Liga MX match prediction and preview for Tigres UANL vs León clash

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 10.January
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León (41886 seats)

A key match in Liga MX as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Tigres UANL in 6th position and León placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Tigres UANL has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Liga MX
  • León has the most clean sheets (10) in Liga MX

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Tigres UANL form and stats

4 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Tigres UANL have to build on here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León in the Liga MX.

A nice win for Tigres last time playing, versus Los Angeles FC. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with H. Ayala and A. Gignac scoring for the victors. Ahead of that match, Tigres UANL won a home game hosting Olimpia (3-0).

The Tigres fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 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 8 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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León form and stats

León, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Liga MX, have an excellent away record in the Liga MX so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games. Two points from the last two away games for León, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The supporters enjoyed León's previous game versus Pumas UNAM, a Liga MX 2-0 win played at home. Before that, León travelled to Pumas UNAM and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far León have scored 12 goals in 9 league games away. It's not easy to score on León as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the León - Tigres 1-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Tigres won three, León won one and six draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TigresA. Gignac
A. Gignac
13 goals
LeónÁ. Mena Delgado
Á. Mena Delgado
9 goals
LeónE. Gigliotti
E. Gigliotti
7 goals

Tigres UANL missing players

León missing players

Tigres UANL León
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 11 2 Played P 2 12 23
9 5 0 Won W 0 5 15
7 4 1 Drew D 1 5 6
4 2 1 Lost L 1 2 2
31 18 2 Scored S 1 15 35
20 12 4 Conceded C 3 11 18
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 78%
45% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 39%
20% 18% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 13%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 9%
60% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 52%
40% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 42% 43%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.8
4 3 0 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
13.8 13.8 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12.6 12.8
4.5 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 4.2
34% 34% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 33% 36%
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • All of Tigres UANL's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • León has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Liga MX
  • León has the most clean sheets (10) in Liga MX
  • León has the most points (18) away in Liga MX
  • León has the most points from losing position (20) in Liga MX
  • León has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Liga MX
  • León has the the best goal difference (+13) in Liga MX
  • León has the the best goal difference (+5) away in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Liga MX
  • Tigres UANL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tigres UANL have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Tigres UANL haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 León 17 12 4 1 27 14 8 7 1 0 15 7 9 5 3 1 12 7 13 40
2 Pumas UNAM 17 8 8 1 29 17 9 5 4 0 19 8 8 3 4 1 10 9 12 32
3 América 17 9 5 3 31 22 9 6 2 1 19 9 8 3 3 2 12 13 9 32
4 Cruz Azul 17 9 2 6 23 16 8 5 1 2 12 6 9 4 1 4 11 10 7 29
5 Monterrey 17 8 5 4 26 21 8 4 3 1 13 9 9 4 2 3 13 12 5 29
6 Tigres UANL 17 7 7 3 27 16 9 4 4 1 15 8 8 3 3 2 12 8 11 28
7 Guadalajara 17 7 5 5 20 17 9 4 3 2 11 9 8 3 2 3 9 8 3 26
8 Santos Laguna 17 7 4 6 24 20 8 5 2 1 14 5 9 2 2 5 10 15 4 25
9 Pachuca 17 6 7 4 18 14 9 3 3 3 11 10 8 3 4 1 7 4 4 25
10 Necaxa 17 7 3 7 16 20 9 4 1 4 10 12 8 3 2 3 6 8 -4 24
11 Toluca 17 6 3 8 23 28 8 5 1 2 14 9 9 1 2 6 9 19 -5 21
12 Puebla 17 6 2 9 22 25 8 2 2 4 12 13 9 4 0 5 10 12 -3 20
13 Juarez 17 4 7 6 16 19 9 3 4 2 6 6 8 1 3 4 10 13 -3 19
14 Mazatlán 17 4 4 9 24 31 8 3 2 3 11 13 9 1 2 6 13 18 -7 16
15 Tijuana 17 4 3 10 12 27 9 4 2 3 9 9 8 0 1 7 3 18 -15 15
16 Atlas 17 3 5 9 13 20 8 2 1 5 5 8 9 1 4 4 8 12 -7 14
17 Querétaro 17 3 4 10 23 28 8 3 2 3 15 11 9 0 2 7 8 17 -5 13
18 Atlético San Luis 17 3 2 12 16 35 9 2 2 5 9 18 8 1 0 7 7 17 -19 11

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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.