The excitement ahead of Guadalajara's return to Liga MX activity is palpable among the Red-and-White Nation, the Rebaño will have the opportunity to extend their perfect run and maintain their overall super-leadership of the Apertura 2023, although the mission doesn't look easy, they will face the Bravos de Juárez, a team that likewise hasn't lost in the first three matches of the competition.
How do both teams fare on Matchday 4?
- Chivas is at the top of the standings with 9 points, after beating León, Atlético San Luis and Necaxa.
- Bravos is in third place overall with 7 points, after 1 draw with Tigres and a pair of wins over América and Toluca.
What's new for Guadalajara and FC Juárez?
- Veljko Paunovic won’t be able to count on having Cristian Calderón, Carlos Cisneros and José Juan Macías, who continue with their respective recovery processes.
- Another point to consider is the possible debut of Erick Gutiérrez in Liga MX with Guadalajara.
- FC Juárez has a full squad to receive the visit of the Rebaño Sagrado.
- In addition, after their participation in the Leagues Cup, the Team from the Border recently announced the incorporation of Christian Oliva and Moisés Mosquera.
Did you know?
- Chivas has not lost in Ciudad Juárez for 7 years, having won in their last 5 visits.
- Should they beat the Bravos, Guadalajara would have their best start to the tournament since the 2010 Bicentennial Tournament.
- The biggest win in the history of the rivalry favors the Rebaño, which defeated the Bravos 4-2 in the MX Cup in the AP17.
- This will be the fourth time they have met on Matchday 4; of the 3 previous meetings, Chivas has won 2 and lost 1.
- El Rebaño has lost only 1 of its last 6 away matches; the rest are divided into 3 wins and 2 draws.
- Chivas and Bravos are the best offenses in AP23 with 7 goals each.
- Guadalajara is the most effective team in front of goal with 25%.
- Juárez and Guadalajara are the teams with the most goals from outside the box with 2 each.
- Going back to the Apertura 2019, the tournament in which Juárez entered the Mexican maximum circuit, Guadalajara achieved five wins against this opponent in the League, being the second team that has beaten them the most times in this period (the same as Pumas, Atlas and Tijuana).
- Gilberto Sepúlveda has played a total of 595 minutes against Juárez in Liga Mx (including added time), more than any other Chivas player in the maximum circuit.
- Antonio Briseño, Alfredo Talavera, Diego Campillo, Sebastián Pérez Bouquet and Santiago Ormeño are the players from the current squads who have worn both jerseys.
- The refereeing quartet for Day 4 of the Apertura 2023 will be made up of Fernando Hernández Gómez as center referee, Jorge Antonio Sánchez Espinoza as assistant 1 and Mario Alberto Ramírez Sánchez as assistant 2, while Yonatan Peinado Aguirre will be the fourth official; Brian Omar González Veles and Jessica Fernanda Morales Morales will be in charge of the VAR.
