Santos will try to break incredible streak at Tigres’ Universitario stadium

Since the 2015 Clausura Tournament, Santos Laguna has not managed to obtain a victory over Tigres at the Universitario Stadium, a field that has been too complicated for the Laguna players, who hope to break this drought this Sunday, when they meet on match day 8 of the Apertura 2022 Tournament.

Just as the Laguneros have had a certain dominance over Tigres at the TSM, the opposite is true at the Universitario, where the last time Santos won was in 2015, then under the command of Pedro Caixinha, with a 0-1 victory in the second leg of the quarterfinals. The goal was scored by the Djaniny Tavares, to give the team from the ‘Laguna’ a 2-1 aggregate win.

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Since then, it has been a problem for Santos to visit that pitch, as they have only managed two consecutive draws in exchange for seven consecutive defeats, both in the regular phase and in the Playoffs. The closest they have come to breaking the bad streak was with Guillermo Almada as coach, in the Apertura 2021, when, after leading 0-1, Tigres equalized at the end with a goal by Carlos Salcedo.

Eduardo Fentanes has only won two away victories since he took the reins of the team in the previous tournament and, in view of this situation, the pressure is growing to obtain three away points and that is the objective this Sunday against the squad coached by Miguel Herrera.

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For this match, it is very likely that Fentanes will repeat his lineup, as last week's 4-0 win over Cruz Azul is proof of it, in addition to the fact that captain Matheus Dória is still absent due to injury, so there is no reason for him to change his eleven. Santos arrives at this matchday in sixth position with 10 points, and if they win, they would be two points behind Tigres, who is in third place.