May 23rd features a match where Pachuca will host América at Estadio Hidalgo in a meeting of these two closely matched Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Pachuca recorded a 3-2 win against Atlético San Luis. Nicolás Ibañez scored the first goal for Pachuca in the 47th minute, but Ricardo Chávez got the equalizer for Atlético San Luis in the 52nd minute , but luckily for Pachuca it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Pachuca should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, América recorded a 3-2 win against Puebla. Henry Josue Martin Mex struck first for América in the 42nd minute on a feed from Álvaro Fidalgo, but Israel Reyes got the equalizer for Puebla in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time , but fortunately for América it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. América is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Estadio Azteca, Pachuca took the match by a score of 3 to 1. Nicolás Ibañez scored the first goal for Pachuca in the 28th minute, then Avilés Hurtado added another in the 40th minute.
Both Alex Zendejas and Diego Valdés have been the hottest scorers for América in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Pachuca is fortunate enough to have Nicolás Ibañez in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.