Club América 3-0 Santos Laguna · Liga MX Apertura
Club América beat Santos Laguna 3-0 in the Liga MX Apertura. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Club América and Santos Laguna met in the Liga MX Apertura at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on Sunday, 2 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Club América: H. Martín 2'; B. Rodríguez 73'; A. Cardenas 90'. Santos Laguna did not score.
How the match went
Possession was almost even at 52% to 48%. Club América had 17 shots with 6 on target, Santos Laguna 13 with 6 on target. There were 15 corners in total, 4 to Club América and 11 to Santos Laguna. Club América conceded 12 fouls, Santos Laguna 10. The referee showed 2 yellow cards (0 for Club América, 2 for Santos Laguna) and 1 red card.
Line-ups
Club América started in a 4-2-3-1: Rodolfo Cota, Dagoberto Espinoza, Ramón Juárez, Sebastián Cáceres, Cristián Borja, Erick Sánchez, Alan Cervantes, Isaías Violante, Raphael Veiga, Alexis Gutiérrez, Henry Martín.
Santos Laguna started in a 4-2-3-1: Carlos Acevedo, Mauricio Cuevas, Franco Pardo, Felipe Sánchez, Emmanuel Echeverría, Aldo Lopez Vargas, Salvador Mariscal, Ezequiel Bullaude, Fran Villalba, Ramiro Sordo, Eduardo Aguirre.
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Minute by minute
- 2'Goal! Club América 1-0 Santos Laguna. H. Martín (Club América) scores, assisted by D. Espinoza.
- 24'VAR: no penalty for Santos Laguna.
- 45'Half-time. Club América 1-0 Santos Laguna.
- 73'Goal! Club América 2-0 Santos Laguna. B. Rodríguez (Club América) scores, assisted by K. Álvarez.
- 75'Red card! R. Paiva (Santos Laguna) is sent off for argument.
- 90'Goal! Club América 3-0 Santos Laguna. A. Cardenas (Club América) scores, assisted by E. Sánchez.
- 90'Full-time. Club América 3-0 Santos Laguna.
Full commentary (68 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Club América vs Santos Laguna.
- 2'Goal! Club América 1-0 Santos Laguna. H. Martín (Club América) scores, assisted by D. Espinoza.
- 13'Corner, Santos Laguna.
- 14'Corner, Santos Laguna.
- 18'Attempt missed. I. Violante (Club América), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 22'Attempt saved. E. Aguirre (Santos Laguna), right-footed shot. xG 0.45.
- 23'Offside, Santos Laguna.
- 23'Offside, Santos Laguna.
- 24'VAR: no penalty for Santos Laguna.
- 30'Corner, Santos Laguna.
- 30'Attempt blocked. R. Sordo (Santos Laguna), right-footed shot. xG 0.13.
- 30'Yellow card for F. Sánchez (Santos Laguna) for foul.
- 36'Attempt saved. E. Aguirre (Santos Laguna), right-footed shot. xG 0.11.
- 36'Attempt saved. E. Bullaude (Santos Laguna), right-footed shot. xG 0.18.
- 38'Corner, Club América.
- 39'Attempt missed. R. Veiga (Club América), left-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 40'Attempt saved. F. Villalba (Santos Laguna), right-footed shot. xG 0.13.
- 40'Corner, Santos Laguna.
- 41'Corner, Santos Laguna.
- 42'Attempt blocked. F. Pardo (Santos Laguna), header from a corner. xG 0.10.
- 43'Corner, Santos Laguna.
- 44'Attempt missed. A. Lopez Vargas (Santos Laguna), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 45'Attempt missed. E. Bullaude (Santos Laguna), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.02.
- 45'6 minutes of added time.
- 45+2'Attempt saved. I. Violante (Club América), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 45+3'Attempt saved. E. Bullaude (Santos Laguna), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 45+3'Corner, Santos Laguna.
- 45+4'Attempt missed. E. Bullaude (Santos Laguna), header from a corner. xG 0.03.
- 45'Half-time. Club América 1-0 Santos Laguna.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Santos Laguna: D. González comes on for R. Sordo.
- 46'Substitution, Club América: I. Reyes comes on for R. Veiga.
- 46'Substitution, Club América: K. Álvarez comes on for D. Espinoza.
- 49'Attempt missed. K. Álvarez (Club América), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 50'Attempt missed. I. Violante (Club América), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 52'Attempt missed. I. Reyes (Club América), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.02.
- 52'Corner, Santos Laguna.
- 59'Attempt missed. A. Gutiérrez (Club América), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 60'Attempt missed. E. Bullaude (Santos Laguna), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 61'Corner, Santos Laguna.
- 62'Attempt blocked. E. Sánchez (Club América), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 63'Substitution, Santos Laguna: J. Güemez comes on for S. Mariscal.
- 63'Substitution, Santos Laguna: L. Di Yorio comes on for E. Bullaude.
- 66'Corner, Santos Laguna.
- 67'Attempt missed. E. Sánchez (Club América), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.63.
- 71'Substitution, Club América: B. Rodríguez comes on for A. Gutiérrez.
- 72'Offside, Club América.
- 73'Goal! Club América 2-0 Santos Laguna. B. Rodríguez (Club América) scores, assisted by K. Álvarez.
- 75'Red card! R. Paiva (Santos Laguna) is sent off for argument.
- 75'Yellow card for R. Paiva (Santos Laguna) for argument.
- 75'Substitution, Santos Laguna: K. Palacios comes on for A. Lopez Vargas.
- 77'Attempt blocked. I. Violante (Club América), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.16.
- 77'Corner, Club América.
- 78'Substitution, Club América: O. Arriaga comes on for I. Violante.
- 78'Substitution, Club América: A. Cardenas comes on for H. Martín.
- 81'Substitution, Santos Laguna: J. Mancha comes on for E. Aguirre.
- 85'Attempt saved. E. Sánchez (Club América), left-footed shot. xG 0.21.
- 85'Attempt missed. O. Arriaga (Club América), left-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 86'Attempt blocked. L. Di Yorio (Santos Laguna), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 86'Corner, Santos Laguna.
- 88'Corner, Club América.
- 90'Corner, Club América.
- 90'Goal! Club América 3-0 Santos Laguna. A. Cardenas (Club América) scores, assisted by E. Sánchez.
- 90'5 minutes of added time.
- 90+4'Attempt saved. L. Di Yorio (Santos Laguna), left-footed shot. xG 0.48.
- 90+5'Attempt missed. O. Arriaga (Club América), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 90+5'Attempt saved. B. Rodríguez (Club América), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 90'Full-time. Club América 3-0 Santos Laguna.