Monterrey favourites for feisty fight facing Tigres UANL

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 00:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio BBVA Bancomer (53500 seats)

Liga MX: Two participants who have performed well so far. Get ready for Monterrey - Tigres UANL with this broad guide!

Insights:
  • Monterrey have the most scored goals (20) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Liga MX

Monterrey have less rest than Tigres UANL in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Liga MX game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Toluca, so at least Monterrey are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Monterrey form and stats

Perfect Liga MX season at home so far for Monterrey 3 wins from 3 appearances. It’s been three wins in a row for Monterrey here at Estadio BBVA Bancomer, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

An away draw last time out for Monterrey, facing Toluca in a game that ended 1-1. Meza (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.63/10. Meza served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Necaxa with a 2-1 scoreline.

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 Monterrey have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.

The manager Rojas will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Guadalajara in only three days.

Monterrey has scored 9 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Tigres UANL form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the Liga MX away games so far for Tigres UANL with six points collected from three matches.

Tigres are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Santos Laguna (placed 9th). Goalkeeper Guzmán was absolutely vital in the Tigres UANL victory against Santos Laguna, making six saves. Midfielder Córdova was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.24. Córdova scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Pachuca wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Tigres have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Tigres UANL manager Aguirre as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Pumas UNAM.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Tigres UANL as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Monterrey victories, two draws and five Tigres UANL wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MonterreyA. González González
A. González González
4 goals
MonterreyR. Funes Mori
R. Funes Mori
4 goals
MonterreyR. Aguirre Soto
R. Aguirre Soto
4 goals

Monterrey missing players

Tigres UANL missing players

Monterrey Tigres UANL
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 3 1 Played P 0 3 8
6 3 1 Won W 0 2 6
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
20 9 3 Scored S 0 2 11
10 3 2 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
78% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 62%
56% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
33% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
33% 67% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
67% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 62%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 12%
 
3.6 3.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.3 5.1
6 7.3 8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.7 2.9
2.6 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.7 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
16.1 18.7 19 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.7 16.4
6.2 7.7 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.7 5
36% 39% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 28%
 
11.7 9.3 13 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 9.9
3.8 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.7 3.4
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Monterrey have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Monterrey have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Monterrey have the most scored goals (20) in Liga MX
  • Monterrey have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Liga MX
  • Monterrey have the the best goal difference (+10) in Liga MX
  • Monterrey have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Monterrey haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tigres UANL have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the most clean sheets (5) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tigres UANL is in the best form (5-0-1) in Liga MX

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

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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.