Tigres UANL vs Cruz Azul match preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Thu 03.March
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León (41886 seats)

Tigres UANL have performed well this season, sitting at 4th place in the table. Cruz Azul have a view both direction in the table from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals (26) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have the most scored goals in the first half (21) 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.

The visiting Cruz Azul played their last game only three days ago, a Liga MX match.

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Tigres UANL form and stats

The story so far in the Liga MX for Tigres UANL at their home stadium (Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

A strong away win for Tigres UANL against Juárez the last match, as Gignac (2) and Thauvin were on target. The attacker Gignac was announced as "man of the match" for Tigres UANL with a rating of 8.51/10. Gignac scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, Tigres won a home game hosting Atlético San Luis (2-1).

Tigres UANL are traveling soon after this match as the Liga MX match at Pachuca awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Tigres in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Tigres UANL have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cruz Azul form and stats

2 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Cruz Azul playing as the away team in the Liga MX this season. Cruz Azul has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Cruz's previous game was their home loss versus Santos Laguna (1-2). The attacker Rivero got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Rivero scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

After this away game Cruz Azul return home for a Liga MX game against Puebla. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Cruz Azul have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Cruz in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived result featuring both these contenders is the Cruz Azul - Tigres UANL 1-1 played not long ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Tigres victories, three draws and five Cruz Azul wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tigres UANLA. Gignac
A. Gignac
10 goals
Tigres UANLN. López Alonso
N. López Alonso
10 goals
Tigres UANLC. González Espínola
C. González Espínola
7 goals

Tigres UANL missing players

Cruz Azul missing players

Tigres UANL Cruz Azul
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 12 25
14 8 2 Won W 2 4 9
8 5 1 Drew D 2 6 9
6 1 1 Lost L 0 2 7
46 24 4 Scored S 6 17 34
30 12 4 Conceded C 2 13 28
93% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 92%
86% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 76%
61% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 42% 40%
18% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 20%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 12%
61% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 60%
29% 43% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 32%
18% 21% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 17% 16%
 
5.7 7.1 10.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.3 4.2
3.9 3.6 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.7 4.7
2.2 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.2 2.5
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
14.6 15.3 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 9.1 10.6
5.1 5.9 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3.8
32% 29% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 50% 35%
 
11.7 10.7 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10 13 12.6
4 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.9 3.8
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Cruz Azul have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cruz Azul have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Liga MX
  • Cruz Azul have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tigres UANL have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the most matches over the total-line (12) 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 (27) 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 Leon 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 Atlético 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 Juárez 17 4 4 9 14 25 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 1 2 6 5 15 -11 16
17 Querétaro 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

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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.