SAN NICOLáS DE LOS GARZA. Tigres UANL snatched a late win Juárez 1-0 after A. Gignac scored just 1 goal (87′). Tigres UANL was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León stadium in San Nicolás de los Garza on Wednesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Jesus Rafael Lopez Valle with the support of Erick Durón Martínez and Mario Alberto Ramirez Sanchez. The 4th official was Vicente Jassiel Reynoso Arce. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.74 degrees Celsius or 63.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Tigres UANL was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Tigres UANL won the match​.

Tigres UANL shot 14 times, 3 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Juárez shot 14 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Tigres UANL received 1 yellow card (Diego Lainez). On the opposite side, Juárez received 3 yellow cards (Francisco Calvo, Javier Salas and Moises Mosquera).

Standings

After this match, Tigres UANL has 18 points like América to remain in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Juárez will stays with 2 points to sit in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga MX, Tigres UANL will play away with Toluca on the 2nd of March with a 22-11 head to head record in favor of Toluca (11 draws).

Juárez will play away against Pachuca on the 3rd of March with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Pachuca (3 draws).

Tigres UANL – Formation

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

The manager Robert Dante Siboldi Badiola decided to play with the following team: Nahuel Guzmán (7.0), Javier Aquino (7.1), Guido Pizarro (7.5), Juan Sánchez (7.3), Jesús Angulo (7.1), Rafael Carioca (7.3), Juan Vigón (7.3), Luis Quiñones (7.0), Juan Brunetta (7.1), Diego Lainez (6.7) and Nicolás Ibañez (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Samir Caetano, Fernando Gorriarán (6.4), André-Pierre Gignac (7.3), Diego Reyes, Jose Garcia, Sebastián Córdova (7.0), Eugenio Pizzuto, Marcelo Flores (7.3), Carlos Rodríguez and Ozziel Herrera (7.0).

Substitutions

Tigres UANL made 5 changes: Juan Vigón for André-Pierre Gignac (74′), Diego Lainez for Marcelo Flores (46′), Rafael Carioca for Fernando Gorriarán (74′), Juan Brunetta for Sebastián Córdova (62′) and Luis Quiñones for Ozziel Herrera (62′).

Player of the match: Nicolás Ibañez​

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

His rating is 7.7 with 10 passes (100% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5.

Juárez – Formation

Juárez started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Maurício Nogueira Barbieri played with: Sebastián Jurado (6.8), José Abella (7.0), Moises Mosquera (6.4), Francisco Calvo (7.3), Andrija Vukcevic (7.0), Edson Fernando (6.7), Javier Salas (7.5), Denzell García (7.3), Dieter Villalpando (7.1), Aitor García (7.0) and Michael Santos  (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Arturo Ortiz, Sebastián Pérez Bouquet (6.6), Manuel Castro  (6.8), Ángel Zapata (7.1), José Juan Manríquez, Diego Campillo, Angel Zaldívar (6.7), Jesús Venegas, Benny Díaz and Ralph Orquin.

Substitutions

Juárez made 4 changes: Michael Santos  for Angel Zaldívar (46′), Aitor García for Manuel Castro  (46′), Dieter Villalpando for Sebastián Pérez Bouquet (70′) and Edson Fernando for Ángel Zapata (70′).

Player of the match: Javier Salas​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Juárez was Javier Salas.

His rating is 7.5 with 24 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

• Tigres UANL – Juárez – 1-0
• Tijuana – Monterrey – 1-1