Atlético San Luis Women

Match report

Regular Season Two delivers unexpected result

Atlético San Luis claimed a 2-1 victory over Tijuana in the Liga MX women's Regular Season Two on Saturday evening. The result moves the hosts six points clear of their visitors in the standings, with San Luis sitting sixth on twelve points while Tijuana remain twelfth on six. By then the visitors had controlled territory but could not convert their advantage.

San Luis took the lead when E. Higuera converted a penalty in the tenth minute. R. Contreras doubled their advantage shortly after with a goal in the fourteenth minute. To be fair, Tijuana responded with pressure but could not find an equaliser before the interval.

The statistics told a different story from the scoreline. Tijuana registered 87 attacks compared to San Luis's 59, and held 52 per cent possession. Yet San Luis delivered seven shots on target against four, while their visitors managed only four on target from fourteen attempts off target. And here's the thing — efficiency matters more than volume when you are chasing a result.

Everything shifted in the sixty-eighth minute when F. Vargas received a red card. Tijuana were reduced to ten players and had to change shape immediately. San Luis substituted C. Hernandez to maintain their intensity, while the visitors brought on D. G. Sandoval Trejo in search of something.

Tijuana finally broke through in the eighty-first minute when T. Carter scored. But San Luis had weathered the storm and held firm through the remaining minutes. The stadium fell silent as the final whistle approached, with the hosts protecting their lead.

The result extends San Luis's momentum after a 1-4 defeat to Toluka earlier in the month. Tijuana's defeat adds to their struggles, leaving them four points behind safety with two games remaining. What matters now is how each team responds to this turning point.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 48 – 52

Shots on target 7 – 4

Shots off target 4 – 14

Attacks 59 – 87

⚽ 10' E. Higuera — Penalty 🟨 14' R. Contreras — Yellow card ⚽ 15' R. Contreras — Goal 🟨 45+1' M. Fong — Yellow card ⇄ 46' F. Ibarra — Substitution 🟨 48' K. Hancar — Yellow card ⇄ 56' M. Gutierrez — Substitution 🟨 61' M. Sanchez — Yellow card 🟨 68' F. Vargas — Yellow card 🟥 68' F. Vargas — Red card ⇄ 69' C. Hernandez — Substitution ⇄ 71' D. G. Sandoval Trejo — Substitution ⇄ 76' A. M. Marroquin — Substitution ⚽ 81' T. Carter — Goal ⇄ 84' A. Bello — Substitution ⇄ 85' E. Higuera — Substitution 🟨 86' J. Enrigue — Yellow card ⇄ 89' V. Gonzalez — Substitution

Match events

10' 1:0 Atlético San Luis Women Penalty E. Higuera
14' 1:0 Atlético San Luis Women Yellow card R. Contreras
15' 2:0 Atlético San Luis Women Goal R. Contreras
45+1' 2:0 Tijuana Women Yellow card M. Fong
46' 2:0 Tijuana Women Substitution F. Ibarra off: D. Fuentes
48' 2:0 Tijuana Women Yellow card K. Hancar
56' 2:0 Atlético San Luis Women Substitution M. Gutierrez off: E. Houston
61' 2:0 Atlético San Luis Women Yellow card M. Sanchez
68' 2:0 Atlético San Luis Women Yellow card F. Vargas
68' 2:0 Atlético San Luis Women Red card F. Vargas
69' 2:0 Atlético San Luis Women Substitution C. Hernandez off: S. Arevalo
71' 2:0 Tijuana Women Substitution D. G. Sandoval Trejo off: D. Caudillo
76' 2:0 Tijuana Women Substitution A. M. Marroquin off: D. Carrandi
81' 2:1 Tijuana Women Goal T. Carter
84' 2:1 Atlético San Luis Women Substitution A. Bello off: A. Lopez
85' 2:1 Atlético San Luis Women Substitution E. Higuera off: V. Lopez
86' 2:1 Tijuana Women Yellow card J. Enrigue
89' 2:1 Tijuana Women Substitution V. Gonzalez off: J. Garcia

Statistics

48 Possession, % 52

7 Shots on target 4

4 Shots off target 14

59 Attacks 87

3 Corners 9

16 Free kicks 16

0 Offsides 0

3 Yellow cards 3

1 Red cards 0

17 Goal kicks 7

28 Throw-ins 25

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