By Edgardo Avelar
02 Mar 2024, 00:14 AM EST
Looking ahead to the duel on date 10 of the Clausura 2024 tournament that Cruz Azul and Chivas This Saturday at the Azteca Stadium, it should be noted that the “Sacred Flock” dominates the statistics in the sixty matches they have held in the history of short tournaments.
Chivas in the count of sixty-one matches surpasses the celestial team with nineteen victories to eighteen of the Cruzazulinosas well as 24 draws throughout the history of memorable duels such as that comeback in the 2003 Clausura playoff in which the Jalisco team came from behind to overcome a four-goal deficit.
The closeness of the numbers in the sixty-one confrontations also carries over to the duels in Mexico City and is where Cruz Azul He rules in numbers with eight victories to six for Chivas in 30 matches they have held since the Winter 1996 tournament.
The parity of forces is demonstrated by the fact that in the last decade Cruz Azul has only won three victories at home in Mexico City, where the statistics have been matched.
Obviously all these aspects draw attention to this Saturday’s duel where the maximum attraction is the possibility of him appearing in the match the top figure of Chivas, Javier “Chicharito” Hernández.
But beyond that there is a lot of fabric to cut from in this confrontation, both in finals, regular tournament games and players who have defended both shirts.
Among the most notable players we can point out José de Jesús Corona, Roberto “Piojo” Alvarado, Uriel Antuna, Marco Fabián, Omar Bravo, Benjamín Galindo, José Manuel de la Torre, Jared Borgetti, Salvador Carmona, among other figures who have elevated the level of competition between both teams.
For now, for the game on date 10, there are important factors such as the fact that Cruz Azul seeks to recover from the defeat against América the previous day and Guadalajara will want to show that it is beginning to raise its level after the victory over Pumas.
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