On the 6th of August, Mazatlán will play host to Chivas in a clash of the Liga MX. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. In their last match, Mazatlán recorded a 0-2 loss against Tijuana. Carlos Vargas scored the first goal for Tijuana on an own goal in the 55th minute, then Guzman Olmedo added another in the 73rd minute In the end, Mazatlán couldn’t muster any offence and Tijuana ran away with the shutout win. Mazatlán looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while 14th placed Chivas is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Pachuca. Neither Chivas nor Pachuca could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Chivas looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Chivas won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Chivas hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are José de Jesús González and Ernesto Alexis Vega Rojas, and they each have 1 goal. Nicolás Benedetti and Gonzalo Sosa are the top scorers for Mazatlán in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.