With renewed excitement about the start of a new tournament, Guadalajara will begin its journey through Apertura 2026 this Saturday when it hosts Toluca V AKRON Stadium in action 1st round. The encounter with Diablos presents an excellent opportunity for Sacred flockwho is determined to take the first step towards her goal of consistently fighting for first place in the league standings.
How Guadalajara and Toluca will come to the match?
Gabriel Milito The team ended a busy pre-season with two friendly matches. The first one opposed road runner V Marte R. Gomez Stadiuma four-period match designed to give playing time to the entire team, which ended in a 1–1 draw. The second was played in Green Valley against UdeGWhere Red and white won with a score of 1-0.
Team coached by Antonio Mohamed also played two pre-season friendlies. They lost 1:0 Cancun FC in the first before the draw 3-3 s Atlas in the second.
Recent meetings between Chivas and Diablos
The last meeting between the two clubs took place in the eighth round of the 2026 Clausura, when the team Sacred flock was defeated with a score of 2:0 Nemesio Diez Stadium.
Red and white achieved positive results by hosting Diablos in the first round match. Since the introduction of short tournaments, the two clubs have met in the first round five times. Guadalajara posted one win and four draws on AKRON Stadium.
The story between Chivas and Toluca
Guadalajara And Toluca share one of the most historic rivalries in Mexican football. If you would like to explore the full history of the rivalry between the two clubs, CLICK HERE.
Where can I watch it? Chivas vs Toluca live?
If you can’t make it AKRON StadiumCLICK HERE to find all streaming options to watch. GuadalajaraOpening of Apertura 2026 live.
Match officials
Judge: Daniel Quintero Whitron
Assistant referee 1: Jose Ibrahim Martinez Chavarria
Assistant referee 2: Jaime Adrian Villasana Carrasco
Fourth judge: Ivan Antonio Lopez Sanchez
OUR: Yair Miranda Galindo And Francia Gonzalez Martinez
Did you know…?
Guadalajara And Toluca will meet in a 1st round match for the 10th time in the short tournament era, and this will be the round in which they have faced each other most often.
Chivas are unbeaten in their last 14 home matches AKRON Stadiumrecording 11 wins and 3 draws.
Sacred flock kept a clean sheet in each of the last three matches in the tournament Red-White Fortresswithout conceding a single goal for 340 consecutive minutes.
Gabriel Milito has a 57% win rate because Chivas head coach with 22 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses in 43 official Liga MX and League Cup matches.