Down To Ten
Toluca
Toluca played the closing 38 minutes a man down after a 52′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 52′
- Player
- Everardo Lopez
Liga MX · Apertura · 9Toluca
Federico Viñas 25'
João Paulo Dias Fernandes 43'
2 – 3
FT
HT 2–1
Santos Laguna
Ezequiel Bullaude 45+1'
Kevin Palacios 86'
Francisco Villalba 90+5'
Liga MX
Apertura · 9Toluca2–3Santos Laguna
18
Shots in the box
12
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
25′43′46′52′86′95′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Toluca 2-3 Santos Laguna
Santos Laguna edged out Toluca 3-2 at Estadio Nemesio Diez in Liga MX. Viñas opened the scoring for Toluca on 25', Fernandes made it 2-0 to Toluca on 43', Bullaude pulled one back for Santos Laguna on 46', Palacios levelled for Santos Laguna on 86' and Villalba put Santos Laguna back in front on 95'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Toluca took 18 of their 24 attempts inside the box, Santos Laguna 12 of 22. Santos Laguna held 54.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Lopez was sent off on 52', leaving Toluca 38 minutes to play a man short. It was settled late — Villalba struck on 95' to swing it Santos Laguna's way with the game otherwise level.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Toluca graded out for box occupation — 18 of 24 shots in the box. Santos Laguna graded out for busy goalkeeper — 7 saves and 2 conceded.
A. Vega came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.5 for Toluca from 2 assists, 7 key passes and 1 shot.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
46%Possession54%
24Shots22
What the numbers say
5 readsComeback Win
Santos Laguna
Santos Laguna went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 2–3
Box Occupation
Toluca
Toluca kept getting bodies into the area — 75% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 18 of 24
- Share
- 75%
Late Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — Santos Laguna scored on 95′.
- Goals after 80′
- 2
- Last goal
- 95′
Timeline
Federico Viñas — assist: Alexis Vega
⚽25'
Nicolás Castro
Foul
🟨38'
João Paulo Dias Fernandes — assist: Alexis Vega
⚽43'
🔄45'
Diego González ↑ Emmanuel Echeverria ↓
🔄45'
Francisco Villalba ↑ Salvador Mariscal ↓
⚽45+1'
Ezequiel Bullaude
Antonio Ricardo Mohamed Matijevich
Dissent
🟨45+4'
Everardo Lopez · Card upgrade confirmed
📺45+7'
Everardo Lopez
Serious Foul
🟥45+7'
🟨45+8'
Facundo Cáseres
Foul
Half-time
Jorge Diaz ↑ Alexis Vega ↓
🔄66'
Jesús Angulo ↑ Federico Viñas ↓
🔄66'
🔄69'
Kevin Palacios ↑ L. Gómez ↓
🔄69'
Eduardo Aguirre ↑ Ezequiel Bullaude ↓
🔄75'
Javier Guemez ↑ Facundo Cáseres ↓
Luan Garcia ↑ João Paulo Dias Fernandes ↓
🔄81'
⚽86'
Kevin Palacios — assist: Francisco Villalba
Brian Garcia ↑ Nicolás Castro ↓
🔄90+1'
📺90+3'
Eduardo Aguirre · Goal cancelled
⚽90+5'
Francisco Villalba — assist: Mauricio Cuevas
Match info
Kickoff
VenueEstadio Nemesio Diez, Toluca
RefereeLuis Alfredo Garcia Rodriguez
CompetitionLiga MX
Season2026
RoundApertura · 9
StatusMatch Finished