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Third meets ninth at Estadio León, and the form gap is wider than the table suggests. Chivas Guadalajara arrive unbeaten in six (four wins, two draws) with the best defensive record in the division, 14 goals conceded in 15 rounds and a game in hand on the sides above them. Club Leon have one win in their last five, nine goals conceded in that stretch, and they just fell 1-2 to leaders Cruz Azul. The fixture carries a score to settle: the most recent meeting between these clubs ended 5-0 to Chivas, a result nobody saw coming after bookmakers priced Leon at a 67% favourite that day. Watch Ismael Díaz, Leon’s sharpest weapon with three goals in five, against Roberto Alvarado, the Chivas engine who has completed 246 passes and fired 12 shots over the same span.
Hot stat: Leon collected 14 yellow cards and one red across their last five matches, almost triple Chivas’s count of five bookings, and that discipline gap will shape how this derby gets refereed.
| 🏆 Tournament: | Liga MX 2026 Apertura, Regular Season |
| 🏟 Venue: | Estadio León, Leon |
| 🗓️ Date: | 09.11.2026 |
| ⏰ Time: | 04:00 CEST |
Club Leon vs Chivas Guadalajara prediction
We predict Chivas Guadalajara to win, and at 2.05-2.10 the away side is the best value on the board. Milito’s team have won four of their last six, own the league’s tightest defense and already thrashed this opponent 5-0 this calendar year. Leon’s problems run deeper than one bad afternoon: nine goals conceded in five games, defeats to Cruz Azul and America, and a midfield that loses the passing battle nearly every week. A 1-2 away win is our score call.
Style points toward the visitors too. Chivas average 485 passes per game at 83% accuracy and generate 15.6 shots per match, while Leon sit at 368 passes and 80% accuracy and lean on transitions toward Díaz and Cambindo. The foul counts are nearly even (67 vs 64 over five games), but Leon’s aggression converts into cards, 14 yellows and a red, while Chivas tackle clean with five bookings. Expect the hosts to foul high up the pitch, hand Chivas set-piece pressure and live dangerously. Leon’s best routes are corners (26 in five) and direct service to Ismael Díaz.
| 🔥Hot Tip: | Draw no bet: Chivas Guadalajara |
| ⚽Total Goals: | Over 2.5 |
| 💥Both Teams To Score: | Yes |
| 🎯Total Corners: | Over 9.5 |
Team Analysis
Club Leon’s last five read one win, two draws, two losses, eight scored and nine conceded. Last time out they pushed leaders Cruz Azul hard but lost 1-2, before that they drew 1-1 with Toluca, and the 3-5 blowout against America exposed a defense that folds against elite attacks. A 2-0 win over Tigres and a 1-1 with Puebla round out the run, and the clean sheet against Tigres remains their only one in five. In our preview of Cruz Azul vs Club Leon we called a Cruz Azul win with goals at both ends, and the 2-1 result delivered it. Jose Alvarado (three goals in five) and Ismael Díaz (three goals, one assist) carry the attack, but the back line leaks against anyone with quality.
Chivas Guadalajara have won three and drawn two of their last five, scoring eight and conceding four. Back-to-back 1-0 wins over Monterrey and Necaxa showed their control, draws with Tigres and Atlas kept the run alive, and last time out they beat Atlante 4-2 at home. In our preview of Chivas Guadalajara vs Atlante we called a home win built on the league’s best defense, and the 4-2 result delivered the win even though the game opened up more than our low-goals lean liked. Santiago Sandoval (two goals, one assist in five) and Alvarado drive the creativity, Raúl Rangel has made 15 saves, and Diego Campillo leads the team with 12 interceptions.
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Pre-game odds and win probability: Chivas Guadalajara the favourite
- Moneyline Club Leon 3.10 | Chivas Guadalajara 2.10
- Draw 3.50
The market makes Chivas roughly a 48% proposition (2.10) against 32% for Leon (3.10) and 29% for the draw (3.50). We rate the away side’s true chance higher than that. A team on a six-match unbeaten run with the stingiest defense in the league, facing an opponent with one win in five and a leaking back line, should be shorter than 2.10. Everygame’s 2.05 is the number we would take. The draw at 3.50 has some appeal given Leon drew two of their last five, but back-to-back 1-0 wins over Monterrey and Necaxa show Chivas close out tight games, so we treat the draw as a cover option rather than the play.
Possible Starting Lineups
Club Leon possible starting eleven
Gandolfi has kept his 3-4-2-1 shell in recent rounds, so we expect the same shape.
- GK: Oscar Garcia
- DF: Juan Guevara, Jhohan Romana, Sebastián Vegas
- MF: Ivan Moreno, Rodrigo Echeverría, Fernando Beltran, Jose Rodriguez
- FW: Jose Alvarado, Daniel Arcila, Ismael Díaz
Oscar Garcia keeps goal after 17 saves in five starts. Guevara and Romana have played every minute of the last five games, so they anchor the back three with Vegas between them. Moreno and Rodriguez provide the width, Echeverría and Beltran shield the defense and distribute, and Alvarado plays off Díaz, whose 12 shots and three goals make him the main threat. Diber Cambindo and Edgar Guerra are the likeliest bench options if Leon chase the game late.
Chivas Guadalajara possible starting eleven
Milito’s 4-2-3-1 has been stable throughout the unbeaten run.
- GK: Raúl Rangel
- DF: Richard Ledezma, Diego Campillo, Luis Rey, Bryan Gonzalez
- MF: Fernando González, Daniel Aguirre, Roberto Alvarado, Santiago Sandoval, Efrain Alvarez
- FW: Ricardo Marín
Rangel starts after 15 saves in five games. Campillo and Rey anchor the center of the back four, with Fernando González and Aguirre as the double pivot in front. Alvarado operates between the lines as the main creator, Sandoval brings the recent goals, and Alvarez stretches defenses from wide. Marín leads the line on minutes, though Ángel Sepúlveda’s goal-per-minute return makes him a live alternative.
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Chivas Guadalajara. Source: Official Facebook. Edited photo
TipsGG Match Prediction
Everything points one way. Chivas are unbeaten in six, own the league’s best defense, out-pass and out-shoot Leon, and won the last meeting 5-0. Leon’s single win in five, nine goals conceded and card-heavy approach make them a fragile host, even with the crowd behind them. We predict Chivas Guadalajara to win 1-2, with over 2.5 goals and BTTS Yes as the supporting plays, plus over 9.5 corners given the combined 12.2 per game these sides generate. Perhaps Leon score early through Díaz, but Chivas have twice ground out 1-0 wins when games got scrappy, and their clean tackling should keep 11 men on the pitch. Back the away win as the core bet, with the draw no bet line as the safety layer.
