Santos Laguna are not in fine fettle.
CF Montreal’s first serious piece of business of 2022 comes along on Wednesday evening against the Mexicans and they won’t be facing a team in form.
Quite the opposite in fact. Last night Pedro Caixinha’s green and white hoops lost their fourth LigaMX game on the bounce... but it would still be foolish to think this will be anything other than a mightily difficult encounter for the Montrealers.
After picking up only one point in the first five rounds of the Clausura, Santos will be welcoming of any distraction from league play, hopeful of finding a result to kick-start their fledgling 2022 season.