On the 21st of March, in this week 11 match, Tijuana will play host to Juárez in a clash 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 14 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Tijuana recorded a 0-4 loss against Santos Laguna. Fernando Gorriaran Fontes struck first for Santos Laguna in the 41st minute, then Preciado Villarreal added another in the 70th minute In the end, Tijuana was frustrated by Santos Laguna’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Santos Laguna ended the match with the shutout victory. Tijuana is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while juárez sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Monterrey. Rodolfo Pizarro struck first for Monterrey in the 48th minute, then Joel Campbell added another in the 64th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Juárez couldn’t manage to score, and Monterrey took the shutout win. Juárez looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
Juárez and Tijuana last played eachother at the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez on Saturday Aug 14th. Juárez and Tijuana battled to a 1-1 draw. Lucas Rodriguez struck first for Tijuana in the 8th minute on a feed from Mauro Andres Manotas Paez, but Gabriel Fernández got the equalizer for Juárez in the 5th minute of the first half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Juárez.
Juárez’s most prolific scorer has been Fernando Arce Juárez. The American midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Marcel Ruíz has been the most effective weapon for Tijuana lately. The midfielder has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches.