In a weekend match in week 2, on Sun Jan 16th, Tigres UANL hosts Puebla at Estadio Universitario De Nuevo León in a meeting of these two mismatched Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Tigres UANL recorded a 1-2 loss against León. Mena Delgado scored the first goal for León in the 8th minute, then Diego Reyes tied it up for Tigres UANL in the 16th minute. Tigres UANL should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Puebla is fresh off their 1-1 draw against América. Salvador Reyes struck first for América in the 2nd minute on a feed from Jordan Silva, but Araujo Vilches got the equalizer for Puebla in the 45th minute earning Puebla at least a draw. Puebla should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 14th, Puebla hosted Tigres UANL at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc in their last match together. Puebla and Tigres UANL battled to a 1-1 draw. Fernando Aristeguieta scored the first goal for Puebla in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot, then in the 57th minute, Luis Enrique Quinones sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Lopez Alonso earning Tigres UANL a comeback draw.
Both Lucas Jaques and Christian Tabó have been the hottest scorers for Puebla in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Nicolas Federico Lopez Alonso has been the most prolific scorer on Tigres UANL in the last 5 matches with two goals.