In a weekend match on Sunday Aug 14th, in week 8, Juárez will host Pachuca in a meeting of these two mismatched Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 32 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. Juárez is fresh off their 1-2 loss against América. Martin Mex struck first for América in the 60th minute on a feed from José Hernández Clemente, then Martin Mex added another in the 64th minute. Juárez looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Pachuca is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Tigres UANL. Nicolás Ibañez struck first for Pachuca in the 16th minute, then Nicolás Ibañez added another in the 60th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Tigres UANL couldn’t manage to score, and Pachuca took the shutout win. Pachuca is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Pachuca won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw. Alan Medina has been the most prolific scorer on Juárez in his last five matches with 2 goals.