On Aug 22nd, Pachuca hosts León at Estadio Hidalgo in a clash of these two closely matched 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. Pachuca is fresh off their 0-3 loss against América. Alex Zendejas struck first for América in the 34th minute, then Jonathan Rodriguez added another in the 49th minute on a feed from Diego Valdés In the end, Pachuca couldn’t muster any offence and América ran away with the shutout win. Pachuca is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 12th placed León, recorded a 0-3 loss against Mazatlán. Jaine Barreiro scored the first goal for Mazatlán on an own goal in the 5th minute, then Nicolás Benedetti added another in the 8th minute In the end, León was frustrated by Mazatlán’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Mazatlán ended the match with the shutout victory. León is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Mena Delgado and Rodriguez del Portal are the top scorers for León in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.