Liga MX 2022 standings table, scores and updated schedule of games for Apertura season

Simon Borg

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After a 70-year drought, it's hard to believe that Atlas are going for their third straight Liga MX title in the 2022 Apertura. After hoisting the trophy in the 2021 Apertura and the 2022 Clausura, Los Zorros will be looking to become the first team since Club America in the 1980s to achieve the feat in Mexico. 

The other 17 clubs in the Mexican top flight will play the role of foils in the Atlas quest for continued dominance under manager Diego Cocca. The 2022 Apertura kicks off on Friday, July 1 and the 17-match regular season will wrap up on Sunday, Oct. 2. Three midweek slates will ensure the entire liguilla playoff schedule can be played before the November break for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

What's at stake: Only the top 12 teams advance to the playoffs in Liga MX. The top four advance straight to the quarterfinals, while the other eight teams (No. 5 through No. 12) meet in a play-in round hosted by the higher seeds to determine the other four quarterfinalists.

  • Apertura reg. season begins: July 1 (Matchday 1)
  • Apertura reg. season ends: Oct. 2 (Matchday 17)
  • Liguilla play-in matches: Oct. 7-8 (single elimination)
  • Liguilla quarterfinals: Oct. 12-16 (1st & 2nd legs)
  • Liguilla semifinals: Oct. 19-23 (1st & 2nd legs) 
  • Liguilla final: Oct. 27-30 (1st & 2nd legs)

Why the regular season standings matter: They come into play during the playoff quarterfinal and semifinal series, which take place over two legs. The team with the most goals scored across both games advances. However, if teams are tied on total goals scored at the end of that second leg, the club that finished higher in the regular season standings will advance. That tiebreaker rule disappears for the final, where teams will head to extra time and a penalty kick shootout, if necessary.

Here is the latest schedule and results in the Liga MX Apertura season, followed by the updated standings, which outline the race for playoff places and seeding.

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Liga MX 2022 schedule (Matchday 1)

Date Match Time (ET) TV Channels Streaming
Fri, July 1 Mazatlan 2, Puebla 4   HIGHLIGHTS  
Sat, July 2 Necaxa vs. Toluca (rescheduled) 6 p.m. TUDN fuboTV
Sat, July 2 Chivas vs. Juarez 6 p.m. Telemundo fuboTV
Sat, July 2 Tigres UANL vs. Cruz Azul 8 p.m. Univision, TUDN fuboTV
Sat, July 2 Club America vs. Atlas 10 p.m. Univision, TUDN fuboTV
Sun, July 3 Pumas UNAM vs. Tijuana 1 p.m. Univision, TUDN fuboTV
Sun, July 3 San Luis vs. Leon 6 p.m. TUDN fuboTV
Sun, July 3 Santos Laguna vs. Monterrey 8 p.m. FS2, Fox Deportes fuboTV
Mon, July 4 Pachuca vs. Queretaro 10 p.m. TUDN fuboTV

MORE: Complete Liga MX season calendar

Liga MX 2022 Apertura standings

The top 12 teams advance to the playoffs. Standings are based on points collected during the 17 games of the regular season: three points for a win, one for a draw, and none in case of a loss. If teams are tied on points, the following tiebreakers are used in this specific order according to the official rules (page 9):

1. Superior goal difference
2. Most goals scored
3. Most goals scored on the road
4. Head-to-head matchups between the teams that are tied
5. Best placement in "quotient" standings (points per game over previous six seasons)
6. Fair Play standings (based on yellow and red cards received)
7. Random draw

With those tiebreakers in mind, here's what the updated table looks like:

Apertura 2022 table

Updated as of July 2, 2022

Ranking Team PTS GP W D L GF GA GD
1. Puebla 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2
2. Atlas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3. Chivas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4. Club America 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5. Cruz Azul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6. FC Juarez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7. Leon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8. Monterrrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9. Necaxa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10. Pachuca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11. Pumas UNAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12. Queretaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13. San Luis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14. Santos Laguna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15. Tigres UANL  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16. Tijuana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17. Toluca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18. Mazatlan 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2

(PTS=Points, GP=Games Played, W=Wins, D=Draws, L=Losses, GF=Goals for, GA=Goals against, GD=Goal Difference)

  • X = Qualified to quarterfinals
  • Y = Qualified to play-in (repechaje)
  • E = Eliminated

Liga MX TV channels, live streams in the USA

  • TV channels: Univision, TUDN, UniMas, Telemundo, Universo, ESPN Deportes, Fox Deportes
  • Live stream: fuboTV, Vix, ESPN app, TelemundoDeportes.com, Fox Deportes app

The Liga MX 2021 Apertura season will be carried by four major U.S. broadcast outlets: Univision networks TUDN and UniMas, ESPN Deportes, Telemundo / Universo and Fox Deportes.

All these channels can be streamed on fuboTV.

The matches can also be streamed with user authentication on the various alternate platforms offered by the networks: TUDN.tv, TelemundoDeportes.com, and the apps for Telemundo Deportes, ESPN, TUDN and Fox Deportes.

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Simon Borg is a senior editor at The Sporting News who has covered football/soccer for over a decade. A supporter of Italian club Parma Calcio from his years growing up in Europe, he was previously a long-time member of Major League Soccer's digital media team, as a multimedia content producer, on-air personality, and Editor-in-Chief. Based in New York City, Borg is multilingual and has covered the domestic and global scene for TSN since 2021.