León conquers Tigres UANL 2-1 with A. Mena scoring a double

LEóN DE LOS ALDAMAS. León bested Tigres UANL to win 2-1. A. Mena was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals.

December 6, 2021

LEóN DE LOS ALDAMAS. León overcome Tigres UANL to win 2-1. A. Mena was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was León to strike first with an early goal of A. Mena at the 8′. Then it was a goal in the 16′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Mena gave the win to León in the 85′ minute with a goal scoring a double. León was surely superior in terms of ball possession (63%) was among the factors of its victory.

León remained in 9 people redcard O. Rodriguez (89′ for a red card) and O. Rodriguez (89′ for a red card) were sent off.

The match was played at the Estadio León stadium in León de los Aldamas on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos assisted by Alberto Morín Méndez and Enedina Caudillo Gómez. The 4th official was Óscar Macías Romo.

Match Statistics

León

2 - 1

Tigres UANL

! 63 Ball Possession 37

Shots

24 Total 9
5 On Target 1
19 Off Target 8
3 Shots blocked 2

124 Attack 75
61 Dangerous attack 25
83 Ball safe 95

0 Penalties 0
7 Corners 2
5 Off Sides 1

Fouls

11 Total 19
4 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 0
1 Red Card 1

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

León was in firm control of the ball 63% while Tigres UANL was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

León was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why León won the match.

León shot 24 times, 5 on target, 19 off target. Regarding the opposition, Tigres UANL shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

León received 4 yellow cards (A. Mosquera, W. Tesillo, S. Colombatto and V. Davila). Regarding the opposition, Tigres UANL received 5 yellow cards (L. Rodriguez, L. Quinones, A. Gignac, N. Guzman and D. Reyes).

Match Timeline

Ángel Mena(goal)S. Colombatto

16'

Diego Reyes(goal)

William Tesillo- Yellow

36'

45'

46'

50'

57'

Luis Quiñones- Yellow

61'

63'

72'

André-Pierre Gignac- Yellow

75'

David Ayala- sub ->J. Vigon

75'

Luis Montes- sub ->O. Rodriguez

76'

85'

Nahuel Guzmán- Yellow

Ángel Mena(goal)J. Meneses

85'

89'

Luis Quiñones- Red

Osvaldo Rodríguez- Red

89'

90'

F. Ambríz- sub ->J. Meneses

90'

Diego Reyes- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, León will have 29 points like Atlas to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Tigres UANL will stay with 28 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

León – Formation

León

Rodolfo Cota 30.Mexico

6.8

Andrés Mosquera 4.Colombia

6.2

William Tesillo 6.Colombia

6.4

36'

Stiven Barreiro 21.Colombia

6.8

Osvaldo Rodríguez 24.Mexico

7.0

76'

89'

Jean Meneses 16.Chile

6.8

90'

David Ramírez 28.Mexico

6.8

Santiago Colombatto 22.Argentina

6.8

61'

45'

Iván Rodríguez 8.Mexico

6.8

Ángel Mena 13.Ecuador

9.3

90'

8', 85'

V. Dávila 7.Chile

6.7

90'

Substitutes

Alfonso Blanco 1.Mexico

G. Burón 3.Mexico

Fernando Navarro 5.Mexico

6.2

61'

Ramiro González 23.Argentina

90'

F. Ambríz 26.Mexico

90'

Omar Fernández 25.Colombia

Luis Montes 10.Mexico

7.0

76'

I. Muñíz 188.Mexico

Emmanuel Gigliotti 20.Argentina

Santiago Ormeño 14.Peru

León started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Ariel Enrique Holan decided to play with the following team: Rodolfo Cota (6.8), Andrés Mosquera (6.2), Jaine Barreiro (6.8), William Tesillo (6.4), Osvaldo Rodríguez (7.0), David Ramírez (6.8), Santiago Colombatto (6.8), José Rodríguez (6.8), Jean Meneses (6.8), Ángel Mena (9.3) and Victor Dávila (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Gil Burón, Fernando Navarro (6.2), Ramiro González, Fidel Ambríz, Omar Fernández, Luis Montes (7.0), Isaac Muniz, Alfonso Blanco, Emanuel Gigliotti and Santiago Ormeño.

Substitutions

León made 4 changes: S. Colombatto for F. Navarro (61′), O. Rodriguez for L. Montes (76′), J. Meneses for F. Ambriz (90′) and J. Meneses for F. Ambriz (90′).

Best player: Ángel Mena

The most impressive player for León was Ángel Mena.

His rating is (9.3) with 2 goals, 26 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 7 crosses.

Tigres UANL – Formation

Tigres UANL

Nahuel Guzmán 1.Argentina

7.4

85'

Diego Reyes 13.Mexico

7.2

90'

16'

Carlos Salcedo 3.Mexico

7.0

Juan José Purata 14.Mexico

7.6

Luis Rodríguez 28.Mexico

6.4

63'

50'

Rafael Carioca 5.Brazil

6.2

Javier Aquino 20.Mexico

7.0

Juan Pablo Vigón 6.Mexico

7.4

75'

André-Pierre Gignac 10.France

6.4

75'

72'

Nicolás López 11.Uruguay

7.0

46'

Luis Quiñones 23.Colombia

7.0

63'

57'

89'

Substitutes

Miguel Ortega 30.Mexico

F. Venegas 8.Mexico

H. Ayala 4.Mexico

A. Cruz 18.Mexico

6.5

63'

L. Fernández 17.Uruguay

Florian Thauvin 26.France

Jesús Dueñas 29.Mexico

6.8

63'

R. Fulgencio 22.Mexico

6.1

75'

Carlos González 32.Paraguay

6.6

46'

David Ayala 192.Mexico

6.6

75'

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

Miguel Ernesto Herrera Aguirre played with: Nahuel Guzmán (7.4), Diego Reyes (7.2), Carlos Salcedo (7.0), Juan Sanchez (7.6), Luís Rodríguez (6.4), Juan Vigón (7.4), Rafael Carioca (6.2), Javier Aquino (7.0), André-Pierre Gignac (6.4), Nico López (7.0) and Luis Quiñones (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Carlos González (6.6), Francisco Venegas, Hugo Ayala, Aldo Cruz (6.5), Leonardo Fernández, Miguel Ortega, Florian Thauvin, Jesús Dueñas (6.8), Raymundo Fulgencio (6.1) and David Ayala (6.6).

Substitutions

Tigres UANL made 5 changes: N. Lopez for C. Gonzalez (46′), L. Quinones for J. Duenas (63′), L. Rodriguez for A. Cruz (63′), J. Vigon for D. Ayala (75′) and A. Gignac for R. Fulgencio (75′).