MEXICO CITY. Pumas UNAM tops Guadalajara 1-0 after G. Fernández scored just 1 goal (11′).

Alexis Vega squandered a decisive penalty (77′). That would have allowed Guadalajara to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Estadio Olímpico de Universitario stadium in Mexico City on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Óscar Mejía García with the support of Marco Antonio Bisguerra Mendiola and Erick Durón Martínez. The 4th official was Maximiliano Quintero Hernández. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.93 degrees Celsius or 69.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Pumas UNAM was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Guadalajara that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Guadalajara was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Pumas UNAM found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Pumas UNAM shot 15 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Guadalajara shot 8 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Pumas UNAM received 2 yellow cards (Eduardo Salvio and Jesús Rivas). Regarding the opposition, Guadalajara received 3 yellow cards (Alan Mozo, Jonathan Padilla and Alan Mozo).

Standings

After this match, Pumas UNAM will have 28 points to hold in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Guadalajara will stay with 27 points to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

Pumas UNAM – Formation

Pumas UNAM started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Antonio Ricardo Mohamed Matijevich decided to play with the following team: Julio González (8.1), Jesús Rivas (6.8), Nathan Silva (7.0), Lisandro Magallán (6.8), Adrián Aldrete (7.7), Ulises Rivas (7.1), Santiago Trigos (6.8), Eduardo Salvio (6.7), Gustavo del Prete (7.0), Cesar Huerta (7.3) and Gabriel Fernández (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Pablo Bennevendo, José Galindo, Jesús Molina (6.8), Christian Tabó, Juan Dinenno (6.7), Carlos Gutiérrez (6.7), Pablo Monroy (6.4), Robert Ergas (6.7), Arturo Ortiz and Gil Alcalá.

Pumas UNAM could not rely on the presence of Carlos Gutiérrez (injured) and Juan Dinenno (injured).

Substitutions

Pumas UNAM made 5 changes: Gustavo del Prete for Carlos Gutiérrez (69′), Jesús Rivas for Pablo Monroy (69′), Eduardo Salvio for Robert Ergas (86′), Gabriel Fernández for Juan Dinenno (86′) and Ulises Rivas for Jesús Molina (86′).

Best player: Gabriel Fernández​

The most impressive player for Pumas UNAM was Gabriel Fernández.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 18 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He hit the woodwork once times.

Guadalajara – Formation

Guadalajara started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Veljko Paunovic played with: Miguel Jiménez (7.3), Alan Mozo (6.7), Raúl Martínez (7.0), Antonio Briseño (6.8), Cristian Calderón (7.3), Fernando Beltran (8.1), Fernando González (7.0), Víctor Guzmán (6.4), Jonathan Padilla (6.8), Ricardo Marín (7.0) and Isaac Brizuela (6.8).

They had on the bench: Pavel Pérez, Alexis Vega (6.4), Érick Gutiérrez (6.7), Jesús Sánchez, Ronaldo Cisneros (6.4), Hiram Mier, Alan Torres, Óscar Whalley, Leonardo Sepúlveda and Juan Brigido (6.8).

Substitutions

Guadalajara made 5 changes: Víctor Guzmán for Érick Gutiérrez (58′), Jonathan Padilla for Alexis Vega (58′), Ricardo Marín for Pavel Pérez (90′), Fernando González for Juan Brigido (80′) and Isaac Brizuela for Ronaldo Cisneros (80′).

Best player: Fernando Beltran​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Guadalajara was Fernando Beltran.

His rating is (8.1) with 55 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.​

• Tigres UANL – América – 0-0
• Pumas UNAM – Guadalajara – 1-0