The games between Guadalajara and Monterrey always have a special flavor, regardless of their current soccer moment, we are used to good exhibitions and we are sure that this Sunday's match at the Akron Stadium, on Matchday 7 of the Apertura 2023, will be no exception.
And over the years, this match has provided us with a great many curiosities and here are just a few of them:
- The first Liga MX match that Veljko Paunovic coached was against Rayados. On that day, Chivas won 0-1 in Matchday of CL23.
- Víctor Guzmán made his debut with the Rebaño jersey in Liga MX against Los Regios. He also made his debut in Matchday 1 of CL23 when he came on as a substitute for Pavel Pérez in the 80th minute.
- The first time the Rebaño Sagrado received La Pandilla was in the 1945-46 campaign at Parque Oblatos and beat the Regios 9-2, thanks to a hat-trick by Max Prieto, braces by José Morales and Javier de la Torre, plus a goal by Luis Vázquez and another by Diego Martínez.
- Tomás Balcázar's last goal for Chivas in the league was against Rayados in the first round of the 1956-57 season, a match that ended in a 4-0 win for the Guadalajara team.
- Javier 'Cabo' Valdivia debuted with Guadalajara with a brace against Monterrey on Day 1 of the 1960-61 campaign.
- Alberto Guerra's first match as coach of the Rebaño Sagrado was against La Pandilla in the 1982-83 season, which ended in a goalless draw.
- On Matchday 17 of the Mexico 86 Tournament at the Jalisco Stadium, Chivas and Rayados were involved in a monumental brawl, which resulted in Brazilian midfielder Reynaldo Güeldini being sent off as goalkeeper due to the expulsion of Jesús Contreras.
- Paulo César Chávez scored his first goal in the First Division against the Sultana del Norte, in the second round of the 1993-94 campaign, and such was the happiness of the 'Tilón' that he did not know how to celebrate; the match ended 1-0.
- The only goal scored by Álvaro Ortíz, who only played 46 minutes in the League with Guadalajara in two tournaments, as a red-and-white player, was against the Monterrey-based team in Winter 99, giving Chivas a 2-1 victory.
- Gustavo Nápoles ended up as goalkeeper in the match against the Blue and Whites in Winter 2000 at the Tec, after Oswaldo Sánchez was sent off. It was the first time that the 'Gusano' was in goal, as he was in goal against Pumas in the Verano 2002.
- On the last day of Verano 2001, Chivas played against Rayados at the Estadio Tres de Marzo and won 2-0.
- The match against Monterrey on Day 8 of the 2014 Apertura was stopped due to heavy rains in the Sultana del Norte, which caused a serious injury to Hiram Mier, who at the time was playing for La Pandilla; referee Miguel Ángel Ayala ended the game at the 12th minute when they were tied 0-0. The remaining time was played a couple of months later and the match ended with a 1-0 local victory.
