After losing their previous match against Toluca 3-1 in the Primera (Clausura) Liguilla, Tigres won't want a recurrence of that performance here.
Tigres de la UANL had 49% of the possession in that game and 11 shots on goal with 4 of them being on target. Sebastián Córdova scored the goal for Tigres de la UANL in the 71st minute.
Toluca made 13 attempts at goal, four of which were successful. For Toluca, goals were scored by Marcel Ruiz (45′) and Edgar López (26′, 53′).
In five of the last six games in which Tigres de la UANL played, at least three goals per game were scored.
In these games, the opposition scored 11 goals, compared to Tigres de la UANL's nine. The previous match between Monterrey and Santos Laguna ended in a 2-0 Primera (Clausura) Liguilla victory for Monterrey.
In that contest, Monterrey had 46% of the possession and 3 of its 11 shots on goal were successful. Rogelio Funes Mori (3′) and Maximiliano Meza (68′) scored goals for Monterrey.
Santos Laguna, their adversaries, had 12 shots at goal with 3 of them being on target.