardo, Sanchez, Cuevas; Mariscal, Gruezo; Gonzalez, Bullaude, Sordo; Di Yorio 

Atlas imaginable starting lineup:

Sanchez; Ferrareis, Capasso, Schlegel, Rodriguez; Rocha, Zaldivar; Duk, Gonzalez, Hernandez; Mmaee 

We say: Santos Laguna 1-1 Atlas

Santos Laguna request to harness their location vantage to interruption their losing streak, but they look a pugnacious trial against an Atlas broadside brimming with assurance pursuing past weekend's victory. 

Both sides are tipped to find the backmost of the net, with the spoils being shared astatine the weekend.

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