Club Leon vs Pachuca - prediction, team news, lineups

Club Leon volition big CF Pachuca astatine the Estadio Leon connected Saturday successful Liga MX Apertura action, with the 2 sides making contrasting starts to the Apertura 2026 campaign.

Leon are 17th aft losing some of their opening matches and stay without a point, portion sixth-placed Pachuca person enjoyed a affirmative start, led by Salomon Rondon's 3 goals successful 2 league appearances.

Match preview

La Fiera person endured a hard commencement to their Liga MX Apertura campaign, sitting 17th successful the array without a constituent from their opening 2 fixtures.

Javier Gandolfi's broadside person mislaid some matches truthful far, shipping 4 goals portion scoring lone 2 of their own.

Leon's astir caller outing ended successful a narrow 0-1 decision to Club Tijuana, a effect that volition person near the squad and coaching unit frustrated.

Gandolfi has favoured a possession-heavy attack since taking charge, but his players person struggled to crook power of the shot into clear-cut chances, portion a deficiency of composure successful beforehand of extremity has been the team's biggest contented aboriginal on, and that needs fixing rapidly if results are to improve.

Playing successful beforehand of their ain supporters offers La Fiera a accidental to thin connected location vantage arsenic they hunt for a archetypal triumph of the season.

Pachuca caput into this fixture connected the backmost of a 2-1 triumph the past clip the 2 sides met, a effect that continued their caller dominance of the head-to-head.

Los Tuzos person won 2 of the past 5 meetings betwixt the clubs, with León claiming 1 triumph and the remaining 2 matches ending level.

Pachuca, connected the different hand, find themselves successful a much encouraging presumption aft taking 3 points from their 2 opening matches.

Los Tuzos began the Apertura run with a broad 3-0 triumph distant astatine Pumas UNAM, with Rondon scoring doubly and Elias Montiel adding the other.

Benjamin Mora's broadside past suffered a 1-2 location decision to Queretaro successful their pursuing outing, having led done an aboriginal Rondon header earlier conceding doubly successful the closing stages.

Rondon has been the 1 changeless for Pachuca truthful far, netting successful some matches to instrumentality his tally to 3 goals successful 2 appearances this season.

Pachuca presently beryllium sixth successful the league table, a reflection of a mixed commencement that has brought 1 win, against Leon's section rivals, and 1 nonaccomplishment successful their astir caller game.

Club Leon Liga MX form:

LL

Pachuca Liga MX form:

WL

Team News

Leon volition beryllium without Jose Alvarado aft helium picked up an wounded during past weekend's decision to Tijuana and was forced disconnected astatine half-time, with Edgar Guerra replacing him.

Diber Cambindo besides remained unavailable arsenic helium continued to service the three-match suspension handed to him pursuing his reddish paper connected the opening weekend.

Jordi Cortizo has scored erstwhile for Leon this season, portion Cambindo marked his instrumentality from the seat with a extremity successful the location decision to Atlas.

Pachuca person enjoyed a beardown commencement from Salomon Rondon, who has scored 3 goals successful his opening 2 league matches and registered 4 shots connected people crossed the afloat 180 minutes, portion Oussama Idrissi has besides made an impact, providing 2 assists and creating 2 large chances truthful acold this season.

The visitors volition inactive beryllium without Andres Micolta, who continues to retrieve from a close genu wounded and is expected to miss this weekend's trip, Israel Luna besides remains sidelined with a cruciate ligament injury.

Club Leon imaginable starting lineup:

Garcia; Colula, Guevara, Romana, Reyes; Rodriguez, Echeverria, Arcila; Diaz, Cortizo, Guerra

Pachuca imaginable starting lineup:

Moreno; Mozo, Bauermann, Barreto, Venegas; Montiel, Rivera, Pizarro; Idrissi, Kennedy, Rondon

We say: Club Leon 1-2 Pachuca

Pachuca caput into the contention with stronger momentum, a much potent onslaught and greater consistency, portion Leon are inactive searching for their archetypal constituent of the play aft conceding heavy successful their opening matches - though location vantage could enactment successful Leon's favour, their antiaircraft struggles marque them hard to back.

With Rondon enjoying an fantabulous commencement to the campaign, Pachuca look good placed to unafraid each 3 points and assertion their 2nd league triumph of the season.

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