On the 4th of March, Necaxa hosts Tigres UANL at Estadio Victoria De Aguascalientes in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which is great football weather. Necaxa is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Querétaro. Damian Batallini struck first for Necaxa in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Josecarlos van Rankin, but Christian Rivera got the equalizer for Querétaro in the 81st minute earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, Tigres UANL recorded a 1-2 loss against Chivas. Gilberto Sepulveda Lopez scored the first goal for Chivas in the 2nd minute, then Ronaldo Cisneros Morell added another in the 34th minute. Tigres UANL should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 9th of October, Tigres UANL hosted Necaxa in their last match together. Tigres UANL won by a score of 2 to 0. Gignac scored the first goal for Tigres UANL in the 60th minute, then Andre-Pierre Gignac added another in the 73rd minute on a feed from Raymundo de Jesus Fulgencio Roman In the end, Necaxa couldn’t muster any offence and Tigres UANL ran away with the shutout win.
Nicolás Ibañez has been the most prolific scorer on Tigres UANL in the last five matches with 3 goals. Necaxa’s most prolific scorer has been Edgar Méndez. The Spanish midfielder has netted three goals over the last five matches.