Necaxa opened Jornada 14 of Liga MX by hosting FC Juárez on Friday, October 23, 2026, in a match that began at 19:00 hrs at Estadio Victoria. It was the first game of the round, and it brought together two teams that arrived with the same problem: four matches without a victory.
The reason this one drew attention is simple. Necaxa had 9 points going in, while FC Juárez had 4, so the table already separated them even before kickoff. Juárez also stayed last overall no matter what happened, which made the visit more about damage control than a climb out of the basement.
That setup gave Friday’s match a different weight from the rest of the schedule. On the same day, Atlante played Atlético San Luis, but Necaxa vs. Juárez was the one that opened the weekend and set the tone for Jornada 14. For both clubs, the math was unforgiving: four winless matches usually means a run that began with a draw or loss stretch, and the gap in points showed how quickly those results had pushed Juárez down and left Necaxa stuck behind the pack.
The rest of the round only sharpened the contrast. On Saturday, León met Toluca, Monterrey played Chivas and Pumas faced Tigres. On Sunday, Atlas took on Puebla, América met Pachuca, Querétaro played Cruz Azul and Santos faced Tijuana. Before their own meeting, Toluca had 21 points and León had 22, while América led Liga MX and was chasing a third straight win against Pachuca, which sat in 16th place with 13 points.
There was also a separate note around the league that gave the weekend extra visibility: Guillermo Ochoa was scheduled to be honored by Club América. But for Necaxa and FC Juárez, the focus stayed narrow and immediate. The result in Aguascalientes could not lift Juárez out of the bottom spot, and it was a test of whether Necaxa could turn home field into something more than another night in a winless stretch.
What comes next is already fixed by the calendar. Once Friday’s opener was out of the way, the league moved into the heavier Saturday and Sunday slate, with the table pressure only rising for clubs still chasing points. For Juárez, the next checkpoint was not rescue; it was survival. For Necaxa, it was whether 9 points and home advantage could finally interrupt the slide.
