Chivas dominated Santos in route to a 3-0 victory that continued their great string of results in the Clausura 2026. Chivas was the superior team from the start and dominated the struggling Santos, who barely threatened Chivas all 90 minutes. Chivas is now solidly in third place of Liga MX and will face off against Leon in a postponed midweek clash. Santos will hope to get out of last place when they hosts Puebla next weekend.
The 1st half started with Chivas once again coming up with two starting
forwards: Angel Sepulveda and Armando Gonzalez. A great cross from Efrain Alvarez was just out of reach of Gonzalez, who would have had a close range chance had he gotten to it. Alvarez would get the ball in the area and get off a left footed shot that would go wide. A great combination play ended with Roberto Alvarado getting off a right footed shot in the area that was blocked by Santos’ goalkeeper, Carlos Acevedo, but the rebound was left there for Armando Gonzalez to get off a close range shot past Acevedo and into the net to score and give Chivas the 1-0 lead. It was a very good couple of passes and although Santos’ player complained about a possible offside, Gonzalez was never in an offside position. From outside the area, Fran Villalba got off a right footed shot from outside the area that went wide. After lowering the ball in the area, Gonzalez got off a right footed shot that went wide. A cross into the area was volleyed by Alvarado but Acevedo would make a good save on the shot. Off a counter, Richard Ledezma would get off a marvelous low cross that went past Acevedo and a sliding Armando Gonzalez would reach and get off a left footed shot into the empty net to score and increase Chivas’ lead to a 2-0 score. It was a great play from Ledezma as Chivas had a deserved lead. From outside the area, Sepulveda got off a right footed shot that was blocked by Acevedo. A great pass would find Luis Gomez, who got off lobbed shot that was blocked by Chivas’ goalkeeper Raul Rangel and then bounced off Ledezma, who cleared the ball before it could get past the goal line. A throw in into the area was headed by Paulo Di Yorio just wide. The halftime whistle blew as Chivas took a very deserved lead to the halftime break.
The 2nd half started with Chivas subbing out Ruben Gonzalez for Mickey Tapias. Santos subbed out Luis Gomez for Aldo Lopez. Gonzalez would get the ball all alone in the area but his right footed shot past Acevedo would go wide in a bad miss. A left footed shot from outside the area from Alvarez would go just wide. Chivas subbed out Armando Gonzalez for Brian Gutierrez. There was a couple of hard fouls as the match started to get chippy. Chivas subbed out Richard Ledezma and Angel Sepulveda for Miguel Gomez and Ricardo Marin. Off a corner kick, the cross into the area came close enough that Rangel had to make a save to clear it. A good run from Alvarez ended with his shot being deflected wide. A low cross into the area would make it all the way to Bryan Alonso Gonzalez, whose right footed shot would hit the post. Santos subbed out Carlos Gruezo, Ezequiel Bulluade and Javier Abella for Julio Ocejo, Cristian Dajome and Juan Echivilstre. A cross into the area would go past two Chivas attacker before Echivelstre would clear it from a possible wide open chance. A cross into the area turned into a shot that was blocked by Acevedo. From outside the area, Gomez got off a left footed shot that went just wide. Chivas subbed out Efrain Alvarez for Yael Padilla. Santos subbed out Bruno Amione for Efrain Orona. A left footed shot from outside the area from Marin would go wide. Off a counter, Padilla would get off a right footed shot from outside the area that would also go just wide. Alvarado got off a right footed shot that would hit the post. Off a counter, a good low cross from Alonso Gonzalez would find Ricardo Marin, who got off a wonderful back heel shot that went past Acevedo to score and give Chivas the 3-0 lead. It was the best goal of the night that made the score a better reflection of how the match played out. After getting into the area, Alonso Gonzlaez got off a left footed shot that was saved by Acevedo.
Chivas returned home after two away matches to get another commanding victory over a struggling team. They came into the match heavily favored against a struggling last placed Santos and lived up to the expectations. After a dominating 1st half, Chivas failed to live up to that level in the 2nd but only because Santos started to get physical and they never weren’t clear the better team. Chivas will have a great chance to get three points when they face off against another struggling team at home in Club Leon. Santos will have to face off against another struggling team in Puebla as they hope to get out of that last place in the standings.
