Pachuca and Chivas gave a good performance on Saturday night as they battled to a 1-1 tie. Chivas improved a lot from their disappointing tie at home against Queretaro to take the lead and create many opportunities against current champions Pachuca. Still Pachuca came back to tie match, and either team could have won it if not for good performances from both goalkeepers. With mid week matches upcoming, Chivas will return home to face Tijuana on Wednesday while Pachuca travels to face Mazatlan on Thursday.
The first half started with the news that Jose Juan Macias was still not ready to make the bench after coming back to practice from his injury.