How Chivas head into El Clásico de México | OneFootball

Guadalajara has a new date with the Chivahermanos of the Capital Rojiblanca, and what better stage than the Estadio Azteca, the venue that will host another edition of El Clásico de México after more than 2 years away.

The team coached by Gabriel Milito heads into this Matchday 9 clash of the Apertura 2026 in great form, riding a 6-match unbeaten streak and aiming to earn three points that will keep them in the fight for the top of the overall standings.

How are they coming in?- Guadalajara is coming off a 3-0 thrashing of Pumas at Estadio AKRON, a result that allowed them to reach 17 points and move into second place in the standings.- Meanwhile, the capital city side was beaten 4-3 by Cruz Azul in the previous round, leaving them behind Chivas in the overall table with 16 points.

Gabriel Milito knows how to win El Clásico de México!- The Rojiblanco coach is unbeaten in Liga MX editions of the Clásico de México since arriving at Guadalajara.LEARN MORE HERE about this fact.- In addition, Guadalajara has earned good results in its most recent regular-season meetings with Las Águilas. CLICK HERE to learn all the details of the Rojiblanca good run.

Ángel Sepúlveda’s prediction for El Clásico de México- ‘Sepu’ highlighted that Guadalajara is always the home team in the nation’s capital and that they will arrive at Estadio Azteca with one mission: to stand their ground with personality and win the match.

Where can you watch El Clásico de México?- CLICK HEREto see all the options for following the Matchday 9 game of the Apertura 2026 LIVE and as it happens.

Latest lineupsGuadalajara: 1 Raúl Rangel; 3 Diego Campillo, 6 Omar Govea, 7 Luis Romo, 14 Hugo Camberos, 23 Daniel Aguirre, 28 Rubén González, 30 Santiago Sandoval, 9 Ángel Sepúlveda, 17 Ricardo Marín and 25 Roberto Alvarado.Head Coach: Gabriel Milito

América: 30 Rodolfo Cota; 3 Israel Reyes, 5 Kevin Álvarez, 29 Ramón Juárez, 34 Dagoberto Espinoza, 12 Isaías Violante, 13 Alan Cervantes, 23 Raphael Cavalcante, 28 Erick Sánchez, 7 Paul Rodríguez and 9 Henry Martín.Head Coach: Guillermo Almada

Who will be officiating?Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres HernándezAssistant 1: Alberto Morín Méndez Assistant 2: José Ibrahim Martínez ChavarríaFourth Official: Guillermo Pacheco LariosVAR: Óscar Macías RomoAVAR: Michel Caballero Galicia

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