Information on how to watch the Liga MX match between Cruz Azul and Tijuana, including kickoff time and roster updates.

Club Tijuana and Cruz Azul square off at Estadio Caliente on Saturday as both teams look for their first victory of the 2023 Liga MX season.

Tijuana began the current season in a similar way to how they ended Clausura last year in Liga MX, with a draw and a loss in the first two rounds.

Prior to failing to hold on for a victory in the previous gameweek’s 1-1 draw with Club Necaxa, Los Xolos were barely defeated 3-2 by Pumas in the opening gameweek. This indicates that Miguel Herrera’s team has yet to secure a victory in the 2023 Apertura, but it is not due a lack of scoring.

The hosts have scored three goals in two games, but their porous defence has let them down, allowing four goals in two gameweeks. Obviously, it is still extremely early, but it is by no means a promising sign.

Cruz Azul made the playoffs in both the Apertura and Clausura of the previous season, so it is somewhat surprising to see them having trouble early on this time around. The visitors lost to Toluca last week by a score of 2-0, and they are currently dead last in the Liga MX standings.

La Maquina has lost both of its opening two games of the season and failed to score in either of those games as well. They are just one loss away from suffering their worst Liga MX campaign opening in the previous 19 years.

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Time of the Tijuana vs. Cruz Azul game

Date: 14 July 2023

Time of kickoff: 8:10 p.m. PT/11:10 p.m. ET

Location: Estadio Caliente

On July 14, Tijuana and Cruz Azul square battle at Estadio Caliente. The game will begin at 8:10 p.m. Pacific Time (PT), or 11:10 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).

squads and team news

team news for Tijuana

With no new injury problems to deal with, Miguel Herrera is anticipated to continue playing with a 4-2-3-1 configuration, as he did in Tijuana’s first two games.

Nicolas Diaz should continue to accompany Kevin Balanta in the central defensive rearguard against Cruz Azul after suffering an injury at the halfway point of the first gameweek but recovering in time to start the following game.

The 30-year-old Paraguayan striker Carlos Gonzalez, who was a summer signing from Toluca, has been in excellent form to start this season for the Xolos, scoring in both of the team’s first two Apertura games. He will aim to continue his stellar scoring performance here.

Possible starting lineup for Club Tijuana: Gonzalez; Rivera; Madrigal; Canelo; Rodriguez; Balanta; Diaz; and Corona.

Position Players

Goalies: Corona and Diaz

Godinez, Govea, Lis. Lopez, Balanta, Barbosa, N. Diaz, R. Parra, R. Fernandez, Vega, Flores, and Montoya were the defense’s standout players.

Midfielders: Lopez, Contreras, Rivera, Olmeda, Galicia, Madrigal, Castaneda, Lertora, Martinez, Vazquez, and Leo.

Forwards: Canelo, Barbona, C. Ortiz, L. Rodrigues, Romero, C. Gonzalez

team news for Cruz Azul

Uriel Antuna and Carlos Alberto Rodriguez, who are both still representing Mexico at the Gold Cup, will not be available to Cruz Azul. Sebastian Jurado, the team’s starting custodian, was dismissed in the 39th minute and won’t be going to Tijuana.

Gudino, Escobar, Jimenez, Salcedo; Rivero, Castano, Lira, Rotondi; Tabo, Moises; Lotti might make up the Cruz Azul starting XI.

Position Players

Comparison Record

The Clausura regular season match between these two sides back in January concluded in a 1-1 tie. Cruz Azul had two victories in the last five encounters with Tijuana (D2, L1), giving them a little advantage in the head-to-head record.

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