Leon sit ninth on 22 points in the Liga MX Apertura table after Friday’s matches and require outcomes to hold a top-eight location, while Chivas are currently through to the quarter-finals on 29 points and are going after the front runner with America and Cruz Azul level on the very same overall.
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Leon have 22 points from 15 matches, constructed on 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 beats, with an objective distinction of just +2 from 22 scored and 20 yielded.
That leaves La Fiera ninth after Friday’s round, level on points with eighth-placed Tijuana, who hold a much better objective distinction of +3, with Monterrey one point behind on 21 and Pumas and Queretaro on 20.
Javier Gandolfi’s side have actually gone 2 matches without a win, drawing 1-1 with Toluca in your home on October 24 and after that losing 2-1 at Cruz Azul on November 1, where Andres Montano transformed a 56th-minute charge, Jose Paradela included a 2nd in the 72nd minute and Jose Alvarado responded just with a stoppage-time charge.
The 3-5 home defeat by America on October 17 is the clearest caution for this component, since it comes from a run of 9 objectives yielded in the last 5 matches, in which Leon have actually scored each time, 8 in overall, and won just as soon as, 2-0 at Tigres on October 20.
Leon won both league conferences with Chivas in 2025 at the Nou Camp, 2-1 on January 28 and 1-0 on July 19, and the component has actually not ended level at Estadio Leon given that November 2016, however the most current conference was a 5-0 defeat at Estadio Akron on March 18.
Gandolfi stated after the Cruz Azul defeat that Liguilla credentials depends just on his own group, and the math backs him up: a win would take Leon to 25 points, a draw to 23, and a defeat would leave them on 22 before the final-round journey to Santos Laguna.
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Chivas have 29 points from 15 matches, with 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 beats, and their 14 objectives yielded is the most affordable overall in the league, versus 25 scored.
Gabriel Milito’s side have actually won 3 in a row, 1-0 versus Necaxa on October 20, 1-0 at Monterrey on October 24, where goalkeeper Raul Rangel conserved a charge, and 4-2 versus Atlante on October 31, after a four-match winless run in which they gathered 3 points from 12.
The Atlante win was led by 18-year-old Santiago Sandoval, who scored two times as an incorrect 9 after Milito left Angel Sepulveda and Ricardo Marin on the bench, with Efrain Alvarez including an objective and Diogo Bagui scoring an own objective.
Sandoval made his Liga MX launching as a replacement versus Leon on July 19, 2025, scored both objectives versus Tigres in the Clausura quarter-finals and now has 5 league objectives this competition, level with Roberto Alvarado and Marin.
Chivas are the only group in the league without an away defeat, with 3 wins and 4 draws from 7 roadway matches for 13 of 21 points, and both of their beats this competition came at the Estadio Akron.
America, Chivas and Cruz Azul are level on 29 points, with America ahead on an objective distinction of +15 versus Chivas’ +11 and Cruz Azul’s +10, and Chivas close the routine season in your home to Cruz Azul on November 22, so a win at Leon would take them to 32 points.
Club Leon Liga MX kind:
CD Guadalajara Liga MX kind:
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Leon have no brand-new injury issues, although Jose Ramirez and Santiago Londono have actually been excluded of Gandolfi’s strategies, Luis Valadez (foot injury), and Angel Estrada (fractured tibia) are not readily available.
Juan Guevara is one yellow card from a suspension, which matters for a back line that has actually yielded 20 objectives, and Sebastian Vegas is likewise reported to be on 4 reservations.
Gandolfi is anticipated to keep the side that began at Cruz Azul, with Panama worldwide Ismael Diaz, Edgar Guerra and Alfonso Alvarado leading the attack.
For the visitors, Miguel Tapias stays in rehab and Miguel Gomez has actually gone back to treatment after a muscle regression.
Luis Romo went back to the beginning lineup versus Atlante after a biceps femoris injury suffered on Mexico national-team task, and Jose Castillo, Brian Gutierrez and Angel Sepulveda are back in contention.
Milito is anticipated to stick with the lineup that beat Atlante, although Marin, who has 5 league objectives, and Sepulveda are the alternatives if he brings back a small striker in location of Sandoval’s false-nine function.
Club Leon possible beginning lineup:
Garcia; Moreno, Romana, Guevara, Mora; Echeverria, Rodriguez, Arcila; Guerra, A. Alvarado, Diaz
CD Guadalajara possible beginning lineup:
Rangel; Campillo, Romo, Aguirre; Ledezma, Govea, R. Gonzalez, B. Gonzalez; Alvarez, R. Alvarado, Sandoval
We state: Club Leon 1-2 CD Guadalajara
The space in the numbers points towards Chivas, who balance 1.67 objectives per video game versus a Leon defence that yields 1.33, while Leon should break down a Chivas back line that has actually yielded just 14 objectives and kept 6 tidy sheets.
Leon have actually scored in each of their last 5 league matches and won both previous league conferences at the Nou Camp in 2025, so an objective for the hosts is likely, however they have actually taken just 5 points from their last 5 video games and yielded in 11 of their 15 matches, and we anticipate Chivas to score two times and leave Leon requiring an outcome at Santos Laguna on the last day.
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