Chivas Guadalajara, leaders in the standings with a perfect record, will host eighth-placed América this Saturday in the Mexican soccer derby, the most promising duel of the sixth round of the Clausura tournament.
With five wins in five appearances, Argentine coach Gabriel Milito’s Chivas are off to a blistering start, with the league’s best offense, boasting a frequency of two goals scored per game and a defense with less than one goal conceded every 90 minutes.
Guadalajara defends its undefeated record
At home , Guadalajara will insist on remaining perfect against an América with ups and downs, which has the second poorest attack of the campaign, three goals, seven less than its rival.
Confident of improving its offense, América this week added Brazilian midfielders Raphael Veiga and Vinicius Lima.
Coach André Jardine is confident that the team will start to grow and that the derby is the ideal moment to start doing so.
While they will be looking to attack in order to take all three points and make a statement, the Eagles will have to remain organized.
This was against an opponent in a great moment, with scorer Armando González second in the scoring charts with four goals, one less than San Luis’ Italian Joao Pedro, the leading scorer.
Day six kicks off with key duels
Matchday six of the championship will begin today when champions Toluca, in sixth place, will host tenth-placed Xolos de Tijuana.
Puebla, in thirteenth place, will play Pumas UNAM, in fifth place.
On Saturday, Monterrey, led by Spaniard Sergio Canales, will host León.
San Luis, led by striker Joao Pedro, to Querétaro, Pachuca, led by Venezuelan striker Salomón Rondón, to Atlas, led by Colombian goalkeeper Camilo Vargas, and Juárez FC to Necaxa.
Guadalajara will lok to remain perfect
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A duel of high expectations is scheduled for Sunday:
Tigres UANL, led by Argentine world champion Ángel Correa, second in the standings, will visit Cruz Azul, led by Uruguayan striker Gabriel Fernández, third in the standings.
Both teams have scored nine goals, but Tigres has conceded only four, two less than the light-blue team, who will have home advantage.
Santos Laguna-Mazatlan, the two worst teams in the tournament, will close the day.
Matches of the sixth day of the Mexican Clausura soccer season
Friday, February 13: Puebla-Pumas UNAM and Toluca-Tijuana.
Saturday, February 14: San Luis-Queretaro, Pachuca-Atlas, Monterrey-León, Juárez FC-Necaxa and Guadalajara-América.
Sunday, 02/15: Cruz Azul-Tigres UANL and Santos Laguna-Mazatlan.
With information from EFE
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