Guadalajara wants to close the regular phase of the Clausura 2023 in a big way and this Saturday at 5:05 p.m. will be looking to beat Necaxa at the Estadio Akron, for matchday 14 of the Liga MX, three points that would put them back in the top four places in the standings.
Chivas are coming off a 3-3 draw in the Clasico Tapatio last week, a result that has placed them in sixth place overall with 22 points, while Los Rayos were held by Santos and dropped to 13th place in the table with 13 points.
Veljko Paunovic brought back Víctor Guzmán, who served has his suspension, and confirmed that Fernando Beltrán, who was in doubt after leaving the match against Atlas due to a hard tackle to his ankle, will be available. The team coached by Andrés Lillini did not report any absentees for the match against El Rebaño Sagrado.
Did you know that...?
- Chivas defeated Los Rayos 4-0 in their most recent meeting, in J10 of AP22.
- El Rebaño Sagrado has 11 league matches scoring at least 1 goal against Necaxa.
- Guadalajara has only lost 2 of its last 24 league matches against the hydrocalidos; the rest is divided into 14 wins and 8 draws.
- Guadalajara has won 6, drawn 4 and lost just 1 of the 11 most recent meetings played in Guadalajara.
- Chivas has scored 8 goals from corner kicks, the second most effective team in the championship in this area.
- Alan Mozo is the Liga MX player with the most crosses sent in, with 59; he also has the third most defensive handballs won, with 30.
- Víctor Guzmán has scored 5 times against the Rayos in his career.
- Alejandro Mayorga, Cristian Calderón, Rubén González and Roberto Alvarado, as well as Raúl Gudiño, Josecarlos Van Rankin, Alexis Peña are the players who have worn both jerseys.
- Necaxa has won only one of its last 12 away games (4 draws and 7 losses).
- The refereeing quartet for this match on Matchday 14 of the Clausura 2023 will be made up of Brian Omar González Veles as center referee, Pablo Israel Hernández Luna as assistant 1 and Edgar Magdaleno Castrejon as assistant 2, while Martín Molina Astorga will be the fourth official; Jorge Antonio Pérez Durán and Yonatan Peinado Aguirre will be in charge of the VAR.
