April 24th features a match where Tigres UANL hosts América at Estadio Universitario De Nuevo León in a meeting of these two mismatched Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 1st placed Tigres UANL is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Toluca. Juan Vigón struck first for Tigres UANL in the 59th minute on a feed from Florian Thauvin, then Sebastián Cordova added another in the 67th minute on a feed from Rafael De Souza Pereira In the end, Toluca 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 looks to continue their winning ways, having 8 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, América recorded a 3-1 win against Tijuana. Facundo Ferreyra struck first for América on an own goal in the 8th minute, then Alex Zendejas added another in the 11th minute. América is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On Oct 24th, América hosted Tigres UANL at the Estadio Azteca in their last match together. América won by a score of 1 to 0. Martin Mex struck first for América in the 54th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Tigres UANL couldn’t muster any offence and América ran away with the shutout win.
Both Diego Valdés and Alex Zendejas have been the hottest scorers for América in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals. Gignac has been the most prolific scorer on Tigres UANL in the last 5 matches with three goals.