Tigres vs Puebla: Preview
Tigres get their Leagues Cup campaign underway with a meeting against Puebla at the Shell Energy Stadium on Thursday morning.
The sides recorded contrasting results in their respective most recent outings but we expect a keenly-contested affair here nonetheless.
Veljko Paunovic's men took the lead just past the hour mark through Andre-Pierre Gignac before goals from Ozziel Herrera and Nicolas Ibanez put the result beyond doubt.
Consequently, Los Auriazules have moved up to third place in the Liga MX table, level on points with Pumas and Cruz Azul in an early three-way battle for supremacy.
Next up is the challenge of an opposing outfit who are without a victory in the last six editions of this fixture across all competitions since the start of last year.
Puebla suffered a third defeat in four matches as they fell to a 2-0 loss against Inter Miami in Sunday's encounter at the Chase Stadium.
Jose Manuel de la Torre's men were behind barely 10 minutes into the game courtesy of Matias Rojas's opener, after which Luis Suarez wrapped things up 18 minutes from time.
This came off the back of a 2-1 defeat against Atlas which left Los Camoteros 13th in the Liga MX table with four points from as many league matches so far.
Team News
Ozziel Herrera and Nicolas Ibanez will both be pushing for a place in Tigres' starting XI having come off the bench to good effect last time out.
Diego Reyes recently left Puebla as a free agent and the goalkeeper is not available for selection in this one.
Forward Lucas Cavallini will need to be on song if his side are to emerge victorious having scored four of their last five goals.
How to Watch
The match will be shown live on Fubo, Apple TV, UniMas and DirecTV Stream in the US. Live updates can be found here on GOAL.
If you are abroad, you may need to use a virtual private network (VPN) in order to watch games using your usual streaming service.