Necaxa will host Chivas on Wednesday, April 22, at Estadio Victoria in Jornada 16 of the Liga MX Clausura 2026, with both clubs playing for more than three points. Necaxa needs a win to keep alive its thin path into the Liguilla, while Guadalajara can tighten its hold on the top of the table.
Necaxa enters the match in 11th place with 17 points and five victories, three of them at home. Its latest result, a 1-1 draw with Tigres, made qualification harder and left little margin for error. Chivas arrives with 34 points, exactly twice Necaxa’s total, and has already booked its place in the Fiesta Grande.
The weight of the game is different on each side of the field. For Necaxa, the equation is simple: win and keep hope alive. For Guadalajara, a victory could secure the Clausura 2026 lead if Pachuca and Pumas do not win, while a slip would leave its position vulnerable because Pachuca is just three points behind.
That contrast gives the matchup its edge. Necaxa’s season has been built on narrow margins, and the Tigres draw showed how quickly those margins can disappear. Guadalajara, by contrast, arrives after thrashing Puebla in its last match, a result that also secured home field for the second leg of the quarterfinals. The clubs meet at different points in the calendar, but the table has made the stakes immediate for both.
What happens on Wednesday will shape the final stretch of the Clausura 2026 for both teams. Necaxa needs a result to keep its Liguilla route open; Chivas needs one to avoid handing away a lead that is still within reach of the teams behind it.