After a complicated couple of weeks, Guadalajara urgently needs to get back to winning ways and will be looking to beat the Tuzos at any cost this Saturday night at the Akron Stadium, in Matchday 9 of the Apertura 2023.
How are they coming?
- Chivas is coming off a loss against América, a result that placed the Rebaño in sixth place with 11 points.
- Pachuca will be coming into this match after beating Santos 3-2, which moved them up to 12th place in the table with 9 points.
Are there any absentees?
- Carlos Cisneros, José Juan Macías and Óscar Whalley continue with their respective rehabilitation processes.
- Guillermo Almada has a full squad to face El Rebaño Sagrado.
The referees
- The refereeing quartet for this match on Matchday 9 of the Apertura 2023 will be made up of César Arturo Ramos as center referee, Mauricio Nieto as assistant 1 and Michel Caballero as assistant 2, while Enrique Ramírez will be the fourth official. The VAR officials will be Jesús Rafael López Valle and Edgar Magdaleno Castrejón.
Did you know?
- Los Tuzos have gone 270 minutes without scoring a goal against Chivas at the Akron Stadium. The last time was on Matchday 11 of the AP19.
- The last time the Tuzos and Hidalgo met was in J6 of CL23 and ended in a 1-1 draw.
- Chivas has not drawn in its last 13 home matches; the record is 9 wins and 4 defeats.
- The last 4 Liga MX regular phase occasions in which Guadalajara took a lead at halftime, they ended up winning the match.
- The record of the rivalry in the history of the short tournaments is quite even, as they have played each other 55 times and Chivas has won 19, drawn 16 and lost 20.
- Guadalajara is the third best home team in the tournament, taking 9 points from a possible 12 playing at the Akron.
- Pachuca is the worst-scoring defense so far in the Apertura 2023, having conceded 16 goals.
- The Hidalguenses have not won on the road this season (2 defeats and 2 draws).
- In addition, the Blue and Whites have scored the fewest goals (2) and conceded the most away goals (11).
- Erik Gutiérrez, Víctor Guzmán, Roberto Alvarado and Javier Eduardo López are the players from the current squads who have worn both jerseys.
