In a mid week match in week 12, on Mon Apr 4th, Tigres UANL plays host to Tijuana in a meeting of these two Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 2nd placed Tigres UANL, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Monterrey. Gignac struck first for Tigres UANL in the 69th minute, then Florian Thauvin added another in the 76th minute In the end, Monterrey was frustrated by Tigres UANL’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Tigres UANL ended the match with the shutout victory. Tigres UANL looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, Tijuana recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Juárez. Montecinos Naranjo struck first for Tijuana in the 86th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Juárez couldn’t manage to score, and Tijuana took the shutout win. Tijuana is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 26th of July, Tigres UANL took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Carlos González struck first for Tigres UANL in the 8th minute, then Juan Vigón added another in the 57th minute on a feed from Lopez Alonso.
Tijuana is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Marcel Ruíz and Joaquin Alberto Montecinos Naranjo each having 2 goals in their last 5. Tigres UANL is glad to have Andre-Pierre Gignac in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 6 goals.