We are in the final stretch of the Apertura 2024 and Guadalajara have 3 finals ahead of them, which they must win if they want to qualify directly for the Final Phase. The first of these will be this Saturday at the Akron Stadium, where they will host Pumas for Matchday 15, so here we will tell you everything you need to know about this match.
How are they coming into the match?
- At the moment, Chivas is in eighth place in the general table with 21 points, 4 points away from the direct qualification zone. The Rebaño have an obligation to win, as they will once again have to make their home advantage count against the Universitarios.
- Pumas is in sixth place with 24 points. This means that if Guadalajara (+8) manages to beat the auriazules (+5), they would overtake them in the table thanks to their better goal difference.
What happened the last time they met?
- It was on Matchday 8 of the Clausura 2024 when Chiverío hosted the Universitarios at Estadio Akron and that night, the Rojiblancos won 3-1 thanks to goals from Cade Cowell, Antonio Briseño and Víctor Guzmán.
Latest lineups:
Chivas: Raúl Rangel, Alan Mozo, José Castillo, Gilberto Chiquete, Mateo Chávez, Rubén González, Fernando Beltrán, Víctor Guzmán, Yael Padilla, Cade Cowell, Ricardo Marín.
Pumas: Gil Alcalá, Pablo Bennevendo, Rubén Duarte, Nathanael Da Silva, Robert Ergas, José Caicedo, César Huerta, Ulíses Rivas, Piero Quispe, Ángel Rico, Guillermo Martínez.
Who are the Rebaño's call-ups to face the Felinos?
- If you want to know the list of eligible players for Matchday 15, CLICK HERE and find out all the news.
The refereeing corps
- Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava
- Assistant 1: Karen Díaz
- Assistant 2: Michel Caballero
- Fourth official: Alfredo García
Did you know?
- Chivas has won 6 home matches against Pumas.
- The Rojiblanco's dominance against the Felinos is such that, of the 33 matches they have played in the Perla Tapatía throughout the history of short tournaments, Guadalajara has won 17, drawn 15 and lost just once.
- After the 3-1 victory in J8 of the previous tournament, Pumas became the first team that Chivas beat on 10 occasions at the Akron.
- El Rebaño Sagrado lost just 1 of its last 48 home games against Los Felinos in Liga MX. In this span, Los Tapatíos have won 23 games and drawn 24.
- Guadalajara comes into this match with a good home record, having lost only once in their last 12 games. The rest of the record is divided into 7 wins and 4 draws. In addition, in 8 of those games they have kept a clean sheet.
- Chivas is so far the fourth best offensive team in the Apertura 2024 with 22 goals scored.
- Cade Cowell is the Guadalajara player with the most shots in the tournament, with 23.
- Raúl Rangel has the second best record in goals prevented in the Apertura 2024 (1.77). El Tala' has allowed 14 goals in 15 games.
- Fernando Beltrán is the Rebaño player who initiated the most sequences that ended in shots during the tournament, with 64. 7 of these ended in goals.
- Gilberto Sepúlveda averages 7.4 line-breaking passes per game.
- Alan Mozo, César Huerta and Guillermo Martínez are the players from the current squads who have worn both jerseys.
