Liga MX preview: Can Tigres UANL edge out victory against Atlas?

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León (41886 seats)

Tigres UANL have excelled Atlas so far this season, but every fixture begins at 0-0. Here's all the intelligence you require before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals (11) in Liga MX
  • Atlas have the most clean sheets (4) in Liga MX

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Tigres UANL form and stats

Only two Liga MX home games for Tigres UANL so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Nahuel Ignacio Guzman not having conceded a league goal in 225 minutes.

A strong away win for Tigres against Mazatlan the last match, as Nico López (2) and Carlos González were on target. The attacker Nico López was "man of the match" for Tigres UANL with a rating of 8.42/10. López scored two goals, hit two key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Queretaro.

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 13 games) they have won seven times, drawn three and lost three.

At Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León, Tigres UANL has the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Atlas form and stats

Atlas are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Liga MX, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).

Atlas's last game was the home draw against Toluca (0-0). Jesús Angulo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.75. The defender Angulo hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Santos Laguna that ended 1-1.

Atlas are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and eight defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Atlas as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Atlas are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Tigres UANL wins - draws - Atlas wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tigres UANLN. López Alonso
N. López Alonso
5 goals
TigresC. González Espínola
C. González Espínola
2 goals
AtlasJ. Furch
J. Furch
2 goals

Tigres UANL missing players

Atlas missing players

Tigres UANL Atlas
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 0 3 6
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 1 Drew D 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
11 4 1 Scored S 0 2 4
6 1 1 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 67%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 33%
67% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 17%
33% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 50%
 
3.3 3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 5.5
5.7 6.5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.3 3.2
1.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.7 1
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14.3 13.8
3.8 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.3
48% 57% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 13% 15%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • All of Tigres UANL's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Atlas have not yet lost a game away.
  • Atlas have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Liga MX
  • Atlas have the most clean sheets (4) in Liga MX
  • Atlas have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Tigres UANL have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Tigres UANL have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Tigres UANL have scored more than double the goals of Atlas.
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals (11) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 5 4 1 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 2 1 0 3 1 5 13
2 Leon 6 4 1 1 10 6 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 2 0 1 4 4 4 13
3 Tigres UANL 6 3 2 1 11 6 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 2 1 1 7 5 5 11
4 Toluca 6 3 2 1 10 8 2 1 1 0 5 3 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 11
5 Monterrey 6 2 4 0 8 4 4 2 2 0 6 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 4 10
6 Cruz Azul 6 2 3 1 8 5 3 1 1 1 5 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 9
7 Atlas 6 2 3 1 4 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 9
8 Santos Laguna 6 1 5 0 7 4 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 5 2 3 8
9 Atletico San Luis 5 2 2 1 6 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 8
10 Mazatlan 6 2 2 2 7 10 3 1 1 1 3 5 3 1 1 1 4 5 -3 8
11 Necaxa 5 2 0 3 7 7 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 6
12 Guadalajara 6 1 3 2 5 7 3 0 1 2 3 7 3 1 2 0 2 0 -2 6
13 Pachuca 4 1 0 3 6 6 2 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 3
14 Puebla 5 0 3 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 2 4 -4 3
15 Queretaro 5 0 3 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 4 -4 3
16 Tijuana 5 0 2 3 4 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -4 2
17 Juarez 5 0 2 3 5 10 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 -5 2
18 Pumas UNAM 5 0 2 3 1 8 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 -7 2

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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.