Tigres UANL - Mazatlán. 5th place against 14th place. The ball is round - get a full preview here!
- Tigres UANL have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga MX
- Mazatlán have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga MX
Tigres have less rest than Mazatlán in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a CONCACAF Champions League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Motagua.
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. Game days at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Tigres UANL as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Tigres UANL are returning here after visiting Motagua in a CONCACAF Champions League fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Defender Lichnovsky got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.72/10. Lichnovsky hit one key pass and won 2 of 3 duels.
A Liga MX defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Toluca.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Tigres home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.
Tigres UANL have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León with 12 goals in 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home 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 6 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Mazatlán form and stats
Mazatlán have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga MX, after 1-5-3 (9 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
Mazatlán play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Atletico San Luis. Midfielder Bello was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.15. Bello scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Leon.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Mazatlán played away with similar odds. This revealed 6 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 4 times.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 13 of this side's 15 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Mazatlán have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Tigres UANL have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Mazatlán.Tigres UANL and Mazatlán have played each other earlier this season: Mazatlán - Tigres 0-1. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last six duels.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gignac 17 goals |   N. Benedetti Roa 7 goals |  L. Quiñónes 4 goals |
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| Tigres UANL | Mazatlán | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 46 | 24 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 32 |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 14 | 30 | 56 |
| 88% | 82% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 97% |
| 61% | 59% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 93% | 87% |
| 39% | 35% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 53% | 57% |
| 18% | 24% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 27% | 30% |
| 15% | 18% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 13% | 17% |
| 39% | 35% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 60% | 70% |
| 48% | 47% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 13% | 10% |
| 24% | 35% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 33% | 23% |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 15.1 | 17.5 | 21.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.9 | 11.3 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| 28% | 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 31% | 31% |
| 11.3 | 10.4 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.2 | 17.5 | 16.2 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.4 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
- Mazatlán have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Mazatlán have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Mazatlán have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga MX
- Mazatlán have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Tigres UANL have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Liga MX
- Tigres UANL have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga MX
- Tigres UANL have the most matches under the total-line (20) 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 | Mazatlán | 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 |
