International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Tigres UANL and Portland Timbers are looking forward to this Leagues Cup fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Tigres UANL's stadium, Providence Park, has a grass surface. Portland Timbers have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Portland Timbers when playing on grass; 6 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses from 27 matches. They have scored {31 goals} in these games and conceded 50.
These teams have little in common geographically as Portland Timbers have to travel 3600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
The visiting Portland Timbers played their last game only four days ago, a Leagues Cup match.
Tigres UANL form and stats
Only two Liga MX home games for Tigres UANL so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Tigres's last game was hosting Leon and winning 1-0. Guzmán loved the game against Leon. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. Goalkeeper Guzmán got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.64 out of ten. Guzmán topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Juarez that finished 1-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Leagues Cup game versus SJ Earthquakes in only four days. This game is also played here at Providence Park.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Tigres UANL at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Portland Timbers form and stats
The regulars enjoyed Portland Timbers's previous match versus SJ Earthquakes, a Leagues Cup win (2-0) played at home.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Columbus Crew.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Boli 6 goals |  E. da Silva Ferreira 5 goals |  D. Asprilla Rivas 4 goals |
Tigres UANL missing players
Portland Timbers missing players
| Tigres UANL | Portland Timbers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Scored | S | 9 | 33 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 5.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.4 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 21% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | ||
| 11.2 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portland Timbers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Tigres UANL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | SJ Earthquakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guadalajara | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Juarez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Pumas UNAM | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Atlético San Luis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Atlas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Tijuana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Toluca | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Santos Laguna | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Leon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | America | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Querétaro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Necaxa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Mazatlan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| 16 | Pachuca | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | Puebla | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Cruz Azul | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
