Mexico vs. Honduras: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Schedule for 2015 Friendly

Mexico face Honduras on Wednesday in their final warm-up match ahead of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, with El Tri looking to pick up their first victory in seven matches.

Along with co-hosts USA, Mexico are one of the favourites for the July tournament, but their rotten run of form of late does not necessarily bode well.

Honduras narrowly lost to Brazil in their last outing, following a 2-2 draw with Paraguay and back-to-back victories over French Guiana and El Salvador.

Read on for a full preview of the clash at NRG Stadium in Houston along with scheduling and television details.

Date: Wednesday, July 1

Time: 8:30 p.m. ET, 1:30 a.m. BST

TV Info: ESPN2 (U.S. only)

Live Stream: ESPN Player

Preview

Miguel Herrera's Mexican side made a good account of themselves in last summer's World Cup in Brazil and have a fine history at the Gold Cup, having won the competition six times, more than any other side. They should easily negotiate a group that includes Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago and Cuba, but a morale-boosting victory is needed against Honduras.

Defeats to Ecuador and Brazil and draws with Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica and Peru in their last six matches—including three Copa America clashes—see some negativity surrounding the Mexican camp ahead of the Gold Cup.

Indeed, as noted by Mexican football expert Tom Marshall, they are likely to be the third-ranked side in the region at the start of the tournament:

However, they have a fresh squad ahead of the Gold Cup and showed signs of improvement against Costa Rica on Saturday, as they came back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2, with Javier Hernandez and Giovani Dos Santos the scorers.

Honduras should not pose much of a threat, sitting 52 places below Mexico in the FIFA rankings.

Herrera needs to find the right combination for his starting 11 ahead of the Gold Cup, with players like Hernandez, Dos Santos, Carlos Vela and goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa having missed out at the Copa America. 

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They have an incredibly strong attacking unit, with Oribe Peralta also an option up front, and Honduras will struggle to keep them in check.

The Hondurans have typically been a physical and hardworking team, but they do not have anything close to the quality of El Tri.

In Andy Najar and Anthony Lozano, they have players who can score goals, but Honduras are sure to set up quite defensively against Mexico.

The last time these two teams met, Mexico ran out 2-0 winners in October last year. A similar result is surely in the cards in Texas if El Tri can make their obvious quality count.

A decent performance for Mexico would give them some much-needed momentum heading into the Gold Cup after a run of poor form. However, if Mexico fall short of victory, the lesser CONCACAF sides will have hope of beating the hotly tipped Mexicans in the U.S. and Canada.

Herrera needs to get his team right, but he most certainly has the personnel to overcome Honduras and head into the Gold Cup on the up.