Tigres UANL vs Guadalajara: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 01:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León (41886 seats)

The team playing at home, Tigres UANL, should be favourites in this match, but Guadalajara have proven both competence and intrepidity. Learn more about the game!

Insights:
  • Tigres UANL have the most clean sheets (15) in Liga MX
  • Guadalajara have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Liga MX

It should be mentioned that Guadalajara play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Guadalajara on grass are 10 victories, 16 draws and 8 defeats from 34 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 39-33. You can compare this with overall results below.

It's quite the trip for Guadalajara when visiting Tigres UANL as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

This should be an entertaining fixture with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Tigres UANL form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 8 Liga MX games here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León for Tigres UANL. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Tigres are confident in defense, having played 205 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Tigres UANL enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Atlas's place. The match ended 1-0 with Ibáñez scoring. Midfield player Pizarro got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Pizarro hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 51 successful passes (of 53 total).

In the match before that, Tigres UANL hosted Juarez and drew the game 0-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Tigres matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 7 games).

A decent goal production from Tigres UANL in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. Tigres UANL 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 6 from 8 matches.

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Guadalajara form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga MX travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Guadalajara, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Pumas UNAM last time out. Midfielder Alvarado was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.33. Alvarado served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Tijuana.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Guadalajara playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.

Take note! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's last 12 league fixtures.

The travelling fans enjoy Guadalajara's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. Guadalajara have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Tigres UANL and Guadalajara have faced off already this season: Guadalajara - Tigres UANL 1-4. Last ten meetings between these teams: Tigres won five, Guadalajara were winners in three and we saw two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Gignac with 7 goals scored against Guadalajara in these 10 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

Tigres UANLA. Gignac
A. Gignac
16 goals
Tigres UANLL. Quiñónes
L. Quiñónes
4 goals
Tigres UANLF. Córdova Reyes
F. Córdova Reyes
4 goals

Tigres UANL missing players

Guadalajara missing players

Tigres UANL Guadalajara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 5 14 26
16 9 1 Won W 1 5 9
6 3 2 Drew D 3 6 11
6 2 2 Lost L 1 3 6
42 23 4 Scored S 4 19 30
20 9 4 Conceded C 4 14 25
86% 79% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 86% 81%
61% 57% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 79% 65%
39% 36% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 57% 46%
18% 29% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 15%
14% 21% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
39% 36% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 71% 62%
54% 57% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 29% 35%
21% 29% 60% Failed to Score F T 20% 14% 23%
 
5.9 6 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 5.2
3.9 3.4 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.1 4.7
2.6 2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 2.5 2
11 4 1 Red cards R C 3 4 6
 
15.5 18.3 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 15 13.9 15
5.2 5.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.7 4.7
29% 29% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 29% 24%
 
11.1 10.3 10.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 15.6 13.7
3.6 3.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 4.5 4.2
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Guadalajara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Guadalajara have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Liga MX
  • Guadalajara have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tigres UANL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Tigres UANL have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the most clean sheets (15) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have the most matches under the total-line (17) 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 America 17 12 2 3 38 17 8 6 2 0 20 6 9 6 0 3 18 11 21 38
2 Monterrey 17 10 5 2 29 13 8 5 3 0 14 5 9 5 2 2 15 8 16 35
3 Santos Laguna 17 10 3 4 38 21 9 8 1 0 24 7 8 2 2 4 14 14 17 33
4 Pachuca 17 9 5 3 28 15 9 6 2 1 17 6 8 3 3 2 11 9 13 32
5 Tigres UANL 17 9 3 5 24 14 8 5 1 2 12 6 9 4 2 3 12 8 10 30
6 Toluca 17 7 6 4 27 23 9 4 4 1 17 13 8 3 2 3 10 10 4 27
7 Cruz Azul 17 7 3 7 26 34 9 5 1 3 15 12 8 2 2 4 11 22 -8 24
8 Puebla 17 4 10 3 25 23 9 3 5 1 13 11 8 1 5 2 12 12 2 22
9 Guadalajara 17 5 7 5 19 17 9 3 4 2 7 7 8 2 3 3 12 10 2 22
10 Leon 17 6 4 7 25 29 8 4 2 2 16 14 9 2 2 5 9 15 -4 22
11 Juarez 17 4 7 6 17 18 9 2 5 2 11 10 8 2 2 4 6 8 -1 19
12 Necaxa 17 5 4 8 19 26 8 3 1 4 11 15 9 2 3 4 8 11 -7 19
13 Atletico San Luis 17 4 6 7 15 23 9 2 2 5 7 12 8 2 4 2 8 11 -8 18
14 Mazatlan 17 3 8 6 17 24 8 2 3 3 9 12 9 1 5 3 8 12 -7 17
15 Tijuana 17 4 5 8 18 30 8 2 2 4 9 13 9 2 3 4 9 17 -12 17
16 Pumas UNAM 17 2 8 7 21 31 9 2 4 3 11 15 8 0 4 4 10 16 -10 14
17 Atlas 17 3 4 10 16 27 8 3 2 3 10 10 9 0 2 7 6 17 -11 13
18 Queretaro 17 1 6 10 18 35 8 1 4 3 10 13 9 0 2 7 8 22 -17 9

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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.