Overview
- Monterrey beat Necaxa 2-0 in Aguascalientes with goals from Germán Berterame and Íker Fimbres after traveling without Gerardo Arteaga and Lucas Ocampos, while Jesús Corona returned to the bench.
- Chivas edged FC Juárez 1-0 with a stoppage-time strike from Yael Padilla to move to six points from two matches and hold the provisional lead.
- Pachuca secured its first points by defeating León 2-1, with Oussama Idrissi and Salomón Rondón scoring before Rogelio Funes Mori pulled one back late.
- Puebla opened the midweek slate by topping Mazatlán 2-1 as a localized turf failure at Estadio Cuauhtémoc drew scrutiny with Cruz Azul set to host Atlas there next.
- Liga MX removed the Play-In for this tournament and will qualify the top eight directly, while reports say Akron, BBVA and Banorte stadiums are due to transfer to FIFA control 30 days before the World Cup and the FMF has contacted FIFA seeking exceptions to avoid losing Liguilla home matches.