In this week 3 match, on Sun Jan 23rd, León hosts Pachuca at Estadio León in a meeting of these two Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. León is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Tijuana. Victor Dávila struck first for León in the 23rd minute, but Lucas Rodriguez got the equalizer for Tijuana in the 59th minute earning them at least the one point. León should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Pachuca recorded a 2-1 win against Chivas. Guzman Guzman struck first for Pachuca in the 20th minute on a feed from Nicolás Ibañez, then Gudino Vega added another on an own goal in the 38th minute. Pachuca is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
León and Pachuca last played eachother at the Estadio Hidalgo on Jul 24th. Pachuca was victorious by a score of 4 to 0. Guzman Guzman struck first for Pachuca in the 59th minute, then Matías Catalán added another in the 61st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed León couldn’t manage to score, and Pachuca took the shutout win.
Pachuca’s most prolific scorer has been Nicolás Ibañez. The Argentinian attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. León is fortunate enough to have Angel Israel Mena Delgado in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.