Playoff-bound FC Juarez to Close 2025 Apertura Against Queretaro with Seeding at Stake
FC Juarez will aim to finish its best regular season ever on a high note when it faces Queretaro at 6 p.m. MT at Estadio Benito Juárez. The Bravos enter the match in seventh place, already guaranteed a spot in the play-in tournament starting next week. However, seeding in the final game of the regular season remains crucial.
Liga MX and Playoff Format Overview
Liga MX, Mexico's top-tier soccer league and the oldest professional league in the Americas, operates a playoff format similar to the NBA. The top six teams automatically qualify for the playoffs, while teams ranked seven through ten compete in a two-round play-in tournament to secure the remaining two spots in the eight-team Liguilla playoffs.
"Toluca won the 2025 Clausura, which concluded in May, and currently sits second behind Cruz Azul going into this season’s final regular-season game."
Seeding Scenarios for FC Juarez
- To finish sixth, Juarez must beat Queretaro, hope Guadalajara Chivas loses at home to Monterrey on Saturday, Nov. 8, and overcome a four-goal differential on Chivas.
- If Juarez wins but does not meet those conditions, they will be the seventh seed and host a home play-in game, needing just one win to advance.
- A loss could drop Juarez anywhere between eighth and tenth place.
- In the play-in format, the ninth seed hosts the tenth, with the winner traveling to face the loser of the seventh vs. eighth seed match.
"Under the Liguilla format, the nine seed hosts 10 with the winner traveling to the 7-8 loser."
FC Juarez is poised for a historic playoff push, with its seeding deeply impacting its path forward in this competitive Liga MX Apertura season.
Author’s summary: FC Juarez enters the 2025 Apertura finale aiming to secure a favorable playoff seed, with a strong finish vital to their best season performance yet.