TIJUANA. Tijuana and Tigres UANL draw 1-1. A. Canelo scored the first goal (3′) for Tijuana. A. Gignac settled the score (61′). Tigres UANL was vastly better in terms of ball possession (62%)​

The match was played at the Estadio Caliente stadium in Tijuana on Friday and it started at 7:10 pm local time. The referee was Adonai Escobedo González who had the assistance of Enrique Isaac Bustos Díaz and César Cerritos García. The 4th official was Miguel Ángel Anaya Suárez. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.6 degrees Celsius or 51.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Tigres UANL had a superior ball possession 62% while Tijuana was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Tigres UANL had a more offensive attitude with 52 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Tigres UANL to win the encounter​.

Tijuana shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Tigres UANL shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Tijuana received 3 yellow cards (Lisandro López, F. Valenzuela and J. Díaz). On the other side, Tigres UANL received 3 yellow cards (J. Angulo, Igor Lichnovsky and Nicolás López).

Standings

After playing this contest, Tijuana will have 2 points like Querétaro to hold in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Tigres UANL will have 7 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga MX, Tijuana will play away with Puebla on the 29th of April with a 9-7 head to head statistic in favor of Tijuana (7 draws).

Tigres UANL will play away agasint León on the 1st of May with a 11-8 head to head in favor of Tigres UANL (9 draws).

Tijuana – Formation

Tijuana started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ricardo Alfredo Valiño decided to play with the following team: Antonio Rodríguez (6.6), Rodrigo Godinez (6.7), Lisandro López (6.8), Nicolás Díaz (7.0), Jair Díaz (6.8), Eduardo Armenta (6.2), Federico Lértora (6.8), Fernando Valenzuela (6.9), Lucas Rodríguez (6.2), Alexis Canelo (7.1) and Braian Romero (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: José Juan Vázquez (6.4), Misael Domínguez, Joaquín Montecinos, Francisco Contreras, Ricardo Díaz, Kevin Castañeda, Silvio Martínez (6.4), Ismael Govea, Leonel López and Luis Félix.

Tijuana could not rely on the presence of Alejandro Martínez (injured).

Substitutions

Tijuana made 3 changes: E. Armenta for José Juan Vázquez (64′), F. Valenzuela for Alejandro Martínez (68′) and Alexis Canelo for Kevin Castañeda (87′).

Best player: Alexis Canelo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Tijuana was Alexis Canelo.

His rating is (7.1) with 1 goal, 18 passes (55% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 18. He performed 2 crosses.

Tigres UANL – Formation

Tigres UANL started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Diego Martín Cocca Pera played with: Nahuel Guzmán (6.7), Jesus Angel Garza Garcia (7.0), Jesus Angel Garza Garcia (7.1), Igor Lichnovsky (6.6), Samir (7.2), Jesús Angulo (7.4), Rafael Carioca (7.0), Guido Pizarro (6.2), Fernando Gorriarán (6.8), Luis Quiñones (7.0) and André-Pierre Gignac (7.6), Javier Aquino (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Florian Thauvin, Juan Vigón (6.3), Vladimir Loroña, Miguel Ortega, Fernando González Peña, Diego Reyes, Eduardo Tercero, Nico López (6.8), Sebastian Fierro and Sebastián Córdova.

Substitutions

Tigres UANL made 2 changes: Rafael Carioca for Nicolás López (61′) and Luis Quiñones for Juan Pablo Vigón (75′).

Best player: André-Pierre Gignac​

The most impressive player for Tigres UANL was André-Pierre Gignac.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 27 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.​

• Monterrey – Atlético San Luis – 3-1
• Tijuana – Tigres UANL – 1-1
• Mazatlán – Santos Laguna – 1-2