After last weekend's painful defeat, Guadalajara is not looking for who did it to them, but rather who will pay for it, and that is why they will go all out in search of a win against Rayados this Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Akron Stadium, as part of Matchday 7 of the Apertura 2023.
How do they look coming into this match?
- Chivas is coming off a 2-1 loss to Santos Laguna, which put them in second place overall with 13 points.
- Monterrey lost to Toluca by the minimum difference, a result that has left them in tenth place with 7 points.
Are there any absentees?
- Veljko Paunovic will not be able to count on Alexis Vega, who must serve his suspension after being sent off the previous match; Carlos Cisneros and José Juan Macías continue with their respective recovery processes.
- Fernando Ortiz will not be able to count on having Germán Berterame and Rodrigo Aguirre, who are recovering from their respective injuries.
Did you know that...?
- Guadalajara has won 5, drawn 3 and lost only 2 of its last 10 games against Monterrey.
- Chivas has kept a clean sheet in 3 of the last 4 games against Rayados.
- Guadalajara is the team that records the most minutes with a goal advantage during the AP23 (261).
- Chivas has not tied at the Akron in its last 12 league games, with 9 wins and 3 losses; in that span, the Rebaño has kept a clean sheet on 5 occasions.
- Los Rayados are coming off back-to-back losses to Cruz Azul and Toluca.
- The Albiazules have accumulated 201 minutes without being able to score against the red and white team. The last time was in Matchday 12 of CL22 (13 April 2022).
- El Chiverío is the third best defense in AP23 with only 5 goals conceded.
- The last time Veljko Paunovic and Fernando Ortiz, current Monterrey coach, faced each other in the dugouts was in the CL23 Semifinals. At that time, the 'Tano' was in charge of América, who were eliminated by the Rebaño.
- The refereeing quartet for this match on Matchday 7 of the Apertura 2023 will be made up of Oscar Macías Romo as center referee, Manuel Martínez as assistant 1 and Jaime González as assistant 2, while Héctor Solorio will be the fourth official. Erick Yair Miranda and Salvador Pérez Villalobos will be in charge of the VAR.
