In a weekend match on Sunday Jul 10th, in week 2, Monterrey and América will play a match in Doha in a Liga MX match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. In their last match, Monterrey recorded a 3-4 loss against Santos Laguna. Funes Mori scored the first goal for Monterrey in the 17th minute, then Rodrigo Aguirre added another in the 21st minute on a feed from Gonzalez Gonzalez Finally they completed the comback victory in the 91st minute on a penalty goal by Brian Avelino Lozano Aparicio to cap off a wild match. Monterrey looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while in their last match, América recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Atlas. Neither América nor Atlas could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 17 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. América looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Monterrey won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
América’s most prolific scorer has been Diego Valdés. The midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Both Vincent Janssen and Rogelio Gabriel Funes Mori have been the hottest scorers for Monterrey in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.