The Apertura 2018 Liga MX championship stage commonly known as Liguilla (mini league) was played from 28 November 2018 to 16 December 2018. [1] A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the Apertura 2018 Liga MX season. Both finalists qualified to the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.
The following 8 teams qualified for the championship stage.
In the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the short tournament era starting from Invierno 1996 (not counting those in the long tournament era from 1943–44 to 1995–96).
Team | Seed | Points | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best | Ref. |
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Cruz Azul | 1 | 36 | 28th | Apertura 2017 | Champions ( Invierno 1997) |
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América | 2 | 33 | 31st | Clausura 2018 | Champions (4 times) |
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UNAM | 3 | 30 (+10) | 22nd | Champions (4 times) |
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Santos Laguna | 4 | 30 (+9) | 29th | Champions (6 times) |
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Monterrey | 5 | 30 (+6) | 21st | Champions (3 times) |
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UANL | 6 | 29 | 23rd | Champions (4 times) |
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Toluca | 7 | 26 (+5) | 32nd | Champions (7 times) |
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Querétaro | 8 | 26 (–1) | 10th [note 1] | Clausura 2015 | Runners-up ( Clausura 2015) |
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Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Cruz Azul | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Querétaro | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Cruz Azul ( s) | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Monterrey | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Santos Laguna | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Monterrey | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Cruz Azul | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | América | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | América | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Toluca | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | América | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | UNAM | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | UNAM | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | UANL | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Querétaro | 1–3 | Cruz Azul | 0–2 | 1–1 |
Toluca | 4–5 | América | 2–2 | 2–3 |
UANL | 3–4 | UNAM | 2–1 | 1–3 |
Monterrey | 3–0 | Santos Laguna | 1–0 | 2–0 |
All times are UTC−5
Monterrey | 1–0 | Santos Laguna |
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UANL | 2–1 | UNAM |
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Cruz Azul won 3–1 on aggregate.
Santos Laguna | 0–2 | Monterrey |
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Monterrey won 3–0 on aggregate.
UNAM | 3–1 | UANL |
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UNAM won 4–3 on aggregate.
América won 5–4 on aggregate.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Monterrey | 1–1 ( s) | Cruz Azul | 1–0 | 0–1 |
UNAM | 2–7 | América | 1–1 | 1–6 |
All times are UTC−5
UNAM | 1–1 | América |
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1–1 on aggregate and tied on away goals. Cruz Azul advanced for being the higher seed in the classification table.
América | 6–1 | UNAM |
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América won 7–2 on aggregate.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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América | 2–0 | Cruz Azul | 0–0 | 2–0 |
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Assistant referees:
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Statistic [16] | América | Cruz Azul |
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Goals scored | 0 | 0 |
Total shots | 8 | 7 |
Shots on target | 2 | 1 |
Saves | 1 | 2 |
Ball possession | 52% | 48% |
Corner kicks | 2 | 2 |
Fouls committed | 15 | 14 |
Offsides | 1 | 3 |
Yellow cards | 3 | 3 |
Red cards | 0 | 0 |
América won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Assistant referees:
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Statistic [20] | Cruz Azul | América |
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Goals scored | 0 | 2 |
Total shots | 5 | 12 |
Shots on target | 0 | 9 |
Saves | 7 | 0 |
Ball possession | 55% | 45% |
Corner kicks | 0 | 3 |
Fouls committed | 11 | 21 |
Offsides | 1 | 0 |
Yellow cards | 2 | 4 |
Red cards | 1 | 0 |