
On Sun Sep 4th, América hosts Tigres UANL at Estadio Azteca in a meeting of these two closely matched Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 2nd placed América is fresh off their 3-1 win against Mazatlán. Diego Valdés scored the first goal for Mazatlán on an own goal in the 11th minute, then in the 39th minute, Álvaro Fidalgo sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Diego Valdés Finally they completed the comback victory in the 45th minute on a goal by Henry Josue Martin Mex to cap off a wild match. With 21 points in their last 10 matches América should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 5th placed Tigres UANL is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Necaxa. Tigres UANL had 17 on net, and Necaxa had 9, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Tigres UANL should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season América won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Tigres UANL hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Quinones and Sebastián Cordova, and they each have 1 goal. Both Jonathan Rodriguez and Henry Josue Martin Mex have been the hottest scorers for América in the last five each having scored 3 goals each.






