Cruz Azul beat Pachuca 2–1 — 2026 Liga MX Torneo Apertura

Cruz Azul beat Pachuca 2–1 at Estadio Hidalgo on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.

The goals

• 13' — Gabriel Fernández (Cruz Azul)
• 20' — Francisco Venegas (Pachuca)
• 79' — Andrés Montaño (Cruz Azul)

How it unfolded

1. 11'•Eduardo Bauermann (Pachuca) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
2. 13'⚽Goal! Pachuca 0, Cruz Azul 1. Gabriel Fernández (Cruz Azul) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alan Mozo with a cross following a set piece situation.
3. 20'⚽Goal! Pachuca 1, Cruz Azul 1. Francisco Venegas (Pachuca) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rodolfo Pizarro.
4. 39'•Carlos Rodríguez (Cruz Azul) is shown the yellow card.
5. 45'•Oussama Idrissi (Pachuca) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
6. 45'+5'•First Half ends, Pachuca 1, Cruz Azul 1.
7. 48'•Francisco Venegas (Pachuca) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
8. 55'•Delay in match because of an injury Carlos Moreno (Pachuca).
9. 56'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
10. 61'•Substitution, Cruz Azul. Luka Romero replaces Jeremy Márquez.
11. 61'•Substitution, Cruz Azul. Rogelio González replaces Omar Campos.
12. 63'•Rodolfo Pizarro (Pachuca) is shown the yellow card.
13. 67'•Substitution, Pachuca. Gael Álvarez replaces Oussama Idrissi.
14. 67'•Substitution, Pachuca. Adrián Alcaraz replaces Rodolfo Pizarro.
15. 69'•Delay in match because of an injury Gael Álvarez (Pachuca).
16. 70'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
17. 70'•Substitution, Cruz Azul. Carlos Rotondi replaces Alan Mozo.
18. 70'•Substitution, Cruz Azul. Andrés Montaño replaces Agustín Palavecino.
19. 75'•Pedro Budib (Pachuca) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
20. 79'⚽Goal! Pachuca 1, Cruz Azul 2. Andrés Montaño (Cruz Azul) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
21. 79'•Substitution, Pachuca. Kenedy replaces Nicolás Vallejo.
22. 79'•Substitution, Pachuca. Cristóbal Hernández replaces Jorge Berlanga.
23. 82'•Substitution, Cruz Azul. Jesús Orozco replaces Carlos Rodríguez.
24. 85'•Amaury García (Cruz Azul) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
25. 85'•Substitution, Pachuca. Mauricio Isaís replaces Francisco Venegas.
26. 90'+4'•Luka Romero (Cruz Azul) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

How they arrived

• Pachuca: 3W 4D 3L in their last 10 — 30% win rate, 16 scored and 13 conceded.
• Cruz Azul: 4W 2D 4L in their last 10 — 40% win rate, 20 scored and 17 conceded.

Full match statistics

Team records

Sources

• 2026 Liga MX Torneo Apertura — live match data

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