A penalty scored in stoppage time took away from Pumas the undefeated condition, so the university team will try return to the path of victory next Saturday, when they face the Xolos from Tijuana, at the Caliente Stadium.
The university students are in the fourth place of the standings, just one point behind Puebla, Cruz Azul and Atlas, who lead the general table of Clausura 2022 in Liga MX, so, if some favorable results are combined, they can aspire to retake the general leadershipwhich they already occupied in the first two days of the contest.
Despite losing the top of the standings, the Unamite team heads two statistics: in the team scoring accumulates nine annotations in three games, while in the table of scoring individualthe brazilian Jose Rogerio de Oliveira he is the only player to have scored three times.
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In the same way, the auriazules will try to add their fifth win in a row away from home, something unprecedented in the recent history of the group. The streak began in the final phase of the 2021 Apertura, when the feline squad beat Toluca (2-1), América (3-1) and Atlas (1-0) as visitors, and lasted on date 2 of the current tournament, by defeating Gallos Blancos de Querétaro (3-1) at the Corregidora Stadium.
In their most recent confrontations with the border team, the Pumas have been superior, having won four of the last six duels; last semester they won 3-1 with goals from Arturo Ortiz, Juan Dinenno and Favio Álvarez.
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Despite the fact that the statistics are favorable as visitors, the university students do not have positive numbers in the Caliente Stadium. Of the ten games that have been played in Tijuana, the Xolos won six, in exchange for two draws and two wins for Pumas.
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Those from Pedregal have only won a couple of times against Xolos as visitors: the first in the 2015 Apertura (2-1) and then in the 2018 Apertura (1-0).
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