September 22, 2021 was the last time Javier Aguirre’s squad won a regular season match. It was last season’s Round 11, where Monterrey played host to a hot Toluca bunch up until that point. The match ended 2-0 thanks to goals from Jesús Gallardo and Rogelio Funes Mori. With that victory, Rayados were winners of three straight and had just pushed their record to 5W, 5D, 1L (20 points), earning them a top-4 position with only six games left to play. Not to mention, they were just coming off a 1-4 road thrashing of Cruz Azul in the CCL semi-finals in the days prior as well.