León fights Tigres UANL in Liga MX battle

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 05.December
Match begins: 03:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio León (31297 seats)

A key match in Liga MX as both teams are challenging for the top positions. With León in 3rd position and Tigres UANL placed 4th, this is almost guaranteed to be an exciting fight. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • León have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals (26) in Liga MX

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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León form and stats

3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga MX numbers at home for León so far this season. León has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio León, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

No payout for León in their previous match, an away game at Tigres UANL that ended in defeat 1-2. León's goalkeeper Rodolfo Cota was extremely busy against Tigres UANL, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves. The defeat against Tigres UANL was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by C. Gonzalez). William Tesillo was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.84 out of 10. The defender Tesillo won 7 of 10 duels.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Puebla.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how León have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn four and lost one.

The León fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. León have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tigres UANL form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Tigres UANL playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season. Tigres has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Impressive finishing from Carlos González and Florian Thauvin secured the home win 2-1 against León in their previous game. Late drama in the previous game, when Carlos González scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat León. The attacker André-Pierre Gignac got a match rating of 8.33 in that game. Gignac served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Santos Laguna.

We have checked recent matches where Tigres have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were three victories, two draws and six defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Tigres UANL have scored 11 goals in 8 league games away. As opposed to that, Tigres UANL have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Tigres UANL - León 2-1 was the end result in these sides' previous h2h match, earlier this season. León-Tigres UANL H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: León zero wins, Tigres UANL five wins, five draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Tigres UANLN. López Alonso
N. López Alonso
9 goals
LeónV. Dávila Zavala
V. Dávila Zavala
6 goals
LeónÁ. Mena Delgado
Á. Mena Delgado
6 goals

León missing players

Tigres UANL missing players

León Tigres UANL
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 2 Played P 3 9 20
9 4 0 Won W 0 3 9
5 3 2 Drew D 0 2 7
6 2 0 Lost L 3 4 4
24 13 2 Scored S 2 12 30
18 6 2 Conceded C 6 11 17
90% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
65% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 89% 80%
45% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 55%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 11% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
35% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 50%
50% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 40%
25% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 20%
 
4.3 4.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.1 4.8
5 4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.1 4
2 1.7 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11.1 12.6 15 Shots (avg) S ( 16 13.9 14.1
3.5 4.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.6 4.8
35% 32% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 29% 31%
 
12.4 10 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 11.8 11.3
4.3 3.3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.3 3.9
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • León have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Tigres UANL have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tigres UANL have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals (26) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the the best goal difference (+12) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 America 17 10 5 2 21 10 9 7 2 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 8 8 11 35
2 Atlas 17 8 5 4 21 10 9 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 3 1 13 5 11 29
3 León 17 8 5 4 20 14 8 3 3 2 11 6 9 5 2 2 9 8 6 29
4 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 26 14 9 4 5 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 11 9 12 28
5 Santos Laguna 17 5 9 3 23 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 24
6 Toluca 17 6 6 5 22 22 8 3 4 1 13 9 9 3 2 4 9 13 0 24
7 Puebla 17 6 6 5 16 16 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 24
8 Cruz Azul 17 5 8 4 21 17 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 23
9 Monterrey 17 5 7 5 19 16 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 1 5 3 9 12 3 22
10 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 4 3 0 22
11 Pumas UNAM 17 5 6 6 17 23 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 6 13 -6 21
12 Atletico San Luis 17 4 8 5 19 23 8 1 3 4 8 15 9 3 5 1 11 8 -4 20
13 Mazatlan 17 5 5 7 18 24 9 4 3 2 13 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 20
14 Necaxa 17 6 2 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 10 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 20
15 Pachuca 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 2 5 2 10 7 8 2 1 5 9 14 -2 18
16 Juarez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Queretaro 17 3 6 8 11 19 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 3 12 -8 15
18 Tijuana 17 3 6 8 16 27 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 1 2 5 7 16 -11 15

Read more about Liga MX

Liga MX is the top division in the Mexican football league system. Each season the league has two tournaments, Apertura (opening) and Clausura (closing). This means that the Liga MX has two champions per season. The Liga MX is the fourth most attended football league in the world.