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Who are the players competing for the Apertura 2023 scoring title in Liga MX?

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By Manuel Acevedo

06 Nov 2023, 23:35 PM EST

The 2023 Apertura tournament of the MX League It has had a lot of emotions and with only one date remaining to find out which teams finished sealing their classification to the league, we must also finish knowing the new top scorer of the Mexican championship.

In the last championship, Henry Martín was the top scorer of the championship with 14 goals scored in 17 games played, a quantity that will not be equaled on this occasion.

The last day of the opening tournament will be played between October 10 and 12, In addition, on November 8, the match between Rayados del Monterrey and Santos Laguna will be played.

The scorers of the opening tournament are:

  • Harold Preciado (Santos): 11 goals
  • André-Pierre Gignac (Tigres): 9 goals
  • Carlos González (Xolos): 9 goals
  • Ángel Sepúlveda (Cruz Azul): 9 goals
  • César Huerta (Pumas): 8 goals

This has been one of the tournaments in which there is no clear winner of this award, despite the fact that Preciado has a significant advantage, but as always the Liga MX gives surprises on its last date of the championship.

César Huerta has been one of the great revelations of this tournament and thanks to that he has been considered by coach Jaime Lozano for the Mexico National Team.

Águilas del América one step away from breaking the Liga MX points record

The Eagles of America They continue to fly high in the current Apertura 2023 Tournament of the MX League and on Saturday by beating Xolos de Tijuana They are already close to breaking a competition record.

With so many of Alejandro Zendejas (73), Jonathan ‘Cabecita’ Rodríguez (78) and Álvaro Fidalgo (85), Club América thrashed in front of their fans in the Aztec stadium against Xolos who were left with 10 players after the expulsion of Kevin Balanta in the 61st minute.

With this victory, the eighth in a row and twelfth (12) in the Opening 2023, the azulcremas to add 39 points at the top of the classification in the absence of the last and decisive day against the UANL Tigers.

In a short Liga MX tournament, whether Apertura or Clausura, the maximum number of points that a club has managed to add is 41, a record established in previous years by Club León and Cruz Azul.

Now Brazilian André Jardine’s troops could surpass that figure next Saturday, November 11. A victory against the visiting Tigers, the Águilas del America would reach 42 units and set a new record.

Keep reading:

  • Águilas del América one step away from breaking the Liga MX points record
  • Henry Martín and the key for the Águilas del América to be a steamroller in the Liga MX
  • FC Barcelona could face the Águilas del América in Dallas before closing 2023