Santos Laguna and Monterrey will resume the match this Thursday night that was left unfinished on Matchday 11, due to the intense rain that occurred on September 27 at the Rayados stadium.
Starting from minute 12, according to the regulations, the suspended players remain in the same conditions, so Julio Furch, Gael Sandoval, and Jorge Sánchez will not take part.
Monterrey is seeking the overall lead, Santos is already eliminated, but they need to earn points so they won't be burdened with the relegation issue in the next tournament.
Néstor Araujo and Jorge Villafaña will also not play, both called up for national team duty, as well as the injured Diego de Buen and Jesús Angulo.
The albiverde team has several absences, which will give an opportunity to those who have accumulated fewer minutes in the tournament.
The third best offense of the tournament now faces Santos, after losing to Lobos BUAP, and although they can now count on Pabón and el Mellizo, they won't have their top scorer Avilés Hurtado, who was called up by Colombia for the FIFA date, he has scored 10 out of his team's 26 goals.
Carlos Sánchez will also not play, he was called up by Uruguay, so coach Antonio Mohamed will have to turn to his bench to cover those big gaps.
Still, they have a very dangerous squad. They recently faced each other in the Copa MX, the laguneros started well, took the lead, but then came the mistakes and the expulsion of Araujo, which ended up being a rout in favor of the albiazules.
Rayados is no longer the team with the most shots on target, there are now four teams that surpass them in that aspect, Rayados has 231 shots so far in the tournament, Toluca has 232, the same as Pachuca, while Lobos has 255 and Santos Laguna 263.
While Monterrey is seeking the overall lead, Santos is already eliminated, but they need to earn points so they won't be burdened with the relegation issue in the next tournament, so far from being an unattractive match, on the contrary, it is of great importance for both rivals.
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