Week 5 features a match on Sun Feb 5th, where Cruz Azul will host Tigres UANL at Estadio Azteca in a Liga MX match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Cruz Azul recorded a 0-1 loss against Necaxa. Edgar Méndez struck first for Necaxa in the 14th 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 Necaxa took the shutout win. Cruz Azul should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while tigres UANL is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Atlético San Luis. Neither Tigres UANL nor Atlético San Luis could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 21 and 2 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Tigres UANL should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Cruz Azul took the match by a score of 3 to 2. Rafael Baca Miranda scored the first goal for Cruz Azul in the 16th minute, but Florian Thauvin got the equalizer for Tigres UANL in the 48th minute , but fortunately for Cruz Azul it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win.
Tigres UANL is fortunate enough to have Gignac in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 5 goals. Cruz Azul’s most prolific scorer has been Uriel Antuna. The attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.