Week 1 features a match on Mon Jan 9th, where Cruz Azul will travel to Tijuana to battle Tijuana in a meeting of these two Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. Tijuana is fresh off their 2-2 draw against León. Lucas Di Yorio struck first for León in the 51st minute, but Lucas Rodriguez got the equalizer for Tijuana in the 67th minute . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, 4th placed Cruz Azul, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against León. Ignacio Rivero scored the first goal for Cruz Azul in the 72nd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, León was frustrated by Cruz Azul’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Cruz Azul ended the match with the shutout victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Cruz Azul should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Cruz Azul and Tijuana last played eachother at the Estadio Azteca on Aug 18th. Tijuana took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Ignacio Rivero scored the first goal for Cruz Azul in the 21st minute, then Ramiro Funes Mori tied it up for Tijuana on an own goal in the 24th minute But luckily in the 65th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Franco di Santo.
Both Gonzalo Carneiro and Michael Estrada have been the hottest scorers for Cruz Azul in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Tijuana hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Franco di Santo and Alexis Canelo, and they each have 1 goal.