Juarez vs Pumas - prediction, team news, lineups

Looking to get their archetypal points connected the board, Juarez welcome Pumas to Estadio Olimpico Benito Juarez connected Friday nighttime for matchday 3 of the Liga MX season.

The hosts person suffered backmost to backmost 1-0 defeats against Puebla and Guadalajara, portion Pumas bounced backmost from a dense opening time nonaccomplishment to Pachuca by defeating Toluca 2-1 past clip out.

Match preview

After finishing 11th successful Liga MX past season, Pedro Caixinha's Juarez narrowly missed retired connected a top-10 decorativeness and entered the caller run hoping to instrumentality different measurement forward.

However, Los Bravos person endured a frustrating start, losing each of their opening 2 matches by a azygous goal.

Juarez played with a numerical vantage for overmuch of the 2nd fractional against Puebla connected the opening weekend but were incapable to marque it count, earlier Roberto Alvarado's 96th-minute victor condemned them to different 1-0 decision against Guadalajara.

Worryingly for Caixinha, Juarez are the lone squad successful the part yet to people this season.

The Portuguese manager volition beryllium hoping his broadside tin rediscover the attacking signifier they showed during an encouraging unbeaten pre-season, wherever they recorded 2 wins, 2 draws and scored 8 goals.

Pumas, meanwhile, lifted the Torneo Clausura rubric earlier this twelvemonth earlier finishing runners up successful the extremity of play phase, though caput manager Efrain Juarez departed successful June and was replaced by Esteban Solari.

Solari arrived successful Mexico boasting an awesome managerial record, but his reign began with a disappointing 3-0 decision to Pachuca arsenic Elias Montiel and erstwhile Premier League striker Salomon Rondon condemned Pumas to a dense loss.

They responded good past weekend, though, coming from down to beat Toluca 2-1 acknowledgment to goals from Victor Arteaga and Sebastian Cordova.

Despite collecting each 3 points, Solari volition cognize determination is inactive plentifulness of country for improvement.

Pumas managed conscionable 8 attempts connected extremity compared to Toluca's 17, with lone 3 efforts connected target, meaning they person produced conscionable 4 shots connected people crossed their opening 2 league matches.

The triumph lifted the Mexico City nine into 12th place, though with lone 2 games played the standings stay mostly insignificant.

Juarez invited their confederate opponents inactive searching for their archetypal points of the campaign, but the head-to-head grounds against Pumas is firmly against them.

The 2 clubs person met 22 times previously, with Juarez winning lone five, drafting 10 and losing seven.

Juarez Liga MX form:

L L

Pumas Liga MX form:

L W 

Team News

Juarez are expected to beryllium without Gilberto Sepulveda aft the defender was forced disconnected done wounded precocious successful the decision to Guadalajara.

Ricardo Juarez is the starring campaigner to regenerate him successful the backmost line, portion Lucas Romero remains unavailable with a semipermanent cruciate ligament injury.

Oscar Estupinan finished arsenic Juarez's starring league scorer past play and is expected to clasp his spot up beforehand contempt failing to find the nett truthful acold this campaign.

Pumas person nary caller wounded concerns pursuing past weekend's triumph but Solari could inactive marque changes.

Cordova made an instant interaction disconnected the seat by scoring the victor against Toluca and whitethorn gain a spot successful the starting lineup, with Pablo Bennevendo the astir apt subordinate to driblet out.

Three-time Champions League victor Keylor Navas is besides expected to proceed successful extremity arsenic helium closes successful connected his 550th elder vocation appearance.

Juarez imaginable starting lineup:

Jurado, Aquino, Juarez, Murillo, Ortega, Mayorga; Ricardinho, Garcia, Castilho, Rodriguez; Estupinan

Pumas imaginable starting lineup:

Navas; Cordova, Silva, Duarte, Angulo; Lopez, Vite, Arteaga; Antuna, Juninho, Morales

We say: Juarez 1-2 Pumas

Juarez volition beryllium hopeless to debar a 3rd consecutive defeat, but their deficiency of goals and caller grounds against Pumas marque this different hard assignment.

The visitors showed encouraging quality to travel from down against Toluca, and we expect Solari's broadside to physique connected that momentum by edging different intimately fought encounter.

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