What you should know before Chivas vs Bravos | OneFootball

Chivas' focus returns to the Clausura 2025, as Matchday 12 marks a visit to the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, where they will be looking for an important boost against Bravos. Ciudad Juárez is a place that has historically been good for the Rebaño Sagrado, which is why they will be looking to maintain that momentum this Saturday, March 15.

That is precisely why the duel on the border has many aspects to analyze, so here we break down the most important ones before the two teams meet.

How do they look coming into the match?

- Guadalajara experienced an intense Clasico de Mexico at the Akron Stadium, where they played to a goalless draw against América and kept another clean sheet. El Rebaño is in tenth place overall with 15 points.- Meanwhile, Juárez lost 1-0 at the Alfonso Lastras Stadium against Atlético San Luis. The border team is eighth in the table with 17 points.

What happened in their most recent duel?

- The last meeting was a true Rojiblanca party, as they crushed the Juarez side 5-0 in AP24 J6, with goals from Armando González, Fernando Beltrán, Roberto Alvarado, Alan Mozo and Yael Padilla.

How did the rivalry develop?

- There is one conclusive fact that shows us the reality of this rivalry in recent tournaments. Guadalajara has been far superior to the Bravos in their recent meetings, so if you want to know how much dominance the Rojiblancos have, CLICK HERE.

Where can I watch the match?

- El Rebaño Sagrado has found solidity in the local tournament, and they will be looking to continue their solidity at the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez against the ChivaHermanos from Ciudad Juárez. If you can't attend the match, CLICK HERE and find out what options you have to tune in live to the match between the Rebaño and Bravos.

Latest line-ups

Guadalajara: Raúl Rangel; José Castillo, Miguel Tapias, Gilberto Sepúlveda; Alan Mozo, Rubén González, Fernando Beltrán, Mateo Chávez; Yael Padilla, Roberto Alvarado and Javier Hernández.Coach Gerardo Espinoza

Bravos: Sebastián Jurado (C); Jesús Murillo, Moisés Castillo, Ralph Orquín, Denzell García; Dieter Villalpando, José Rodríguez, Ían Torres, Jonathan González; Madson de Souza and Ángel Zaldívar.D.T. Martín Varini

Who will be the referees?

- Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez- Assistant 1: Karen Janett Díaz Medina- Assistant 2: Manuel Alfonso Martínez Sánchez- Fourth official: Jaime Orlando Montes Santos- VAR: Guillermo Pacheco Larios- AVAR: Christian Kiabek Espinosa Zavala

Did you know that...?- Chivas has accumulated 2 Liga MX matches without conceding a goal, as they managed to keep a clean sheet against Pumas and América.- In addition to not losing in the seven most recent games against Juárez in Liga MX (4V 3E), Guadalajara won the two most recent games. If it repeats this result, it would reach three wins against this opponent for the first time since 2019-2020 (3V).- With the 0-0 draw against América, Guadalajara equals its record in the last four Liga MX tournaments after playing 11 matches: four wins, three draws and four defeats, with a cumulative total of 15 points.- Guadalajara won its last away game (1-0 at Pumas) and will try to achieve consecutive home wins in Liga MX away from home for the first time since March-April 2024 (3V).- Guadalajara has never lost to Juárez playing away in Liga MX, accumulating four wins and one draw in the five meetings in these conditions between the two in the category.- Only Adonis Preciado (Querétaro, 13) earned more fouls in the attacking third in the Clausura 2025 than Guadalajara's Hugo Camberos, with nine, a mark shared with Ramiro Sordo (Santos Laguna).- Roberto Alvarado has four assists playing for Guadalajara against Juárez in Liga MX, leading Chivas in this aspect against this opponent. The midfielder has 12 assists, giving him an average of one assist against Bravos every three passes for a teammate's shot.- In their last game against Juárez in Liga MX (5-0 in August 2024), Chivas had eight shots on goal, their best record against this opponent since nine shots in October 2019.- In only one of the five away games against Juárez in Liga MX did Guadalajara have less than 40% possession: that was in January 2023 (35%). Chivas averages 49% possession when visiting the Bravos.- Among players with 15 or more aerial duels played in the Clausura 2025, Luis Romo is the most effective in this category in Guadalajara, with 60% efficiency over 20 aerial duels played.