Liga MX: A pair of teams who have done well so far. Get ready for Tigres UANL - América with this comprehensive preview!
- Tigres UANL have the most scored goals (26) in Liga MX
- América is in the best form (5-1-0) 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.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Tigres and América.
Tigres UANL form and stats
Tigres UANL have played 9 Liga MX games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-0 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Tigres UANL here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The fans are hoping that Tigres UANL will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Necaxa. The attacking player Thauvin was declared "man of the match" for Tigres UANL with a rating of 7.3/10. Thauvin hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Toluca in a game that was won 3-0.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 Tigres have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost three.
A decent goal production from Tigres UANL in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Tigres are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
América form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of América, who have the most clean sheets (17) in Liga MX, playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season. América have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
América go into this game after a win, the home game against León that ended 2-0. Which player has scored three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Zendejas and that is quite the feat! Midfielder Sánchez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.62. Sánchez scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 35 successful passes (of 40 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Tijuana.We have checked recent matches where América have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were two victories, two draws and one defeat.
América have the goal stats of 8-8 (for/against) from 8 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved played each other before this match year: América - Tigres UANL 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Tigres two wins, two draws and América six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Gignac 15 goals |  N. López Alonso 10 goals |  J. Vigón Cham 9 goals |
Tigres UANL missing players
América missing players
| Tigres UANL | América | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 19 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 60 | 33 | 10 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 44 |
| 36 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 76% | 82% |
| 86% | 83% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 59% | 71% |
| 58% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 41% | 41% |
| 17% | 17% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 18% | 18% |
| 6% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 6% | 6% |
| 53% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 59% | 47% |
| 36% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 41% | 50% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 24% | 21% |
| 5.2 | 6.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 14.5 | 15.8 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.6 | 13.4 |
| 5.1 | 6.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| 11.4 | 10.3 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.8 | 9.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
- América have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Liga MX
- América have the most clean sheets (17) in Liga MX
- América is in the best form (5-1-0) in Liga MX
- Tigres UANL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Tigres UANL have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Liga MX
- Tigres UANL have the most scored goals (15) at home 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 (37) in Liga MX
- Tigres UANL have the the best goal difference (+12) in Liga MX
- Tigres UANL have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | América | 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 |
