Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León: Tigres UANL vs Monterrey Liga MX pre-match guide

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León (41886 seats)

4th position in the Liga MX table for Tigres UANL at present, a fine campaign. The home team ticketholders hope for more excitement as 9th-placed Monterrey visit Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León.

Insights:
  • Tigres UANL have the most scored goals (26) in Liga MX
  • Monterrey have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Liga MX.

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Tigres UANL form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga MX, Tigres UANL have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 9 games.

A strong away win for Tigres against Leon the last match, as Quiñones, Gignac and Thauvin were on target. The forward Quiñones was named "man of the match" for Tigres UANL with a rating of 8.2/10. Quiñones scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

Before that, Tigres UANL drew at home versus Cruz Azul.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tigres handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, four draws and three defeats.

The Tigres UANL fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Tigres 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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Monterrey form and stats

There's been little loot from Monterrey's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Liga MX. Monterrey only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 5 draws.

Monterrey go into this game after a win, the home game against Juárez that ended 3-0. Attacker Janssen got a player rating of 8.03 in the game. "Man of the match" Janssen hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Mazatlan.

Monterrey are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of four matches.

12 goals have been conceded by Monterrey in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Monterrey - Tigres 2-0 was the score in these participants' previous head-to-head match, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Tigres UANL won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Monterrey got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nine

Top Goalscorers

Tigres UANLA. Gignac
A. Gignac
12 goals
TigresN. López Alonso
N. López Alonso
10 goals
MonterreyR. Funes Mori
R. Funes Mori
9 goals

Tigres UANL missing players

Monterrey missing players

Tigres UANL Monterrey
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 14 29
15 8 2 Won W 1 3 10
9 6 2 Drew D 3 7 12
6 1 1 Lost L 1 4 7
51 26 6 Scored S 4 18 37
32 14 6 Conceded C 4 15 25
93% 87% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 86% 83%
87% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 69%
63% 60% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 43% 38%
20% 20% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 21%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
60% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 64% 48%
30% 40% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 21% 34%
17% 20% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 29% 34%
 
5.6 7 9.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 5.2 5.3
4.1 3.7 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 3.9
2.2 2.3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.5
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
14.7 15.6 17.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 12.3 13.7
5.3 6.1 7.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4.4 4.8
32% 29% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 30% 27%
 
11.8 10.8 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 11.9 10.8
4.1 3.7 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.1 3.9
Key stats in Liga MX this season:
  • Monterrey have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 (13) 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 (28) 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 America 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 Atletico 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 Queretaro 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

Read more about Liga MX

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.