What do América need to go top of the Apertura 2026? | OneFootball

This afternoon, Club América will face Santos in Matchday 3 of the Apertura 2026.

Las Águilas have had a positive start to the tournament in terms of results, with one win and one draw, both away from home.

At first, people said those results came mainly because of the ‘accessible’ opponents they had to face, but this start to the tournament has shown us that was not the case; Querétaro lost at home to América, but then went on to beat Pachuca and Tigres, while Atlante, who had to battle for a draw against América, defeated Cruz Azul in this latest round.

But the good news for Las Águilas is that, despite starting the tournament with a very thin squad due to the lack of reinforcements and injuries, they are very close to taking over the top spot just before the ‘pause’ the tournament will have for the Leagues Cup.

What do they need to take the top spot?

Currently, Las Águilas sit in eighth place in the tournament with four points, just three behind the current leaders, Xolos.

To become leaders, Guillermo Almada’s team will have to beat Santos by two goals or more and then wait for the result between Toluca and Necaxa.

If Necaxa pull off the upset and beat Toluca away from home, the ‘Rayos’ would become leaders with a perfect nine points out of nine possible.

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