The weekend arrived with a double matchday and week 9 of the Apertura 2024 begins to define the possible candidates to qualify for PlayoffsAfter Monterrey’s victory over Juárez, Rayados tied Cruz Azul with 19 points in the general Liga MX table.
Meanwhile, América is slowly regaining its rhythm and is now visiting Necaxa to seek its third consecutive victory after a thrashing in the National Classic.
Liga MX match schedule: When is Matchday 9 of Liga MX 2024 and where to watch it in Mexico?
The weekend starts this Friday, September 20th; the day comes with different games for all tastes, among which Cruz Azul against Chivas and Juárez against Tigres stand out; the Bravos are already coming off a loss to the other team New Leon in the day 8.
Liga MX is getting ready for an exciting matchday 9, where teams will look to add key points in their respective campaigns. Here we present the Scheduled match times
Friday, September 20: Matches and who’s playing
This Friday two matches will be played at the end of the evening: Puebla receives Pachuca Meanwhile, Atlas will play at home against Querétaro, a match that, since the brawl at the Corregidora Stadium, has become one of the most controversial.
The Hidalgo team could add more points by beating Puebla, as it has a streak of five victories in its last six encounters. In this tournament, the team from Almada wants to get its first victory away from home.
The 10 point difference The gap between the red-and-blacks and ‘Gallos’ del Querétaro, who has had a difficult tournament, leaves the visitors at a total disadvantage. Will they recover in this round and add the three points?
Puebla vs. Pachuca
- 19:00 hours
- Headquarters: Cuauhtémoc Stadium
- Broadcast: Azteca 7, Fox Sports and Fox Sports Premium
Atlas vs. Querétaro
- 19:00 hours
- Venue: Jalisco Stadium
- Broadcast: Vix and TUDN
Saturday, September 21: matches and who is playing
On Saturday, Rayados could rise to first place in the general table by facing the Mazatlán team, which has just announced the signing of Rodolfo Pizarrofrom AEK Athens of Greece.
Meanwhile, the ‘Eagles’ of Brazilian coach André Jardine will visit Necaxa at the Estadio Victoria with more favorable conditions, since they have recovered from injuries and signed the Chilean striker. Victor Davila.
With its two consecutive victories, América moved up a couple of positions to tenth with 12 points. Its current rival, Necaxa, is also in the middle of the table: it is eleventh with 11 points.
In addition, this day will have the meeting of the ‘Sacred Flock’, which arrives at the City of Sports to visit ‘the Machine’who is currently the leader of the championship.
Leon vs. Atletico San Luis
- 17:00 hours
- Venue: Leon Stadium
- Transmisión: Fox Sports y Fox Sports Premium
Although vs. America
- 19:00 hours
- Venue: Victoria Stadium
- Broadcast: Channel 5
Monterrey vs. Mazatlan
- 19:00 hours
- Venue: BBVA Stadium
- Streaming: ViX
Cruz Azul vs. Guadalajara
- 21:05 hours
- Headquarters: Sports City Stadium
- Broadcast: Channel 5
Sunday, September 22: matches and who is playing
This Sunday the last matches of the 9th day will be played with a Pumas that will receive Tijuana at a different time than usual, with whom the difference is only one point.
In addition, the ‘Comarca Lagunera’ will have a very ‘devilish’ match, as they will receive the Diablos del Toluca, currently third in the championship.
Pumas vs. Tijuana
- 17:00 Central Mexico Time
- Venue: Olympic University Stadium
- Broadcast: Channel 5
Santos vs. Toluca
- 19:05 Central Mexico time
- Venue: TSM Stadium
- Broadcast: Channel 5
Juarez vs. Tigres
- 19:10 Central Mexico time
- Venue: Benito Juárez Olympic Stadium
- Broadcast: Fox Sports
When will the 2024 Liguilla MX be played?
Liga MX only has 6 more regular phase matches to define the teams that play the Play in and those who have the direct pass to the Liguillawhich starts on November 27 and is played as follows:
- Quarter finals: November 27 and 28 for the first leg and November 30 and December 1 for the return leg.
- Semi-finals: The first leg matches are scheduled for December 4 and 5 and the return matches for December 7 and 8.
When did the transfer market close?
Even though the 2024 Apertura tournament is almost halfway over, just a week ago the transfer market closed, which is the opportunity for teams to acquire more players.
Liga MX closed said registration on September 14 at 7 p.m., where América and Mazatlán announced their last players during Sunday and Monday. In the case of the Mazatlán team, they acquired Rodolfo Pizarro and the Águilas acquired Victor Davilawho already He made his debut with a goal in the game on Matchday 8 against Atlas.
With information from AFP
