The Guardianes 2020 Liga MX Final is set to be the two-legged final that will determine the winner of the Liga MX Guardianes 2020, the 103rd edition of the Liga MX final, the top-flight football league in Mexico.
The final will be contested in two-legged home-and-away format between León and UNAM. The first leg will be hosted by UNAM at Estadio Olímpico Universitario inside Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City on December 10, 2020, while the second leg will be hosted by León at Estadio León in León on December 13, 2020.
Both finalists qualified to the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League.
Background First time both clubs meet each other in a league final.
Before reaching this final, Leon appeared in three finals since being promoted to Liga MX in 2012, two in which they were victorious (Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014). The club last won the league title six years earlier when they defeated Pachuca to capture the Clausura 2014 title.
This was UNAM's first final since the team lost the Apertura 2015 Final. The team last won the league title 9 years earlier when they defeated Morelia to capture the Clausura 2011 title.
Format The final will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.
Road to the finals
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
LeónRoundUNAMOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legLiguillaOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legPuebla3–2 1-2 (A)2-0 (H)Quarter-finalsPachuca1-0 1-0 (A) 0-0 (H)Guadalajara2-1 1-1 (A) 1-0 (H)Semi-finalsCruz Azul 4-4 (s) 0-4 (A) 4-0 (H)
Matches First leg
GK 20 Julio GonzálezDF 3 Alejandro Mayorga DF 23 Nicolás FreireDF 5 Johan VásquezDF 2 Alan MozoMF 11 Juan Iturbe MF 17 Leonel López MF 8 Andrés Iniestra (c) MF 22 Juan Pablo VigónFW 32 Carlos González FW 9 Juan Ignacio DinennoSubstitutes:GK 42 Alex CruzDF 4 Luis QuintanaDF 16 Jerónimo Rodríguez DF 19 Jesús RivasMF 7 Sebastian SaucedoMF 13 Gerardo MorenoMF 14 Carlos Gutiérrez MF 200 Amaury GarcíaMF 212 Erik Lira FW 29 Bryan MendozaManager: Andrés Lillini GK 30 Rodolfo Cota DF 6 William TesilloDF 4 Andrés MosqueraDF 21 Jaine Barreiro DF 5 Fernando Navarro MF 8 José Iván Rodríguez MF 18 Pedro Aquino MF 16 Jean Meneses MF 10 Luis Montes (c) MF 13 Ángel MenaFW 12 Joel Campbell Substitutes:GK 23 Alfonso BlancoDF 3 Gil BurónDF 24 Osvaldo RodríguezDF 35 Juan Ignacio González MF 28 David Ramírez MF 32 Jesse ZamudioMF 14 Jesús Godínez MF 15 Iván OchoaFW 19 Nicolás SosaFW 20 Emmanuel Gigliotti Manager: Ignacio Ambríz
Assistant referees: Christian Espinosa Zavala (Mexico City) Enríque Isaac Bustos (Guerrero) Fourth official: Jorge Isaac Rojas (Mexico City) Video assistant referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado (Mexico City) Assistant video assistant referee: Carlos Ayala Cuéllar (Mexico City)
Second leg Leon will host the second leg at the Estadio León.
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