Both these sides are capable in this league, Tigres UANL enjoying a 6 point advantage on Pachuca in the league table. Let's start!
- Pachuca have not yet lost a game at home.
- Tigres UANL is in the best form (5-0-1) in Liga MX
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Pachuca form and stats
Pachuca have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Liga MX. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Pachuca have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Ibanez was the last player to score a league goal for Pachuca and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Pachuca haven't scored in 270 minutes.
Pachuca drew their last game, 0-0 away at Guadalajara (placed 14th). The goalie Ustari was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.65 out of ten. Ustari topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that, an away loss at Necaxa.This is expected to be a close game, with Pachuca perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Pachuca as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Pachuca has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
As for guarding their own goal, Pachuca have only let in 1 goal at home.
Tigres UANL form and stats
Tigres UANL are yet to lose a point on their Liga MX travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Pachuca.
Tigres UANL go into this game after a win, the home game against Queretaro that ended 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Aguirre when Caicedo scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute. The attacker López got a match rating of 8.32 in that game. López scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 40 total).
Prior to that result Tigres UANL won their away game at Juarez. The scoreline was 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tigres UANL playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 7 Tigres wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
Tigres UANL have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous ten meetings between these two squads are: three wins for Pachuca, five draws and two wins for Tigres UANL. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Ibáñez 2 goals |  G. Cabral Cáceres 1 goals |
Pachuca missing players
Tigres UANL missing players
| Pachuca | Tigres UANL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7.7 | 8.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 3.2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2.2 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17.5 | 20.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8.5 | 17.5 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 5 |
| 19% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | 30% |
| 9.3 | 8.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 4.5 | 6.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
- Pachuca have not yet lost a game at home.
- Pachuca have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Tigres UANL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Tigres UANL have scored in all their matches so far.
- Tigres UANL have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Liga MX
- Tigres UANL have the most clean sheets (4) in Liga MX
- Tigres UANL have won all their away games so far.
- Tigres UANL have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | Tigres UANL | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Toluca | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Tijuana | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Puebla | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Leon | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Pachuca | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Necaxa | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Pumas UNAM | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Cruz Azul | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Santos Laguna | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Juarez | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Atletico San Luis | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Guadalajara | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | America | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Atlas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Mazatlan | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | Queretaro | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 2 |
