On Wednesday Mar 9th, Monterrey will host Juárez at Hamad Bin Khalifa Stadium in a meeting of these two closely matched Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. Monterrey sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against León. Neither León nor Monterrey could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 15 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Monterrey is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while juárez sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against León. Elías Hernández scored the first goal for León in the 55th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Juárez couldn’t manage to score, and León took the shutout win. Juárez looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Juárez was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Meza scored the first goal for Monterrey in the 39th minute, then in the 41st minute, Pedro Raúl sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Diego Rolán Finally they completed the comback victory in the 43rd minute on a goal by Jefferson Intriago to cap off a wild match.
Juárez’s most prolific scorer has been Fernando Arce Juárez. The American midfielder has netted three goals over the last five matches. Monterrey’s most prolific scorer has been Funes Mori. The Argentinian attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches.