Tigres UANL make preparations for this game following their 1-1 result vs Pumas UNAM, a fixture they learned a lot from. Will they show it against Necaxa?
- Tigres UANL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Necaxa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
The hosts Tigres UANL saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Liga MX. That game was an away game at Pumas UNAM, so at least Tigres UANL are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Tigres UANL form and stats
4-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga MX numbers at home for Tigres UANL so far this season. Tigres has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León. We remember; it was Cruz Azul.
The Tigres UANL manager Aguirre and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Pumas UNAM (placed 15th). Defender Angulo got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Angulo won 10 of 15 duels.
0-0 away at Monterrey before that.Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
The Tigres fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Tigres UANL have conceded only 4 goals.
Necaxa form and stats
2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Necaxa in their Liga MX matches away.
The manager Espin was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Estadio Victoria de Aguascalientes. Necaxa suffered a 0-4 loss to Guadalajara (placed 11th). Necaxa lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Jesus got a match rating of 6.84 in that game, top player of the team. Jesus hit three key passes.
Before that, Necaxa travelled to Puebla and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.Necaxa find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. 6 goals have been conceded by Necaxa in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Tigres won four games, five matches ended with a draw and Necaxa got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven Gignac likes to meet Necaxa and have scored 7 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gignac 4 goals |   F. Batista Ochoa 3 goals |  M. Giménez 3 goals |
Tigres UANL missing players
Necaxa missing players
| Tigres UANL | Necaxa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 70% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 5.5 | 5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| 3 | 2.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.8 | 21 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.4 | 12.9 |
| 5.1 | 6.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| 24% | 28% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 35% |
| 9.9 | 10.4 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.8 | 13.6 |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
- Necaxa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Necaxa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Necaxa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tigres UANL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tigres UANL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Tigres UANL have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Tigres UANL have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | Monterrey | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | Toluca | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Tigres UANL | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | America | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 19 |
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Pachuca | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Atletico San Luis | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Tijuana | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Puebla | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | Necaxa | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | Guadalajara | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 12 | Juarez | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Mazatlan | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Atlas | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Pumas UNAM | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -7 | 9 |
| 16 | Leon | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Cruz Azul | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | Queretaro | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
