- Pachuca have won two and lost zero of their last two home games in all current competitions.
- Querétaro have won one and drawn one of their last two away games in all current competitions.
- Pachuca have failed to win any of their last three home head-to-head matchups in Liga MX.
Dugout duel adds spice to Pachuca vs Gallos Blancos Queretaro contest
The table says it all after one game of the Liga MX 2026-2027 campaign with Pachuca CF top with three points while Gallos Blancos Querétaro are 15th with zero after one.
The home side are on a roll after starting the season with a 1-0 away win at Pumas UNAM yesterday, and it was a 0-3 away win over the same side in their previous meeting from 2025/2026.
And Pachuca CF will be happy to have a bit of an edge over their visitors on Monday as Benjamín Mora is a former Querétaro coach who has them playing a completely different style of football to his predecessor. The Tuzos are a versatile, attack-minded team who can be structured or direct in possession, and they have the sort of energy that makes them hard to pick when the tempo is raised.
Venezuelan powerhouse José Salomón Rondón is the main man for Pachuca CF, having scored two goals in his first match to top their Liga MX 2026/2027 scoring charts, but his midfielders have been superb so far and Elias Montiel has already registered one assist in one appearance.
Pachuca vs Querétaro is a chess match
Queretaro are a completely different animal to the one that Mora used to coach because Esteban González has turned the Gallos into a compact, high-intensity, results-first side that will press the ball, flood the channels and counter in vertical runs.
The only thing I can say for sure about this game is that Pachuca will try to stretch the play and control the ball while Querétaro will try to shrink the space and press.
But that's a chess game, and who knows what piece will be sacrificed or which way the game will play? What I do know is that Mora knows this Queretaro side as well as any and he will surely have some tricks to play on Monday.
Mateo Coronel has been Gallos' sharpest finisher in recent weeks with two of his goals coming from Querétaro's last five matches in all competitions (Won 2, Drawn 2, Lost 1).
They look inconsistent at the moment, but have enough quality to keep this close and we see the value play as BTTS at 1.7. Pachuca should edge it, but the odds don't reflect how close the visitors can keep it in this clash.
