This Sunday, May 16, we will know the third qualifier for the semifinals of the Guardianes 2021 closing tournament, where Santos Laguna has the lead, since, in the first match, they managed to defeat Monterrey with a score of two goals to one.

Rayados had reached the quarterfinals directly thanks to being in fourth place in the standings at the end of the regular tournament, while Santos had to play the playoffs for a place in the finals against Querétaro.

This match will be played at the BBVA Stadium on Sunday, May 16 at 18:00 E.T. and will be broadcast on Fox Sports 2.

Let’s review 5 interesting facts between the two teams:

1. Santos Laguna has a record in its last five games of three wins, one draw and one loss, scoring 10 goals and conceding just three goals.

2. In their last five games, Rayados Monterrey have accumulated three wins, one draw and one loss, scoring 8 goals and conceding 6.

3. Monterrey has dominated the home-and-home series against Santos Laguna in their last five meetings, winning four games and drawing one.

4. Santos Laguna dominates the most recent history of this duel against Rayados, with two wins, two draws and one loss in the last five matches.

5. The last two most recent meetings between these two teams this season have been won by Santos Laguna this season.

Let’s review the best plays from the last meeting between the two teams:

(Video courtesy of: LIGA BBVA MX)

Let’s review the current affairs of Rayados de Monterrey before the second leg of the Quarterfinals:

The team led by experienced coach Javier Aguirre will face this Sunday a very inspired Santos Laguna, which has just defeated them in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Guardianes 2021, despite the fact that the Rayados started winning the match with a goal by Dutchman Vicent Janssen at minute 19′.

But the victory lasted until minute 52′ when Eduardo Daniel Aguirre scored the partial tie in the match, and nine minutes later Ayrton Preciado scored the winning goal for the local Santos team.

Thus, Monterrey will have to do its homework and defeat Santos Laguna for the first time this season in order to reach the next stage of the tournament.

Santos Laguna will need to keep up their good momentum to put Rayados on the road:

The Guerreros come with great momentum thanks to their performance in their last two games, both in the final of the tournament, where they first qualified for the quarterfinals on Saturday, May 8 by defeating Querétaro by a landslide with a score of 5 goals to 0; and, their most recent performance this Thursday in the first leg of the quarterfinals, where they managed to turn the score around to take the advantage to the second leg to be played this Sunday at the BBVA Stadium against Monterrey, who reached this stage directly after finishing in the top four places in the general table.

Betting line:

Monterrey: 44.9% (-113) – Goals: 1.57 – Best O/U: o2½ -112

Santos Laguna: 29.8% (+258) – Goals: 1.04 – Best O/U: u2½ -105

Draw: 25.3% (+215)

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