Liga MX

Liga MX Apertura 2026: América three points clear with a game in hand

Liga MX is Mexico's top division, and Club América are its most successful club. Eighteen teams play two short tournaments a year, the Apertura and the Clausura, each a 17-round regular season followed by the Liguilla play-offs that decide the champions. In the regular season of the Clausura 2026, Pumas UNAM finished top on goal difference ahead of Chivas.

América won 5-3 in León and lead the Apertura with 24 points from eleven games, three ahead of Toluca, who drew 1-1 with San Luis, and Atlas, 2-0 winners at Necaxa. Chivas, Cruz Azul and Querétaro have 20 points each: Cruz Azul beat Juárez 5-0, Querétaro lost 5-0 at Santos Laguna. Chivas have the best defence, twelve goals conceded.

FC Juárez are bottom with four points and have lost all six away games.

Pachuca's Salomón Rondón leads the scoring charts with 13 goals, ahead of Pumas' Juninho with eight.