Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Tijuana 1st with 33 points, Chiapas 18th with 9, 24 apart. The last five rounds placed Tijuana no better than 12th for form, against 1st in the standings. Per game in the league, Chiapas were scoring 0.53 and conceding 1.76, Tijuana 1.47 and 0.76, against a competition average of 1.41 goals per team per game.
Chiapas were winless in 6. Recent form was uneven: 2/15 points for Chiapas, 10/15 for Tijuana.
Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna in Tuxtla Gutierrez, capacity 11,018, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Chiapas led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-2.