In a weekend match on Sun Aug 14th, in week 8, Toluca will travel to Mexico City to battle Cruz Azul in a Liga MX match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. Cruz Azul sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-4 loss against Santos Laguna. Javier Correa scored the first goal for Santos Laguna in the 18th minute, then Hugo Isaac Rodriguez De La O added another in the 48th minute on a feed from Juan Brunetta In the end, Cruz Azul couldn’t muster any offence and Santos Laguna ran away with the shutout win. Cruz Azul is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Toluca recorded a 3-1 win against Tijuana. Edgar Ivan Lopez Rodriguez scored the first goal for Tijuana in the 23rd minute, then Carlos González got the equalizer for Toluca in the 34th minute on a feed from Leonardo Fernández Finally they completed the comback in the 49th minute on a goal by Jean Meneses to cap off a wild match. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Toluca should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Cruz Azul won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Jean Meneses has been the most prolific scorer on Toluca in his last 5 matches with 2 goals. Santiago Giménez has been the most prolific scorer on Cruz Azul in his last 5 matches with three goals.