On Sun May 15th, Pachuca hosts Atlético San Luis at Estadio Hidalgo in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 1st placed Pachuca, recorded a 0-2 loss against Pumas UNAM. Juan Dinenno struck first for Pumas UNAM in the 65th minute on a feed from Leonel López, then Juan Dinenno added another in the 70th minute In the end, Pachuca couldn’t muster any offence and Pumas UNAM ran away with the shutout win. Pachuca looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while atlético San Luis is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Monterrey. Janssen struck first for Monterrey in the 18th minute on a feed from Erick Aguirre, then Facundo Waller Martiarena tied it up for Atlético San Luis in the 47th minute on a feed from Jhon Murillo . With 19 points in their last 10 matches Atlético San Luis should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Friday Jan 7th, Atlético San Luis hosted Pachuca in their last match together. Pachuca was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Nicolás Ibañez struck first for Pachuca in the 61st minute on a feed from Guzman Guzman, then Nicolás Ibañez added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a penalty kick In the end, Atlético San Luis couldn’t muster any offence and Pachuca ran away with the shutout win.
Atlético San Luis is fortunate enough to have Germán Berterame in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Pachuca’s most prolific scorer has been Luis Chavez. The midfielder has netted two goals over the last five matches.