Guadalajara's long-awaited home debut in the Apertura 2023 is almost here, so this Friday El Rebaño closed their preparation before facing Atlético San Luis on the second matchday of the Apertura 2023, a duel that will be evenly matched due to the good performances shown by both teams in their first match of the competition.
Chivas are coming off a 1-2 away win over León, a result that has placed the team in fifth place overall, while the Potosinos drew 1-1 with Rayados and took sixth place in the table.
Veljko Paunovic will not have Erick Gutiérrez, Alexis Vega nor Roberto Alvarado for the match against the San Luisinos. On the other hand, Gustavo Leal will have a full squad for the visit to el Chiverío.
Did you know?
- Chivas has the upper hand in the rivalry, having won 12, drawn 11 and lost 7 of the 30 meetings.
- El Rebaño has scored at least 1 goal in 4 of their last 5 home games against Los Potosinos.
- The last time Guadalajara and Atlético San Luis met, the game ended in a goalless draw.
- The first meeting between the Rebaño and the current San Luis franchise was in the Copa MX in CL19, in the round of 16; the Potosinos were in the Liga de Ascenso and the result favored the Guadalajaran side by 2-1.
- Chicote' Calderón's first goal as a red-and-white player was against the club from San Luis, in J5 of the Guard1anes 2020.
- Zahid Muñoz, Ángel Zaldívar and Dieter Villalpando are the players from the current squads who have worn both jerseys.
- Although César López did not make his debut with Chivas, he did his entire training process with el Chiverío and was registered by the Potosinos for this tournament.
- Cone', 'Chicote', JJ Macías and 'Nene' are the players from the current squad who have scored against Atlético San Luis wearing the Guadalajara jersey.
- Two of Chivas' youth players made their Liga MX debut in a match against the team from Potosí; Alejandro Organista and Deivoon Magaña did so in J1 of the Apertura 2021.
- The refereeing quartet for this match on Day 2 of the Apertura 2023 will be made up of Víctor Alfonso Cáceres as center referee, Pablo Israel Hernández as assistant 1 and Jaír de Jesús Sosa as assistant 2, while Maximiliano Quintero will be the fourth official.
