The visiting Pumas UNAM side should be favourites in this visit to Tigres UANL, as the away team holds a 7 point advantage from their seven league games this season.
The hosts Tigres UANL saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the CONCACAF Champions League. This match was also played here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Pumas UNAM have had more rest.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Tigres UANL form and stats
Tigres UANL have collected seven points from their first three Liga MX games here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León, a promising start. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León.
Tigres UANL's previous game was a CONCACAF Champions League match also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Alianza. The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as Tigres UANL lost 1-2 at Cruz Azul's place.
A goal frenzy last time out for Tigres UANL, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Alianza. Fun stuff to watch!
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Tigres UANL matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, three draws and zero defeats (from six games).
The Tigres UANL fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Tigres UANL have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Pumas UNAM form and stats
Pumas UNAM are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Liga MX, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Pumas UNAM's previous game was their home loss versus Morelia (1-2). Preceding that game was the away victory against Toluca with the score of 3-2.
Late heartbreak for Pumas UNAM in the Morelia match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Pumas UNAM when being an outsider away as they are today, we find seven matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing two and winning two games.
Pumas UNAM create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 8 goals in 3 travels. Pumas UNAM have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Pumas UNAM - Tigres UANL 0-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Tigres UANL won seven, Pumas UNAM won two and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Gignac 16 goals |  C. González Espínola 9 goals |  J. Aquino Carmona 5 goals |
Tigres UANL missing players
Pumas UNAM missing players
| Tigres UANL | Pumas UNAM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 37 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 37 |
| 27 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 30 |
| 89% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 92% | 88% |
| 41% | 46% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 36% |
| 19% | 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 7% | 15% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 56% | 54% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 52% |
| 30% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 24% |
| 26% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 42% | 24% |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 309 | 182 | 54 | Total Shots | T S | 49 | 168 | 386 |
| 95 | 54 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 44 | 110 |
| 39% | 41% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 34% |
- Pumas UNAM haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tigres UANL has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10)
- Tigres UANL has the fewest dropped points from leading position (6)
- Tigres UANL have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Cruz Azul | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | America | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | León | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Juarez | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | Pumas UNAM | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Queretaro | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Atletico San Luis | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Pachuca | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Puebla | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Toluca | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Guadalajara | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Necaxa | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Morelia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Tigres UANL | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 16 | Tijuana | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Atlas | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Monterrey | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 3 |