The Clausura 2023 Liguilla is just around the corner, but before that, Chivas will be facing a crucial match against Mazatlán this Saturday night at the Akron Stadium in the last match of the season. They need to win in order to avoid the reclassification phase and go straight to the Quarterfinals, as well as keeping alive their aspirations of improving their position in the league standings.
Guadalajara are coming into this match after beating Cruz Azul 2-1, a result that has placed them in third place in the table with 31 points. Veljko Paunovic has his entire squad available for this match.
Mazatlán FC, on the other hand, are coming off a 2-0 loss to Rayados and remain at the bottom of the league standings with just 7 points. Rubén Omar Romano will also be able to count on having his entire squad to face the Rebaño Sagrado.
Did you know?
- This will be the fifth time that Chivas and Mazatlán have faced each other in La Perla Tapatía, where Guadalajara has a perfect record against the Sinaloans.
- El Rebaño has accumulated 266 minutes without conceding a goal against the Mazatlecos at home (the last goal was scored by Nicolás Díaz in Guard1anes 2020).
- The last time they met was in the Sky Cup, prior to the CL23; on that night, the red and white team won by the minimum difference.
- Guadalajara is unbeaten in its last 4 games, having won 3 and drawn 1.
- Los Rojiblancos lost only 1 of their last 6 home games.
- Los Cañoneros have won only 1 of their last 12 away games; the rest is divided into 4 draws and 7 defeats.
- The biggest win in the history of the rivalry belongs to Guadalajara, who defeated the Sinaloans 3-0 in CL22.
- Eduardo Torres scored his first goal in the maximum circuit against the Cañoneros.
- Marco Fabián, Oswaldo Alanís and Néstor Vidrio are the players from Mazatlán who have worn the Rebaño jersey.
- The refereeing quartet for this match on matchday 17 of the Clausura 2023 will be made up of Oscar Mejía García as center referee, Alberto Morin Méndez as assistant 1 and Jesús Soto as assistant 2, while Miguel Anaya will be the fourth official.
