On Jul 9th, Mazatlán will play host to Tigres UANL in a meeting of these two Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Mazatlán sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-4 loss against Puebla. Israel Reyes struck first for Puebla in the 5th minute on a feed from Gastón Silva, then Fernando Aristeguieta added another in the 14th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while 15th placed Tigres UANL is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Cruz Azul. Rafael Baca Miranda struck first for Cruz Azul in the 16th minute on a feed from Uriel Antuna, then in the 48th minute, Sebastián Cordova sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Florian Thauvin , but luckily for Cruz Azul it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Tigres UANL looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Tigres UANL won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Tigres UANL’s top weapon lately has been Andre-Pierre Gignac, who has three goals in the last five matches. Brian Rubio has been the most prolific scorer on Mazatlán in the last 5 matches with three goals.