Overview
- Kickoff is set for Sunday at 7:00 p.m. Central at Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez with TV coverage on Azteca 7 and FOX.
- The winner advances to face regular-season leader Toluca in the quarterfinals, and the loser is eliminated from the Apertura 2025.
- Juárez finished eighth with 23 points and arrives via a second chance after losing its first play-in game to Xolos.
- Pachuca qualified ninth with 22 points and comes in buoyed by a play-in win over Pumas under newly appointed coach Esteban Solari.
- Past play-in editions have not produced a quarterfinalist from the ninth or tenth seeds, a trend Pachuca attempts to overturn.