CD Guadalajara vs Toluca - prediction, team news, lineups

CD Guadalajara and Toluca volition some look to footwear disconnected their 2026 Liga MX campaigns with a triumph erstwhile they look disconnected astatine Estadio Akron connected Sunday.

The hosts were beaten successful the semi-finals of the Clausura play-offs past season, portion their visitors went each the mode successful the Apertura part to unafraid a home double, having already claimed the Campeon de Campeones title.

Match preview

Aiming to extremity a seven-year hold for home glory, Guadalajara entered the second stages of the 2025-26 run arsenic 1 of the favourites to spell each the way, and their triumph implicit Tigres connected distant goals successful the Clausura quarter-finals reinforced that belief.

After a 2-2 first-leg gully with Cruz Azul successful the semi-finals, Gabriel Milito’s men were level astatine 1-1 with 25 minutes remaining successful the 2nd leg, putting them successful rod presumption to beforehand connected distant goals erstwhile again earlier Agustin Palavecino struck a decisive winner.

Despite the disappointment, it was a promising debut play for Milito, who has since been backed successful the transportation marketplace with the arrivals of Kevin Castaneda and Jordan Carrillo - some debuting successful a goalless affable against Correcaminos earlier this month.

Unbeaten successful play openers implicit the past 5 years, Rebano Sagrado volition instrumentality assurance into this weekend’s fixture, though their caller grounds against Toluca is little encouraging.

Guadalajara person mislaid each of the past 3 meetings with Toluca, having antecedently gone 5 matches unbeaten successful this fixture betwixt October 2023 and July 2024.

Looking to physique connected their Liga MX Apertura rubric - secured successful December 2025 aft a melodramatic punishment shootout triumph implicit Tigres - Toluca made a beardown commencement to the Clausura campaign, going unbeaten successful their opening 12 matches earlier signaling conscionable 1 triumph from their last 5 outings.

Antonio Mohamed’s broadside past proceeded to the play-offs, but were knocked retired by Pachuca courtesy of a 3-0 aggregate defeat, with some legs played either broadside of a CONCACAF Champions Cup semi-final triumph implicit Los Angeles FC.

Putting their home disappointment aside, Los Escarlatas erstwhile again defeated Tigres connected penalties to assistance the Champions Cup, ending their play connected a precocious little than 2 weeks earlier the commencement of the World Cup.

A affable 1-0 decision to Cancun and a 3-3 gully with Atlante mean Toluca caput into Sunday’s clash without a triumph successful 90 minutes since May 7. However, similar Guadalajara, the visitors person proven reliable successful opening fixtures, having not mislaid 1 since 2022.

No squad scored much goals successful the Apertura and Clausura regular seasons combined past clip retired than Toluca’s 71, and that attacking firepower volition beryllium needed again if they are to bask different palmy campaign.

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Team News

Leonardo Sepulveda has not featured since July 2025 owed to an ongoing ankle injury, and helium volition stay sidelined for Sunday’s match.

Armando Gonzalez scored 24 goals successful 35 appearances crossed each competitions for the hosts past clip out, a important betterment connected the 5 goals helium managed successful his 24 games starring up to 2025-26.

Defender Diego Ochoa spent past play connected indebtedness astatine Juarez and has present joined Necaxa connected a short-term deal.

Everardo Lopez is expected to miss the opening stages of Toluca’s run aft picking up an wounded successful May’s Champions Cup final.

Oswaldo Virgen (leg) and Marcel Ruiz (knee) implicit the database of absentees for the visitors, with Ruiz not expected to instrumentality until November.

CD Guadalajara imaginable starting lineup:

Whalley; Campillo, Aguirre, Perez; Ledezma, Govea, F Gonzalez, B Gonzalez; Carrillo, Castenada; Sepulveda

Toluca imaginable starting lineup:

Garcia; Lopez, Pereira, Briseno, Barbosa; Romero, Gutierrez; Perez, Guzman, Angulo; Paulinho

We say: CD Guadalajara 2-1 Toluca

Toluca person dominated this fixture successful caller seasons, but Guadalajara’s awesome location signifier - having suffered conscionable 1 decision since the crook of the twelvemonth - volition springiness them confidence.

We expect the hosts to borderline a constrictive triumph and marque a winning commencement to their league campaign.

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