On Sun Jul 24th, Atlas and Tigres UANL will play a match in San Nicolás de los Garza in a meeting of these two closely matched Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 5th placed Tigres UANL is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Tijuana. Fulgencio Roman struck first for Tigres UANL in the 77th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Tijuana couldn’t muster any offence and Tigres UANL ran away with the shutout win. Tigres UANL is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 9th placed Atlas, recorded a 3-2 win against Cruz Azul. Herrera Morales struck first for Atlas in the 10th minute on a feed from Luis Reyes, then Santiago Tomas Gimenez tied it up for Cruz Azul in the 21st minute , but fortunately for Atlas it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Atlas is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws apiece.
Atlas’s top weapon lately has been Quinones Quinones, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Andre-Pierre Gignac has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Tigres UANL.