Tigres UANL have delivered good football this season, being 5th place in the table. Puebla have an outlook both up and down from their 8th place.
- Tigres UANL have the most clean sheets (18) in Liga MX
- Puebla have the most conceded goals in the second half (42) in Liga MX
These teams have little in common geographically as Puebla have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
These are busy days for the home side, as they had a game only four days ago in the CONCACAF Champions League. That game was an away game at León, so at least Tigres are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Tigres UANL form and stats
Tigres UANL have performed here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León this season with 5 wins from 8 Liga MX matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.
The regulars hope that Tigres UANL will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the CONCACAF Champions League fixture against León. Midfield player Carioca got a match rating of 6.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Carioca served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 38 successful passes (of 43 total).
Heartbreak before that as Tigres UANL lost 0-3 at León's place.Tigres have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Tigres UANL have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Puebla form and stats
Puebla have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga MX, after 1-5-2 (8 played).
Puebla go into this game after a win, the home game against Tijuana that ended 5-2. That win felt sweet as this side had gone three league fixtures without victory. An off the wall fixture with masses of goals last time out for Puebla, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that fixture, will this game be as exciting? Martínez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.71. Martínez scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Prior to that match, the Puebla manager Peña faced defeat when travelling to Tigres UANL and losing 0-1.The travelling fans enjoy Puebla's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. Puebla have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have met previously this season: Tigres UANL - Puebla 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Tigres UANL wins - draws - Puebla wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less. One of the profiles has been Gignac with 7 goals scored against Puebla in these 10 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gignac 18 goals |   M. Barragán Negrete 12 goals |  G. Martínez Ayala 6 goals |
Tigres UANL missing players
Puebla missing players
| Tigres UANL | Puebla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 37 | 19 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 18 | 37 |
| 18 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 48 | 26 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 25 | 54 |
| 33 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 17 | 35 | 67 |
| 86% | 84% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 59% | 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 83% | 84% |
| 41% | 37% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 57% |
| 16% | 21% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 44% | 43% |
| 14% | 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 22% |
| 38% | 37% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 67% | 70% |
| 49% | 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | 14% |
| 27% | 32% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 28% | 19% |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 6.8 | 5.4 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15.6 | 18.5 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.4 | 12.4 |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 26% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | 34% |
| 11.2 | 10.4 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 16.4 | 15.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5 |
- Puebla have the most conceded goals in the second half (42) in Liga MX
- Puebla haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Tigres UANL have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Liga MX
- Tigres UANL have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga MX
- Tigres UANL have the most clean sheets (18) in Liga MX
- Tigres UANL have the most matches under the total-line (22) 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 | León | 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 | Atlético 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 |
