SAN NICOLáS DE LOS GARZA. Tigres UANL tops Pumas UNAM 4-2. Tigres UANL made the most of its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León stadium in San Nicolás de los Garza on Saturday and it started at 7:05 pm local time. The referee was Fernando Hernández Gómez with the assistance of Enrique Isaac Bustos Díaz and Edgar Magdaleno Castrejon. The 4th official was Jorge Abraham Camacho Peregrina. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.9 degrees Celsius or 57.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Tigres UANL was in firm control of the ball 58% while Pumas UNAM was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Tigres UANL had a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Tigres UANL won the match​.

Tigres UANL shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Pumas UNAM shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Tigres UANL received 3 yellow cards (Luis Quiñones, Diego Lainez and Rafael Carioca). On the opposite side, Pumas UNAM received 3 yellow cards (José Galindo, Jonathan Sánchez and Gustavo del Prete).

Standings

After this match, Tigres UANL will have 15 points like Monterrey to lose in the 1st place. On the other side, Pumas UNAM will stay with 8 points like Atlético San Luis and Santos Laguna to remain in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga MX, Tigres UANL will play away against León on the 1st of May with a 11-8 head to head statistic in favor of Tigres UANL (9 draws).

Pumas UNAM will play away agasint Monterrey on the 30th of April with a 16-15 head to head stats in favor of Monterrey (8 draws).

Tigres UANL – Formation

The manager Diego Martín Cocca Pera decided to play with the following team: Nahuel Ignacio Guzmán, Diego Antonio Reyes Rosales, Samir Caetano de Souza Santos, Jesús Alberto Angulo Uriarte, Rafael De Souza Pereira, Guido Hernán Pizarro, Fernando Gorriarán Fontes, Jesús Ángel Garza García, André-Pierre Gignac, Luis Enrique Quiñónes and Nicolás Alejandro Ibáñez.

The home team had on the bench: Sebastián Emiliano Fierro González, Francisco Sebastián Córdova Reyes, Javier Ignacio Aquino Carmona, Raymundo de Jesús Fulgencio Román, Miguel René Ortega Rodríguez, Kenneth Yamil Jaime Sánchez, Juan Pablo Vigón Cham, Eduardo Santiago Tercero Méndez, Igor Lichnovsky Osorio and Diego Lainez Leyva.

Substitutions

Tigres UANL made 5 changes: Luis Quiñones for Javier Aquino (66′), Jesús Garza for Diego Lainez (66′), Nicolás Ibáñez for Sebastián Cordova (71′), Fernando Gorriarán for Igor Lichnovsky (79′) and Diego Reyes for Juan Vigón (79′).

Pumas UNAM – Formation

Rafael Puente del Río played with: Carlos Sebastián Sosa Silva, Adrián Alexei Aldrete Rodríguez, Arturo Ortíz Martínez, Jonathan Alejandro Sánchez Hernández, Nicolás Omar Freire, José Ricardo Galindo Gutiérrez, Jesús Antonio Molina Granados, Alek Álvarez Bermúdez, Juan Ignacio Dinenno De Cara, Gustavo Javier Del Prete and Diogo de Oliveira Barbosa.

They had on the bench: Santiago Trigos Nava, César Saúl Huerta Valera, Héctor Daniel Ramírez Murillo, Marco Antonio García Robledo, José Luis Caicedo Barrera, Gael Rodríguez Montiel, Pablo Bennevendo Peña, Jorge Ruvalcaba, Mateo Alberto Casares Vázquez and Julio José González Vela-Alvizu.

Substitutions

Pumas UNAM made 5 changes: Alek Álvarez Bermúdez for Cesar Huerta (46′), José Galindo for Pablo Bennevendo Peña (46′), Jonathan Sánchez for Santiago Trigos Nava (46′), Jesús Molina for Marco García (79′) and Adrián Aldrete for Jorge Ruvalcaba (85′).

Results of the day

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

• Toluca – Cruz Azul – 3-1
• Pachuca – Guadalajara – 1-1
• Tigres UANL – Pumas UNAM – 4-2
• Juárez – Santos Laguna – 3-1