September 11th features a match where León will travel to San Nicolás de los Garza to battle Tigres UANL in a Liga MX match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. In their last match, Tigres UANL recorded a 1-2 loss against América. Jonathan Rodriguez struck first for América in the 2nd minute, then Andre-Pierre Gignac got the equalizer for Tigres UANL in the 10th minute on a feed from Vladimir Loroña. Tigres UANL should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 10th placed León, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Juárez. Lucas Di Yorio struck first for León in the 75th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Juárez couldn’t muster any offence and León ran away with the shutout win. León looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Tigres UANL won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 1 losss.
Both Victor Dávila and Lucas Di Yorio have been the hottest scorers for León in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Andre-Pierre Gignac has been the most prolific scorer on Tigres UANL in his last 5 matches with two goals.