In addition to all the flavor that the Clásico Tapatío brings of itself, Guadalajara is on a mission to win this Saturday's match against its city neighbor for 2 important reasons. The first of these is to stay in direct playoff positions and the second is to add to the tremendous streak they have been on when playing at the Akron Stadium.
After the 1-1 draw against Rayados, Chivas reached 10 matches unbeaten at the Fortaleza Rojiblanca and is within striking distance of equaling a historic mark for the club, since in the event of winning or drawing in the derby, the Rebaño Sagrado will equal the mark set in 2017, in the very competition in which the team won the title.
In order to measure the outstanding work carried out by Guadalajara under Fernando Gago, it is worth mentioning that they have now gone 7 months without defeat at home, which has been combined with the outstanding defensive work carried out by the team at the Akron, as in the last 8 home matches they kept a clean sheet on 7 occasions and only allowed 1 goal.
