Guadalajara is already in Monterrey, ready to face one of the leaders of the Clausura 2023. That's right, the Rebaño Sagrado will face Tigres this Saturday at the Estadio Universitario, in a match corresponding to Matchday 9, and we'll share everything you need to know about the match.
Chivas arrives at this match after beating Pumas 1-2 at Ciudad Universitaria, which has placed them in sixth place overall with 15 points. For this match, Veljko Paunovic will be using the same players who traveled to Mexico City on the previous matchday.
Tigres, for their part, have just beaten Atlas by the slimmest of margins, which brought their total to 18 points and put them in second place overall in the competition. For the match against the Rebaño, 'Chima' Ruiz will not have Igor Lichnovsky, who is suspended, while André Pierre Gignac is still in doubt due to injury.
Did you know...?
- Chivas is the best away team in the tournament with 11 out of 15 points away from home.
- Chivas will be looking to win its 2 games in Monterrey for the first time in the history of short tournaments (it is not common to face Tigres and Rayados in the Sultana del Norte in the same tournament).
- The Rebaño has gone 5 games without losing.
- Guadalajara has not lost in its last 6 away games with 3 wins and 3 draws.
- Tigres has won 5 and drawn 3 of its last 8 games.
- Chivas have scored at least 1 goal in 24 of their last 26 away games.
- Chivas is the third best defense so far in the Clausura 2023.
- Tigres is the best defense in the tournament with 4 goals conceded.
- El Rebaño Sagrado is the team with the fewest cards in the tournament, having received only 7 yellow cards and 1 red card.
- The most goals in the history of the rivalry belong to Guadalajara, who beat Tigres 4-0 on 2 occasions.
- Antonio Briseño is the only player from the current squad to have worn both jerseys.
- The refereeing quartet for Matchday 9 of the Clausura 2023 will be made up of Daniel Quintero as center referee, Jorge Antonio Sánchez as assistant referee 1 and Fernanda Morales as assistant referee 2, while Martín Molina will be the fourth official.
