On Mar 19th, Monterrey and Tigres UANL will play a match in San Nicolás de los Garza in a meeting of these two evenly matched Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. 3rd placed Tigres UANL is fresh off their 0-2 loss against América. Jonathan Rodriguez struck first for América in the 32nd minute on a feed from Leonardo Suárez, then Leonardo Suárez added another in the 79th minute on a feed from Diego Valdés In the end, Tigres UANL couldn’t muster any offence and América ran away with the shutout win. Tigres UANL should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Monterrey recorded a 2-1 win against Pachuca. Marino Hinestroza Angulo struck first for Pachuca in the 3rd minute on a feed from Roberto Carlos De La Rosa Gonzalez, but Jesus Daniel Gallardo Vasconcelos got the equalizer for Monterrey in the 17th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 53rd minute on a goal by Jordi Cortizo to cap off a wild match. Monterrey is on a hot streak lately, having won 9 of their last 10 matches.
On the 21st of August, Monterrey hosted Tigres UANL in their last match together. Monterrey and Tigres UANL battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Monterrey nor Tigres UANL could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 14 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Rogelio Gabriel Funes Mori has been the most prolific scorer on Monterrey in the last five matches with 3 goals. Tigres UANL’s top weapon lately has been Nicolás Ibañez, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches.