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Guadalajara Chivas — Club Tijuana, Liga MX

Liga MX
Guadalajara Chivas L9 Aug · Home FC Dallas · 0:1W13 Aug · Away Seattle Sounders · 2:1W17 Aug · Away Santos Laguna · 1:0W23 Aug · Home Club Tijuana · 5:2D30 Aug · Away Pachuca · 1:1W6 Sep · Away Atletico San Luis · 3:0
5:2
Finished

Kick-off was

Club Tijuana L7 Aug · Away Austin · 0:2L10 Aug · Away San Diego · 0:1L14 Aug · Away Portland Timbers · 1:3W17 Aug · Home Cruz Azul · 2:1L23 Aug · Away Guadalajara Chivas · 2:5W29 Aug · Home U.N.A.M. - Pumas · 2:0
Venue: Estadio Akron City: Zapopan

Match report

Guadalajara Chivas and Tijuana met at Estadio Akron on Friday evening in the fifth round of Liga MX's Apertura, and the hosts ran out five-two winners. The scoreline tells one story, but watching the match unfold suggests another — a first-half surge that carried through despite a second half where Tijuana had possession and created more shots. By then, the visitors were already chasing.

S. Sandoval opened the scoring in the twenty-third minute, and R. Marin added a second just before the break. The first half ended with a penalty for Marin in the forty-fifth minute, plus two yellow cards — E. Alvarez for Chivas in the eighth, and R. Arciga for Tijuana in the forty-fifth. Three substitutions came straight after the interval from the home side, all at once, which is always a statement of intent.

R. Alvarado made it three-one in the fifty-ninth minute, and D. Campillo Del Campo extended the lead to four in the sixty-ninth. Tijuana pulled one back, or rather, they didn't — the goal was Elias Manoel for Chivas in the seventy-fifth minute. The visitors picked up a booking through L. Romo in the seventy-third, and the home side brought on G. Mora in the seventy-ninth.

Elias Manoel completed his brace in the ninety-second minute, and the match was effectively over. Red cards were absent from both sides, and the yellow cards came in clusters — Chivas collected three, Tijuana one. The substitutions were frequent on both benches, but the home side made the most of their changes.

Chivas finished with fifty-nine per cent possession and eight shots on target, while Tijuana had forty-one per cent and four. The visitors took thirteen shots overall, but only four found the target — twenty-five per cent accuracy compared to Chivas's sixty-two. Expected goals would tell a similar story: many shots with few goals means chances went begging.

Chivas sit fifth on eleven points from six games, four behind leaders. Tijuana remain third on thirteen points, but this result closes the gap to the top four and gives the home side momentum heading into the next round. The support of the fans could be called devoted, but that is an assessment, not a fact. The fact is that the club sits top of the table

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 59 41
Shots on target 8 4
Shots off target 3 9
Corners 4 4

Match events

  1. 8' 0:0 Guadalajara Chivas Yellow card E. Alvarez
  2. 23' 1:0 Guadalajara Chivas Goal S. Sandoval assist: L. Romo
  3. 31' 2:0 Guadalajara Chivas Goal R. Marin assist: D. Campillo Del Campo
  4. 45+1' 2:0 Club Tijuana Yellow card R. Arciga
  5. 45+2' 3:0 Guadalajara Chivas Penalty R. Marin
  6. 46' 3:0 Club Tijuana Substitution D. Abreu off: Elias Manoel
  7. 46' 3:0 Club Tijuana Substitution P. N. Ortiz Orozco off: A. Vega
  8. 46' 3:0 Club Tijuana Substitution I. Rivero off: Y. Padilla
  9. 49' 3:0 Guadalajara Chivas Yellow card M. Gomez
  10. 53' 3:0 Guadalajara Chivas Substitution E. Alvarez off: L. Rey
  11. 53' 3:0 Guadalajara Chivas Substitution M. Gomez off: B. Gutierrez
  12. 56' 3:0 Club Tijuana Substitution R. Arciga off: F. Gonzalez
  13. 59' 4:0 Guadalajara Chivas Goal R. Alvarado assist: B. Gutierrez
  14. 64' 4:0 Guadalajara Chivas Substitution S. Sandoval off: J. Carrillo
  15. 64' 4:0 Guadalajara Chivas Substitution H. Camberos off: K. Castaneda
  16. 69' 5:0 Guadalajara Chivas Goal D. Campillo Del Campo assist: R. Alvarado
  17. 72' 5:0 Guadalajara Chivas Substitution R. Marin off: A. Sepulveda
  18. 73' 5:0 Guadalajara Chivas Yellow card L. Romo
  19. 75' 5:1 Club Tijuana Goal Elias Manoel assist: F. Gonzalez
  20. 79' 5:1 Club Tijuana Substitution G. Mora off: A. Zapata
  21. 90+2' 5:2 Club Tijuana Goal Elias Manoel assist: A. Preciado

Statistics

59 Possession, % 41
8 Shots on target 4
3 Shots off target 9
4 Corners 4
15 Fouls 10
0 Offsides 1
3 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
All statistics
2 Blocked shots 3
63 Failed passes 51
2 Goalkeeper saves 3
0.62 Shot accuracy 0.25
3 Shots from outside the box 6
10 Shots inside the box 10
498 Successful passes 323
561 Total passes 374

Recent form

L9 Aug · Home FC Dallas · 0:1W13 Aug · Away Seattle Sounders · 2:1W17 Aug · Away Santos Laguna · 1:0W23 Aug · Home Club Tijuana · 5:2D30 Aug · Away Pachuca · 1:1W6 Sep · Away Atletico San Luis · 3:0

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L7 Aug · Away Austin · 0:2L10 Aug · Away San Diego · 0:1L14 Aug · Away Portland Timbers · 1:3W17 Aug · Home Cruz Azul · 2:1L23 Aug · Away Guadalajara Chivas · 2:5W29 Aug · Home U.N.A.M. - Pumas · 2:0

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