The Tuzos will seek to maintain their reputation over the Rayos, who have only been able to win one game in the last 15 years
Pachuca You will have to look for your ticket at League of the Closing 2024, after succumbing in a penalty shootout against Pumas. With a squad full of youth players, they will have to face Necaxaa rival whom they have faced in the past in the direct elimination round and against whom they have the measure taken when they face each other at the Hidalgo Stadium.
The Rayos defeated Querétaro in a penalty shootout in the round of Play In, but they will still have to face the duel against the Tuzos, who eliminated América in the semifinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup, an objective that has cost them to sacrifice the last matches of Clausura 2024, since they had to rotate the squad and put them on the field of play to several footballers who have not played more than 40 games in Liga MX.
For this knockout match, Pachuca It will be local and the statistics are completely in its favor. In 23 games held at the Hidalgo Stadium, the blue and white team has achieved nine wins, with only three losses and 11 draws. They have 36 goals for and against 22 goals. Los Tuzos have only lost one chance at home against Necaxa in the last 15 years and this occurred in the Apertura 2020, when they succumbed by the slightest difference.
Pachuca and Necaxa They have faced each other three times in three direct elimination rounds, with the Hidalgo team as the winner in two of these, while Necaxa He made it through the last time they met in the quarterfinals.
The first time they both met in a Liguilla was in the 2003 Apertura. The first leg was at the Victoria Stadium, with a score of 1-3 in favor of the Tuzos. With the advantage, the return came in El Huracán, where the Aguascalientes team achieved the 1-2 victory, but the aggregate was not enough for them as they finished 4-3.
The second Liguilla was in the Apertura 2005. In the first leg of the Hidalgo Stadium, Pachuca They achieved the victory by a score of 2-0, this same result was repeated in the second leg and the aggregate ended with a resounding 4-0.
The last time that both teams met in Liguilla was in the Apertura 2016. The first match of that series ended with a goalless draw in the game held at the Hidalgo Stadium, while in the return home of the red and white team it ended with a 2-1 in their favor and they left the people of Hidalgo on the road.
