January 21st features a match where Tigres UANL will travel to Tijuana to battle Tijuana in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Liga MX teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, a perfect day for football. Tijuana sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Juárez. Jesús Dueñas struck first for Juárez in the 14th minute on a penalty shot, then Lezcano added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Maximiliano Olivera In the end, Tijuana was frustrated by Juárez’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Juárez ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 1st placed Tigres UANL is fresh off their 4-1 win against Pachuca. Javier López scored the first goal for Pachuca in the 9th minute, then Fernando Gorriarán got the equalizer for Tigres UANL in the 32nd minute on a feed from De Souza Pereira But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 55th minute on a goal by Gignac. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Tigres UANL should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Tigres UANL and Tijuana last played eachother at the Estadio Universitario De Nuevo León on the 18th of July. Tigres UANL was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Fulgencio Roman struck first for Tigres UANL in the 77th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Tijuana couldn’t muster any offence and Tigres UANL ran away with the shutout win.
Gignac has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 6 goals for Tigres UANL. Tijuana is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Alexis Canelo and Federico Lertora each only have 1 goal in their last five.