In this week 6 match on Feb 12th, Toluca hosts Cruz Azul in a meeting of these two closely matched Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which is great football weather. Toluca is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Monterrey. Arturo Alfonso Gonzalez Gonzalez struck first for Monterrey in the 17th minute, then Arturo Alfonso Gonzalez Gonzalez added another in the 31st minute. Toluca is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Cruz Azul recorded a 0-1 loss against Tigres UANL. Guido Pizarro scored the first goal for Tigres UANL in the 41st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Cruz Azul couldn’t manage to score, and Tigres UANL took the shutout win. Cruz Azul is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Cruz Azul and Toluca last played eachother at the Estadio Azteca on Sun Aug 14th. Toluca took the match by a score of 3 to 2. Ramiro Funes Mori scored the first goal for Cruz Azul in the 18th minute, then in the 30th minute, Leonardo Fernández sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jean Meneses Finally they completed the comback victory in the 95th minute on a penalty goal by Camilo Sanvezzo to cap off a wild match.
Cruz Azul is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Carlos Rodriguez and Germán Berterame each only have 1 goal in their last five. Carlos González has been the most prolific scorer on Toluca in the last 5 matches with two goals.