In a mid week match in week 8, on Mon Feb 20th, Tijuana will travel to Mexico City to battle América in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, América recorded a 3-1 win against Atlético San Luis. Henry Josue Martin Mex struck first for América in the 10th minute on a feed from Jonathan Rodriguez, then in the 34th minute, Javier Guemez sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Léo Bonatini. América should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while tijuana sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Chivas. Federico Lertora scored the first goal for Tijuana in the 26th minute, but Víctor Guzmán got the equalizer for Chivas in the 39th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 90th minute on a penalty goal by Víctor Guzmán to cap off a wild match. Tijuana looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Jul 24th, Tijuana was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Lisandro López scored the first goal for Tijuana in the 9th minute on a penalty kick, then Joaquin Alberto Montecinos Naranjo added another in the 61st minute In the end, América couldn’t muster any offence and Tijuana ran away with the shutout win.
Tijuana is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Alexis Canelo and Juan Pablo Segovia each only have 1 goal in their last five. América is fortunate enough to have Martin Mex in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 8 goals.