Chivas are now in control of their own destiny and as long as the mathematics allow it, they will continue to fight to clarify in the top four, hence the importance of extending their good pace and looking for one more win this Saturday at 9:05 pm when they face Puebla at the Akron, on matchday 14 of the Apertura 2022.
El Rebaño Sagrado is coming off a pair of difficult away games; they drew 0-0 with Toluca at the Nemesio Diez stadium and brought back a 1-2 W against Xolos at the Estadio Caliente, results that have helped keep them in seventh place overall with 19 points. La Franja, meanwhile, drew 1-1 with Querétaro and 2-2 with Pachuca, placing them in 9th place in the table with 16 points.
Ricardo Cadena will not be able to count on 'Nene' Beltrán, suspended for an accumulation of yellow cards, while Nicolás Larcamón will continue to not be able to count on having Fernando Aristeguieta, who continues in recovery from a cruciate ligament injury.
Did you know that...?
- Guadalajara's most recent W against Puebla was in J2 of AP21, when they brought back a 0-2 W from the Cuauhtémoc.
- Chivas scored at least 1 goal against La Franja in their last 4 matches (7 goals in total).
- El Rebaño Sagrado has remained unbeaten in the last 6 matches (4G and 2E).
- Chivas have the best defense in the league in the AP22: Only 9 goals conceded in 13 matches.
- El Chiverío will be looking to break a 5-year winless streak against Puebla at the Akron; the last time they beat them at home was in J13 of CL17.
- Alexis Vega and Miguel Ponce scored in the most recent match against Puebla at the Akron (J7 CL22).
- Alexis is the Liga leader in successful offensive 1v1's with 27 and the Mexican player with the most shots on goal with 32.
- 'Chiquete' Orozco (J2 AP21), 'Checo' Flores (J1 G21), 'Lalo' Torres (J3 G20) and 'Charal' Cisneros (J7 CL13) made their Liga MX debuts in a duel against La Franja.
- Chivas has not lost the last 5 matches since the return of Sergio Flores to the first team; 4 W's and 1 Draw
- Puebla is coming into this match with 8 consecutive draws.
- Los Camoteros have scored and conceded at least 1 goal in their last 7 matches.
- La Franja has had 6 away games without a win, having drawn 5 and lost 1.
- The refereeing quartet for this match on matchday 14 of the Apertura 2022 will be made up of Daniel Quintero Huitrón as center referee, Ricardo Espinoza Ávalos as assistant 1 and Jonathan Maximiliano Gómez as assistant 2, while Maximiliano Quintero Hernández will be the fourth official; Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán and Katia Itzel García Mendoza will be in charge of the VAR.
¡Un nuevo reto y quiero que acompañes al Rebaño el sábado en el @EstadioAKRON!
— CHIVAS (@Chivas) September 9, 2022
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