In this week 4 match on the 30th of January, Pachuca will host Necaxa in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, a perfect day for football. 2nd placed Pachuca is fresh off their 4-1 win against Juárez. Alejandro Arribas scored the first goal for Pachuca on an own goal in the 28th minute, then Lezcano tied it up for Juárez in the 47th minute on a feed from Maximiliano Olivera. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Pachuca should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Necaxa recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Cruz Azul. Edgar Méndez struck first for Necaxa in the 14th minute on a feed from Juan Pablo Segovia, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Cruz Azul couldn’t manage to score, and Necaxa took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
Necaxa and Pachuca last played eachother at the Estadio Victoria De Aguascalientes on the 28th of July. Necaxa was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Bryan Garnica struck first for Necaxa in the 34th minute, then Milton Giménez added another in the 48th minute on a feed from Fabricio Formiliano In the end, Pachuca couldn’t muster any offence and Necaxa ran away with the shutout win.
Necaxa is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Ángelo Araos and Ricardo Monreal Morales each only have 1 goal in their last five. Javier López has been the most prolific scorer on Pachuca in the last five matches with 3 goals.