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This Friday, January 20, the UANL Tigres will visit the complicated Caliente stadium of the Xolos de Tijuana to try to extend their good start in the Closing Tournament of the Liga MX against some Xolos who at home will try to add their first victory after a draw and a win received.
The match will take place at 9:10 p.m. Eastern Time. and it will clearly be the most interesting clash of the day on Friday that will be completed by Mazatlán vs. Santos Laguna.
The realities of Tigres and Xolos are totally differentThose led by Diego Cocca will seek to add their third consecutive victory after two wins against Pachuca, the current champion of Mexico, and Santos Laguna by scores of 4-1 and 3-0 respectively.
On the part of the Xolos de Tijuana they have not been able to add three yet and they began by equalizing one goal against Cruz Azul at home and then lost 3-0 on their visit to Juárez FC.
It should be noted that the Tigres added to their squad the scorer from the last championship, Nicolás Ibáñez, who arrived from Pachuca, and who will not be available for this match but is expected to debut on the following day.
In the last five meetings between both teams, Tigres clearly dominate with four victories against Tijuana and one tie.
Possible Alignments
Nahuel Guzman; Garza, Lichnovsky, Samir, Angulo, Carioca, Pizarro, Gorriarán, Aquino, Quiñones and André-Pierre Gignac; would those chosen by Diego Cocca to open the match against Xolos.
On the part of the Argentine coach Ricardo Valiño, these would be the ones chosen to face Tigres: Rodriguez, Godinez, Lopez, Diaz, Diaz; Vázquez, Lértora, Valenzuela, Rodríguez, Canelo and Romero.
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