📏 Form Guide

Universidad Nacional

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Universidad Nacional will be hoping to bounce back here following the 3-1 Primera (Apertura) Liguilla loss in their previous game against Pachuca.

In that game, Universidad Nacional had 59% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Universidad Nacional was Pedro Vite (65'). Pachuca had 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Enner Valencia (33') and Kenedy (40', 55') scored for Pachuca.

Universidad Nacional have not been the best at stopping their opponents recently, although they’ve also managed to hit the back of the net themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Universidad Nacional have been punished defensively in 6 of them in addition to getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches.

Querétaro FC

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Querétaro FC will go into the match following a 1-2 Liga MX (Apertura) win vs FC Juárez in their previous game.

In that game, Querétaro FC managed 26% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Querétaro FC was Ali Ávila (12'). FC Juarez had 15 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Moises Mosquera (22' Own goal) and Diego Valoyes (57') scored for FC Juárez.

Throughout their 6 previous matches, Benjamin Mora's Querétaro FC have found the net 8 times, earning them a goals per game average of 1.33.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 03/04/2023 shows that Universidad Nacional have won 3 of these games and Querétaro FC 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

A sum of 16 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 11 from Pumas and 5 being from Gallos Blancos. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Liga MX (Apertura) match day 3 on 26/07/2025 and the score finished Querétaro FC 0-2 Universidad Nacional.

That time, Querétaro FC had 57% possession and 7 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

Universidad Nacional had 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Guillermo Martínez (14') and Jorge Ruvalcaba (78') scored.

The referee was Mario Terrazas.

📋 Team News: Universidad Nacional

In our view, Pumas look set to make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation this time with Keylor Navas, Pablo Bennevendo, Nathan Silva, Ruben Duarte, Alvaro Angulo, Cesar Garza, José Caicedo, Jordan Carrillo, A. Carrasquilla, Jorge Ruvalcaba and Juninho.

ℹ️ Team News: Querétaro FC

We are inclined to think that Gallos Blancos will likely utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Guillermo Allison, Jaime Gomez, Lucas Abascia, Diego Reyes, Francisco Venegas, Santiago Homenchenko, Michael Carcelén, Jean Unjanque, Lucas Rodríguez, Jhojan Julio and Ali Ávila.

✨ Prediction

In our view, Universidad Nacional can and should dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.

At the other end, Querétaro FC could well find it tough getting on the scoresheet but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be converting at least once as well.

We reckon that it will be a comfortable 3-1 winning score for Universidad Nacional when the full-time whistle blows.

Renata Leite, 17:01 11/01/2026