America vs. Cruz Azul, live: schedules, where to watch and probable lineups of the young classic

He America will face Blue Cross this Saturday at 9:05 p.m. Central Mexico (8:05 p.m. Pacific/11:05 p.m. Eastern United States) in the 205th edition of the history of the young classicwhere both teams will face each other at the iconic site of this rivalry, the Banorte Stadium (Azteca).

A duel where America will seek victory 75 in their confrontations against Cruz Azul, which for its part will try to add victory 63 and that allow them to get closer to the UNAM Pumas, who occupy fifth position in the Clausura 2026 tournament table and at the same time surpass León, which occupies sixth place in the official classification.

The Americanist painting decided to return to its home, the Colossus of Santa Úrsula, in order to have the greatest support of their public and thus face this commitment against a Cruz Azul that is not going through its best moment after adding five games without winning in a row, with three draws and two defeats, one of them the most recent with LAFC in the Concachampions 3-0 and with Pachuca on matchday 13 in the Liga MX.

In this streak, Cruz Azul tied with Monterrey 1-1, Pumas 2-2, Mazatlán 1-1 and two defeats: 1-2 with Pachuca and 3-0 with LAFC; The last cement victory was last March 10, when they beat Monterrey 2-3 at the BBVA stadium in the Concachampions.

While America is not at its best either, but above all with a very poor offensive production, with just 14 goals in 13 games, and in defense as the third best defense with only 12 goals conceded.

But beyond the numbers, expectations are always very high in this type of game, which along with the confrontations against Chivas and Pumas on behalf of both teams always raise the greatest expectations in football. Mexico.

This match includes interesting aspects, because while America seems to have lost the power of other seasons, with a squad where the players Brazilians Raphael Veiga, Rodrigo Dourado and Vinicius Moreira have not been able to become the differencein a squad where elements such as José Zúñiga, Brian Rodríguez and Cristian Borja are not going through their best moment either.

Cruz Azul is not better either; With five games without a win, he arrives at the Young Classic with the intention of saving the job of coach Nicolás Larcamón, who seems to have lost his way and being the great favorite of the tournament, fighting not to continue falling in the table, where he is in the sub-leadership with 27 points, just one point above Toluca and four below Chivas, the best team in the competition.

It is expected that this duel will help both teams wake up and be able to once again be entertainers of the competition, where Chivas, Toluca and Pumas seem to be the strongest teams at this moment.

Schedule and where to watch the duel between America vs. Blue Cross in the United States

Hours in the United States: 11:05 p.m. ET and 8:05 p.m. PT.
Broadcast in the United States: Univision, TUDN, VIX and Univision NOW.

America’s ability lineup

Rodolfo Cota; Aarón Mejía, Israel Reyes, Sebastián Cáceres, Miguel Vázquez, Rodrigo Dourado, Erick Sánchez, Alejandro Zendejas or Isaías Violante, Rapahel Veiga, Brian Rodríguez and José Zúñiga or Patricio Salas.

Cruz Azul’s ability lineup

Andrés Gudiño; Omar Campos, Willer Ditta, Gonzalo Piovi, Rodolfo Rotondi; Erik Lira, Jeremy Márquez, Agustín Palavicino, José Paradela, Christian Ebere and Nicolás Ibáñez.

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