On Sunday Jan 16th, in week 2, Cruz Azul hosts Juárez in a meeting of these two Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. Cruz Azul is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Tijuana. Carlos Rodriguez struck first for Cruz Azul in the 43rd minute, then Rafael Baca Miranda added another in the 66th minute In the end, Tijuana couldn’t muster any offence and Cruz Azul ran away with the shutout win. Cruz Azul is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while juárez is fresh off their 2-1 win against Necaxa. Diego Rolán struck first for Juárez in the 2nd minute on a feed from Gabriel Fernández, then Alex Zendejas tied it up for Necaxa in the 47th minute on a feed from Fernando González. Juárez is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 11th, Juárez hosted Cruz Azul in their last match together. Juárez won by a score of 2 to 1. Lucas Passerini scored the first goal for Cruz Azul in the 5th minute, then Pol García tied it up for Juárez in the 19th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 35th minute on a goal by Victor Gustavo Velazquez Ramos.
Diego Rolán has been the most prolific scorer on Juárez in his last 5 matches with two goals. Roberto Alvarado has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 4 goals for Cruz Azul.