Chivas is about to face Toluca, possibly a very complicated task for El Rebaño Sagrado, because despite having lost their last game, los Diablos are a tough opponent. Let's soak up the most relevant facts about this rivalry. Here's everything you need to know ahead of the match corresponding to Matchday 12 of the Apertura 2022.
Guadalajara is coming into this match after beating Pumas 3-1 at the Akron, putting them in eighth place with 15 points. For this match, Ricardo Cadena will not be able to count on Antonio Briseño, still recovering from his injury.
Toluca, on the other hand, is coming off a 1-4 defeat against Pachuca at the Nemesio Diez, which moves them to sixth place in the overall standings with 21 points. For the match against El Rebaño, Ignacio Ambriz will not have Leo Fernández on the bench due to injury, as well as Sebastián Saucedo, having been sent off against the Tuzos.
Did you know?
- Chivas has only lost 1 of its last 13 games against Los Diablos; 4 wins and 8 draws.
- In their last 6 visits to Toluca, El Rebaño has only lost on 1 occasion.
- The biggest win in the history of the rivalry took place in the summer of 2001, when Guadalajara beat Los Choriceros 4-0.
- El Rebaño have 3 W's in a row, while the Diablos have gone 3 games without a win.
- Ricardo Cadena's men have only lost 1 of their last 10 away matches; the rest 3 wins and 6 draws.
- Ángel Zaldívar has scored 3 goals against los Escarlatas, which makes him the top scorer on the current squad against Toluca.
- The refereeing quartet for matchday 12 of the Apertura 2022 will be made up of César Arturo Ramos as center referee, Miguel Ángel Hernández as assistant 1 and Alberto Morín Méndez as assistant 2, while Salvador Pérez Villalobos will be the fourth official.
