On the 3rd of March, in this week 8 match, Tigres UANL hosts Cruz Azul at Estadio Universitario De Nuevo León in a Liga MX match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. Tigres UANL is fresh off their 3-2 win against Juárez. Florian Thauvin struck first for Tigres UANL in the 15th minute, then Gignac added another in the 17th minute. Tigres UANL is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while cruz Azul is fresh off their 4-1 win against Toluca. Escobar Chena struck first for Cruz Azul in the 7th minute on a feed from Carlos Rodriguez, then Camilo Sanvezzo got the equalizer for Toluca in the 20th minute on a feed from Carlos Guzman. Cruz Azul is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Sun Oct 17th, Cruz Azul hosted Tigres UANL at the Estadio Azteca in their last match together. Cruz Azul and Tigres UANL battled to a 1-1 draw. Ayala Castro struck first for Cruz Azul on an own goal in the 15th minute, but Gignac got the equalizer for Tigres UANL in the 17th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Tigres UANL.
Both Uriel Antuna and Gimenez have been the hottest scorers for Cruz Azul in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Tigres UANL is glad to have Gignac in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored six goals.