In this 4th week match, on Sunday Jan 29th, Tigres UANL plays host to Atlético San Luis in a meeting of these two Liga MX teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which is great football weather. 1st placed Tigres UANL is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Tijuana. Alexis Canelo struck first for Tijuana in the 3rd minute on a feed from Carlos Valenzuela, then in the 60th minute, Samir sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Andre-Pierre Gignac earning them at least the one point. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Tigres UANL should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 9th placed Atlético San Luis, recorded a 1-3 loss against Monterrey. Funes Mori scored the first goal for Monterrey in the 2nd minute, then Rogelio Gabriel Funes Mori added another in the 17th minute. Atlético San Luis is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Oct 1st, Tigres UANL took the match by a score of 3 to 0. Gignac scored the first goal for Tigres UANL in the 54th minute, then Sebastián Cordova added another in the 58th minute In the end, Atlético San Luis couldn’t muster any offence and Tigres UANL ran away with the shutout win.
Atlético San Luis’s top weapon lately has been Léo Bonatini, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Tigres UANL is fortunate enough to have Andre-Pierre Gignac in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored seven goals.