Week 6 brings us a match on Jul 31st where Pumas UNAM plays host to Monterrey in a Liga MX match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 7th placed Pumas UNAM is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Pachuca. Neither Pachuca nor Pumas UNAM could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 21 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Pumas UNAM is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while 1st placed Monterrey is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Puebla. Medina Ramirez struck first for Monterrey in the 30th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Puebla couldn’t manage to score, and Monterrey took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Monterrey should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Funes Mori has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Monterrey. D. de Oliveira Barbosa has been the most prolific scorer on Pumas UNAM in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.