On the 15th of February, in this week 7 match, Tigres UANL hosts Juárez at Estadio Universitario De Nuevo León 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 23 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 3rd placed Tigres UANL, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Cruz Azul. Guido Pizarro scored the first goal for Tigres UANL in the 41st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Cruz Azul couldn’t manage to score, and Tigres UANL took the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Tigres UANL should be reasonably happy with their performance, while juárez sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-2 win against Mazatlán. Denzell Arturo Garcia Bojorquez scored the first goal for Juárez in the 14th minute, but Aké Loba got the equalizer for Mazatlán in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time , but luckily for Juárez it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Juárez is looking for direction having 4 win and 6 losses in their last 10 matches.
Juárez and Tigres UANL last played eachother at the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez on Jul 27th. Tigres UANL won by a score of 1 to 0. Andre-Pierre Gignac struck first for Tigres UANL in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Aquino Carmona, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Juárez couldn’t muster any offence and Tigres UANL ran away with the shutout win.
Dario Lezcano has been the most effective weapon for Juárez lately. The attacker has netted three goals in his last 5 matches. For Tigres UANL, their top scorers are Luis Enrique Quinones and Andre-Pierre Gignac, each having 3 goals in their last 5 matches.