Pachuca vs Queretaro - prediction, team news, lineups

In their location opener of the 2026-27 Liga MX Apertura campaign, Pachuca volition invited Queretaro to Estadio Hidalgo connected Sunday.

On matchday 1 past week, Pachuca defeated Pumas 3-0, portion Gallos Blancos were beaten 1-0 astatine location to Club America.

Match preview

Benjamin Mora began his tenure arsenic the Pachuca manager astir arsenic good arsenic helium could person hoped with his broadside earning a convincing triumph implicit this year’s Clausura finalists.

The erstwhile Queretaro brag volition anticipation to gain his archetypal location triumph this weekend, which would extremity a two-match losing tally astatine Estadio Hidalgo for this squad successful the Apertura.

Meanwhile, they person a accidental to triumph their location opener successful this information of the home run for a 2nd successive juncture aft blanking Monterey 3-0 connected matchday 1 of their 2025 Apertura season.

Pachuca tin agelong their winning tally astatine Estadio Hidalgo to 3 matches with a triumph connected Sunday, with those past 2 location victories occurring during the 2026 Clausura playoffs.

In 2026, they person not dropped a azygous constituent erstwhile netting archetypal successful a competitory fixture, posting 4 successive cleanable sheets erstwhile doing so.

Tuzos person not beaten Queretaro astatine location successful the Apertura since July 2022, earning a 2-0 triumph connected that occasion.

For a 3rd successive time, Queretaro person begun an Apertura run with a loss, conceding successful the second stages against Club America past week.

This play they volition anticipation to debar losing their archetypal distant lucifer successful this contention for a 3rd consecutive occasion, falling 1-0 to Club Tijuana successful their archetypal Apertura matter connected the roadworthy past year.

That said, they could triumph 2 consecutive Apertura affairs distant from location this weekend, aft edging retired Juarez 2-1 connected the last matchday of this contention successful 2025.

Esteban Gonzalez volition anticipation to spot his squad tin get successful the triumph file connected Sunday, which would widen their unbeaten tally successful Liga MX distant from location to 5 matches, having won their last Clausura matter arsenic the visitors this year, 2-1 astatine Puebla.

They lone earned 2 triumphs distant from location successful the past Apertura campaign, portion suffering 2 defeats by a azygous goal.

On Sunday they tin widen their unbeaten tally versus Pachuca to six games successful Liga MX, winning their past sojourn to Estadio Hidalgo past September 2-0.

Pachuca Liga MX form:

Queretaro Liga MX form:

Team News

A close genu wounded is apt to support Andres Micolta connected the Pachuca sidelines this weekend, and Israel Luna is retired owed to a cruciate ligament injury.

Salomon Rondon had a brace for them connected matchday one, with their different onslaught coming courtesy of Elias Montiel.

Among the caller faces astatine Queretaro that saw the tract connected matchday 1 were Paraguayan Enzo Gimenez and Brazilian Paulo Victor, with Juan Cazares getting the commencement connected the near broadside of midfield.

Santiago Homenchenko notched the victor the past clip they faced his erstwhile team, Pachuca past year, with existent Atlante midfielder Jhojan Julio besides scoring and goalkeeper Guillermo Allison collecting a cleanable sheet.

Pachuca imaginable starting lineup:

Moreno; Mozo, Bauermann, Barreto, Isais; Montiel, Rivera; Dominguez, Pizarro, Idrissi; Rondon

Queretaro imaginable starting lineup:

Allison; Duarte, Reyes, Abascia, Victor; Gimenez, Homenchenko, Adriano, Cazares; Avila, Coronel

We say: Pachuca 2-0 Queretaro

Queretaro person a batch of caller faces, and it whitethorn instrumentality clip for them to gel, portion Pachuca look to beryllium clicking and volition instrumentality distant plentifulness of assurance from their matchday 1 performance.

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