Week 10 brings us a match on Aug 21st, where Tigres UANL will travel to Doha to battle Monterrey in a clash of the Liga MX. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. 2nd placed Monterrey is fresh off their 2-1 win against Necaxa. Bryan Garnica struck first for Necaxa in the 37th minute, then in the 56th minute, Meza sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Rodrigo Aguirre But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 77th minute on a goal by Gonzalez Gonzalez. Monterrey should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches, while tigres UANL is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Santos Laguna. Sebastián Cordova struck first for Tigres UANL in the 26th minute, then Quinones added another in the 57th minute In the end, Santos Laguna 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 should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Gignac has been the most prolific scorer on Tigres UANL in his last five matches with two goals. Monterrey is fortunate enough to have Arturo Alfonso Gonzalez Gonzalez in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored four goals.