There is a lot at stake this Saturday for Guadalajara, who will be looking to win the Clásico Tapatío at all costs to earn three points that will allow them to stay in contention for the last ticket to the Play In and, at the same time, preserve the pride of the Perla Tapatía. The match on matchday 17 of the Clausura 2025 promises many emotions, as the immediate future of the Rebaño Sagrado is at stake.
How are they doing?
- Guadalajara beat Puebla 1-0, which was enough to place them in 11th place in the table with 20 points, just one point behind Pumas, who are in tenth place overall.
- On the other hand, the Rojinegros beat Querétaro 1-2 at the last minute to reach 13th place in the standings with 17 points.
What does Guadalajara need to do to enter the Play In?
- Guadalajara must beat their city neighbors to keep their chances of advancing to the Final Phase alive, CLICK HERE to find out the Rebaño's scenarios for the last date of the CL25.
What happened in the last Clasico Tapatio at the Jalisco Stadium?
- Guadalajara had a similar mission for Matchday 17 of CL24 and they accomplished it: they beat the Zorros 1-0 with a GOAL by 'Piojo' Alvarado and secured their place in the Liguilla of that competition.
Where to watch the match?
- While the Chiva Nation will support the game from the stands, your encouragement will be very important from wherever you are. CLICK HERE to find out on which platforms you can follow the match between Chivas and Atlas live.
Last lineups
- Guadalajara: Raúl Rangel; Miguel Gómez, Gilberto Sepúlveda, Raúl Martínez, Mateo Chávez; Erick Gutiérrez, Fernando Beltrán, Hugo Camberos; Roberto Alvarado, Alan Pulido and Teun Wilke.
D.T. Gerardo Espinoza
- Atlas: Camilo Vargas; Hugo Nervo, Matheus Doria, Gaddi Aguirre; José Lozano, Carlos Orrantia, Ángel Márquez, Aldo Rocha, Gustavo del Prete; Eduardo Aguirre and Uros Durdevic.
D.T. Gonzalo Pineda
The referees
- Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández
- Assistant 1: Michel Alejandro Morales Morales
- Assistant 2: Mauricio Nieto Torres
- Fourth: Vicente Jassiel Reynoso Arce
- VAR: Jorge Abraham Camacho Peregrina
- AVAR: Michel Ricardo Espinoza Ávalos
Did you know that...?
- Guadalajara won 3 of their last 5 meetings against Atlas in Liga MX. In this streak, which began in October 2023, Chivas scored nine goals in their regional derby.
- In the last 6 times that Chivas and Zorros have faced each other on Matchday 17, the Rebaño have not lost, registering 4 wins and 2 draws.
- The Rojiblanco team has 9 consecutive away matches scoring in Liga MX, its best such streak since a run of 16 between October 2021 and August 2022.
- In the previous match against Puebla, the Rebaño managed 19 sequences of nine or more passes, its best record in the Clausura 2025 along with the match against Atlético San Luis in February.
- Against La Franja, Chivas had a pass efficiency of 89%, its highest record in the entire Clausura 2025, surpassing the 88% against Cruz Azul.
- Luis Romo is the Rojiblanco with the most passes in the opponent's box with 45, followed by Roberto Alvarado with 28.
- Érick Gutiérrez is Guadalajara's leader in the Clausura 2025 in fouls received, with 20 in total so far in the tournament.
