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Atlas will welcome Tigres UANL to the Jalisco Stadium in the Liga MX Apertura on Friday. Both teams enjoyed an unbeaten start to their league campaign last week, with the hosts playing out a 2-2 draw against Juarez and the visitors recording a 1-0 win over Necaxa.
The hosts met Juarez in their away game last week. Eduardo Aguirre equalized early in the second half after conceding in the 37th minute, while Luis Reyes leveled the scores again in the 81st minute.
The visitors, runners-up from the 2023 Apertura campaign, got their 2024 Apertura campaign underway with a 1-0 win over Necaxa. Thirty-eight-year-old striker André-Pierre Gignac scored the match's only goal in the 19th minute from the penalty spot.
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Atlas vs Tigres UANL Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- The two teams have squared off 59 times in all competitions since 1997. They have contested these games closely, with the visitors having a narrow 20-18 lead in wins and 21 games ending in draws.
- Ten of the last 11 meetings between the two teams have produced fewer than 2.5 goals.
- The hosts registered a 2-0 win in the Apertura phase last season and the Clausura meeting ended in a 1-1 draw.
- The hosts were one of just five teams who conceded at least two goals in their campaign opener. The visitors, meanwhile, were one of the six teams to keep a clean sheet.
- Atlas have suffered just one loss in their last five home meetings against the visitors, keeping three clean sheets.
- Tigres UANL are unbeaten in their last three away games in Liga MX, with the last two games ending in draws.
- Both teams have kept two clean sheets in their last five games in this fixture.
Atlas vs Tigres UANL Prediction
Los Rojinegros had endured a poor run of form in the Clausura phase and had just three wins in 17 games. They began their 2024-25 campaign with a draw last week and will look to register a win in their first home game of the season.
Los Tigres suffered a 2-1 loss to Club America in the Supercopa MX final last month but bounced back with a win in their campaign opener last week.
Considering the recent history between the two teams, a draw is likely to ensue.
Prediction: Atlas 1-1 Tigres UANL
Atlas vs Tigres UANL Betting Tips
Tip 1: Result - Draw
Tip 2: Goals - Over/Under 2.5 Goals - Under 2.5 goals
Tip 3: At least one goal to be scored in the second half - Yes
Tip 4: André-Pierre Gignac to score or assist any time - Yes
