CIUDAD JUáREZ. León prevails over Juárez 1-0 after E. Hernandez scored just 1 goal (55′). León was much better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez stadium in Ciudad Juárez on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Óscar Mejía García who was helped by José Martínez and Mauricio Nieto Torres. The 4th official was Edgar Ulises Rangel Araújo. The weather was dust. The temperature was pleasant at 18 degrees Celsius or 64.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 27%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
León was in firm control of the ball 61% while Juárez was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Juárez was putting more pressure with 37 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, León found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Juárez shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, León shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Juárez didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, León received 1 yellow card (L. Montes).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Juárez will stay with 8 points like Guadalajara, Querétaro, Santos Laguna and Necaxa to move up in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, León will have 15 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga MX, Juárez will play away against Querétaro on the 30th of April with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Querétaro (1 draw).
León will host Toluca on the 2nd of May with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of León (7 draws).
Juárez – Formation
Juárez started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Ricardo Ferretti decided to play with the following team: Hugo Gonzalez , Ventura Alvarado , Marcos Mauro , Alejandro Arribas , José Joaquín Esquivel , Iván Ochoa , Fernando Arce Jr. , Adrián Mora , Maximiliano Silvera , Darío Lezcano and Diego Rolán .
The home team had on the bench: Francisco Contreras, Flavio Santos , Carlos Fierro, Cándido Ramírez, Martín Galván, Francisco Nevarez, Jose Garcia, Carlos Rodríguez, Fabián Castillo and Jaime Gomez .
Substitutions
Juárez made 4 changes: I. Ochoa for F. Castillo (46′), M. Silvera for F. Santos (64′), V. Alvarado for J. Gomez (64′) and D. Rolan for M. Galvan (90′).
Best player: José Joaquín Esquivel
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Juárez was José Joaquín Esquivel.
His rating is with 41 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
León – Formation
León started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Ariel Enrique Holan played with: Rodolfo Cota , Andrés Mosquera , Gary Kagelmacher , William Tesillo , Oscar Villa , José Rodríguez , Fidel Ambríz , Elías Hernández , Luis Montes , Federico Martinez and Armando León .
These were the players on the bench: Ángel Mena, Jean Meneses , Gil Burón, Bryan Romero, Jorge Díaz, Alfonso Blanco, Jaine Barreiro, Santiago Colombatto , David Ramírez and Victor Dávila .
Substitutions
León made 5 changes: A. Leon for V. Davila (46′), A. Mosquera for D. Ramirez (69′), F. Martinez for J. Meneses (70′), J. Rodriguez for S. Colombatto (70′) and L. Montes for S. Barreiro (86′).
Best player: Luis Montes
The most impressive player for León was Luis Montes even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 55 passes (85% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.