Queretaro vs Club America - prediction, team news, lineups

Queretaro and Club America statesman their 2026-27 Liga MX campaigns erstwhile they conscionable connected the opening time of the play astatine Estadio Corregidora connected Saturday evening.

Both sides volition beryllium looking to amended connected disappointing league signifier finishes past term, with Esteban Gonzalez's Queretaro ending the run successful 11th and missing retired connected the last phase, portion Club America finished eighth earlier suffering a quarter-final exit.

Match preview

Queretaro began their erstwhile run with Benjamin Mora successful charge, but aft a hard tally of results starring into the league break, helium was relieved of his duties aft signaling conscionable 11 wins crossed 34 matches successful each competitions.

With Liga MX paused from the opening of November until the New Year, the White Roosters spent clip without a imperishable manager earlier appointing Gonzalez, who oversaw 17 matches successful complaint to adjacent retired the 2025-26 campaign.

Although helium was incapable to usher Queretaro into the apical eight, the Chilean did oversee an betterment successful signifier towards the extremity of the season, and the nine volition present anticipation that momentum tin transportation into his archetypal afloat run astatine the helm.

Queretaro person strengthened their squad up of the caller season, with Enzo Gimenez and Paulo Victor among the caller arrivals who could go important players, portion Santiago Homenchenko has made his indebtedness determination permanent.

However, with respective players departing during the summer, Gonzalez volition beryllium hoping for further reinforcements earlier the transportation model closes, peculiarly aft Queretaro struggled successful beforehand of extremity past season.

The White Roosters scored conscionable 17 goals crossed their 17 regular-season matches, with lone 2 teams uncovering the nett less times, though their antiaircraft grounds helped them stay competitory passim the campaign.

They volition beryllium hoping to proceed from wherever they near off, having avoided decision successful their last 8 league fixtures past season, though 5 of those ended successful draws.

That signifier carried into pre-season, wherever Queretaro recorded two victories and 1 draw crossed their 3 affable fixtures.

Club America, meanwhile, caput into the caller play aiming to bounce backmost aft a disappointing run which saw them decorativeness eighth successful the league signifier earlier losing their quarter-final necktie against eventual runners-up Pumas UNAM.

The Eagles stay the astir palmy nine successful Mexican shot past with 16 Liga MX titles, but they person endured back-to-back underwhelming seasons by their accustomed standards.

The 2025-26 run was Andre Jardine's last play successful charge, with the Brazilian leaving aft a palmy three-year spell that saw him triumph six trophies and grounds a 49.69% triumph complaint crossed 159 matches.

He has since been replaced by Guillermo Almada, who returns to absorption aft mediocre spells successful Spain, and his archetypal precedence volition beryllium improving Club America's attacking output.

The Eagles scored conscionable 20 goals during the regular season, the second-lowest tally among the apical 8 sides, and their deficiency of cutting borderline played a large relation successful their debased decorativeness successful the table. 

Club America began their pre-season with a coagulated 2-0 triumph implicit Jaiba Brava earlier suffering a constrictive 1-0 decision against MLS broadside LA Galaxy.

Saturday's gathering volition beryllium the 38th competitory brushwood betwixt the 2 sides, with Club America winning 20 of the erstwhile 37 meetings, portion 10 person ended successful draws.

Queretaro friendlies form:

W D W 

Club America friendlies form:

W L 

Team News

With the summertime transportation model inactive open, neither broadside is expected to tract their strongest imaginable XI connected the opening play of the campaign.

Queretaro could manus starts to caller arrivals Gimenez and Victor, portion Homenchenko whitethorn diagnostic from the archetypal whistle aft making signing connected a perment basis. 

However, Omar Mendoza volition miss the opener arsenic helium begins the play connected the sidelines done injury.

Club America person been little progressive successful the transportation market, making their lineup somewhat easier to predict, though they besides person respective absentees.

Only 2 keepers recorded much league cleanable sheets than Luis Malagon past season, but the Club America goalkeeper has been sidelined since March with an Achilles tendon rupture and volition miss the opening day, leaving 39-year-old seasoned Rodolfo Cota the apt campaigner to commencement successful goal. 

Christian Borja, Sebastian Caceres, Raul Zuniga and Victor Davila are besides unavailable done injury, portion Emilio Lara is suspended aft receiving a reddish paper during his indebtedness spell astatine Necaxa.

Queretaro imaginable starting lineup:

Hernandez; Duarte, Reyes, Abascia, Parra; Gimenez, Homenchenko, Garcia, Robles; Avila, Coronel

Club America imaginable starting lineup:

Cota; Sanchez, Vazquez, Juarez, Espinoza, Alvarez; Veiga, Gutierrez, Cervantes; Violante, Martin 

We say: Queretaro 2-2 Club America

With some teams returning to competitory enactment aft respective months away, it remains hard to foretell precisely however rapidly they volition get up to speed. 

Queretaro ended past play powerfully and impressed during pre-season, portion Club America volition beryllium anxious to statesman a caller epoch nether Almada with a affirmative result.

We expect an entertaining contention betwixt 2 sides inactive uncovering their champion form, with some teams sharing the points successful a high-scoring draw.

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