It was just a couple of days ago that Guadalajara last played at the Akron Stadium, where tomorrow at 7 p.m. they will have their next test when they host Mazatlán FC, in an early match on Matchday 11 of the Apertura 2023.
How do the Rebaño and the Cañoneros look coming into the game?
- Chivas is coming off a goalless draw with Pachuca, which put them in seventh place with 14 points.
- The Mazatlecos come into the match after losing to Atlético San Luis 3-2, a result that has dropped them to 16th place with 7 points.
Are there any absentees?
- Veljko Paunovic will not have Carlos Cisneros, José Juan Macías and Oscar Whalley, who are still recovering.
- Meanwhile, Ismael Rescalvo has a full squad for the match against Chivas.
Who will be the referees and who will be using the VAR?
- The refereeing quartet for this game on Matchday 11 of the Apertura 2023 will be made up of Edgar Allan Morales as center referee, Michel Morales as assistant 1 and Sandra Ramírez as assistant 2, while Maximiliano Quintero will be the fourth official. Daniel Quintero Huitron and Christian Kiabek Espinosa Zavala will be in charge of the VAR.
Did you know?
- Chivas has a perfect record against Mazatlán in the Perla Tapatía, having won all 5 matches played (official and friendly).
- In the most recent meeting at the Akron, Chivas defeated the Sinaloans 4-1 on Matchday 17 of CL23.
- When considering the GNP Cup and SKY Cup matches, el Chiverío has scored 13 goals against the Mazatlecos and has allowed only 3 on Guadalajara soil.
- In the 6 matches played between the two teams in Liga MX, Chivas has kept a clean sheet on 2 occasions.
- El Rebaño averages 55.6% ball possession in their home games. Whenever they accumulated more possession in the Apertura 2023, they scored points.
- Chivas has only been behind on the scoreboard against Rayados in the games it has played at the Akron in the AP23.
- Guadalajara is the team that has received the fewest fouls so far in the tournament (85).
- The 2 highest score boards in the history of the rivalry were scored at the Akron. The first was on Matchday 1 of CL22 where Chivas won 3-0 and the second was last semester's 4-1 win in favor of the Red-and-Whites.
- Only 5 goalkeepers have saved a penalty so far in the AP23 and one of them is Miguel Jiménez.
- Roberto Alvarado averages 2.5 completed dribbles per game. He is the third best Mexican in this category.
- Eduardo Torres scored his first goal with the Chivas jersey at the Akron against Mazatlán.
- Veljko Paunovic has faced Mazatlan FC twice and won both matches (1-0 in Copa Sky and 4-1 in CL23).
- Luis Olivas, José Madueña, Sergio Flores, Néstor Vidrio and Ricardo Marín are the players from the current squads who have worn both jerseys.
