On the 3rd of April, in this week 12 match, Chivas will host Monterrey at Estadio Akron in a meeting of these two Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Chivas sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Atlas. Roberto Alvarado scored the first goal for Chivas in the 65th minute, then Quinones Quinones tied it up for Atlas in the 89th minute earning them at least the one point. Chivas looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while monterrey is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Tigres UANL. Gignac struck first for Tigres UANL in the 69th minute, then Florian Thauvin added another in the 76th minute In the end, Monterrey couldn’t muster any offence and Tigres UANL ran away with the shutout win. Monterrey is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 22nd of August, Monterrey and Chivas battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Monterrey nor Chivas could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Joel Campbell has been the most prolific scorer on Monterrey in his last five matches with three goals. Chivas hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Vega Rojas and Miguel Angel Ponce Briseno, and they each have 1 goal.