SAN NICOLáS DE LOS GARZA. Tigres UANL prevails over Guadalajara 1-0 after S. Córdova scored just 1 goal (62′).

The match was played at the Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León stadium in San Nicolás de los Garza on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Guillermo Pacheco Larios with the help of Enrique Isaac Bustos Díaz and Jaime Daniel González Ramírez. The 4th official was Mario Terrazas Chávez. The weather was mist. The temperature was pleasant at 20.92 degrees Celsius or 69.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Tigres UANL was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Guadalajara that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Guadalajara was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Tigres UANL found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Tigres UANL shot 6 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Guadalajara shot 16 times, 2 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Tigres UANL received 1 yellow card (Jesús Angulo). On the opposite side, Guadalajara received 4 yellow cards (Roberto Alvarado, Fernando Gago, Érick Gutiérrez and Víctor Guzmán).

Standings

After playing this match, Tigres UANL has 6 points like Monterrey to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Guadalajara will stays with 1 points like Santos Laguna and Tijuana to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga MX, Tigres UANL will play away with Atlético San Luis on the 25th of January with a 4-0 head to head record in favor of Tigres UANL (5 draws).

Tigres UANL – Formation

Tigres UANL started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Robert Dante Siboldi Badiola decided to play with the following team: Carlos Rodríguez (7.5), Javier Aquino (7.7), Guido Pizarro (7.5), Samir Caetano (7.3), Jesús Angulo (7.0), Rafael Carioca (6.7), Sebastián Córdova (7.3), Fernando Gorriarán (6.8), Juan Brunetta (7.0), Diego Lainez (7.3) and André-Pierre Gignac (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Juan Vigón (7.0), Nicolás Ibañez (6.7), Diego Reyes, Jose Garcia, Eduardo Tercero, Luis Quiñones (6.7), Marcelo Flores (7.0), Sebastián Emiliano Fierro González, Ozziel Herrera (6.4) and Miguel Ortega.

Substitutions

Tigres UANL made 5 changes: Sebastián Córdova for Luis Quiñones (63′), Fernando Gorriarán for Juan Vigón (76′), André-Pierre Gignac for Nicolás Ibañez (76′), Diego Lainez for Ozziel Herrera (84′) and Juan Brunetta for Marcelo Flores (84′).

Player of the match: Javier Aquino​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Tigres UANL was Javier Aquino even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 7.7 with 58 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Guadalajara – Formation

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

Fernando Rubén Gago played with: José Rangel (6.3), Alan Mozo (6.6), Gilberto Sepúlveda (7.0), Jesús Orozco Chiquete (7.5), Mateo Chavez Garcia (7.8), Víctor Guzmán (7.5), Érick Gutiérrez (7.1), Fernando Beltran (8.1), Roberto Alvarado (7.3), José Juan Macías Guzmán (7.0) and Pavel Pérez (6.3).

They had on the bench: Antonio Briseño, Cade Cowell (6.3), Jesús Sánchez, Ronaldo Cisneros (7.0), José Castillo, Fernando González, Alan Torres, Óscar Whalley, Jonathan Padilla and Gael Alejandro García Ortega.

Substitutions

Guadalajara made 3 changes: José Juan Macías Guzmán for Cade Cowell (63′), Pavel Pérez for Ronaldo Cisneros (78′) and Mateo Chavez Garcia for Antonio Briseño (90′).

Player of the match: Fernando Beltran​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Guadalajara was Fernando Beltran.

His rating is 8.1 with 58 passes (93% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Tigres UANL – Guadalajara – 1-0
• Santos Laguna – Monterrey – 0-2