Tigres UANL vs Real Salt Lake — Leagues Cup: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 6′Tigres UANL, goal:1–0assist
- 16′Real Salt Lake, goal:1–1assist
- Half-time1 – 1
- 50′Tigres UANL, yellow card:Foul
- 62′Real Salt Lake, substitution:off
- 62′Real Salt Lake, substitution:off
- 66′Tigres UANL, substitution:off
- 74′Tigres UANL, substitution:off
- 74′Tigres UANL, substitution:off
- 76′Real Salt Lake, substitution:off
- 76′Real Salt Lake, substitution:off
- 78′Tigres UANL, yellow card:
- 86′Real Salt Lake, yellow card:
- 86′Tigres UANL, substitution:off
- 86′Real Salt Lake, substitution:off
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Tigres UANL edge Real Salt Lake on penalties in Leagues Cup group stage
Tigres UANL beat Real Salt Lake 6-5 on penalties after the sides finished level at 1-1 in their Leagues Cup group stage meeting at America First Field. The shootout was needed after both teams shared two goals inside the opening quarter of an hour, with Tigres UANL going through as a result.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Juan Brunetta put Tigres UANL ahead in the sixth minute, finishing off an assist from Rodrigo Aguirre. Real Salt Lake responded quickly, with Pablo Ruiz levelling in the 16th minute after being set up by Morgan Guilavogui. The score stood at 1-1 from that point through to full time, sending the tie to a shootout that Tigres UANL won 6-5.
Real Salt Lake had the greater share of shots on target, six to Tigres UANL's three, and also edged the corner count, while Tigres UANL controlled more of the possession. Referee Selvin Brown booked two Tigres UANL players and one from Real Salt Lake, though neither side had a man sent off.
Pablo Ruiz scored Real Salt Lake's equaliser and finished with a match-high rating of 7.9, while Brunetta's opening goal for Tigres UANL earned him a rating of 7.6.
Tigres UANL had the better share of possession at 56% to Real Salt Lake's 44%, despite managing fewer shots on target.
Tigres UANL and Real Salt Lake drew 1–1 (half-time 1–1). Tigres UANL won the penalty shootout 6–5.
Tigres UANL met Real Salt Lake in the Leagues Cup (Group Stage). Kick-off was Wednesday, 5 August 2026, 02:00 UTC at America First Field. Referee: Selvin Brown.
Team pages: Tigres UANL · Real Salt Lake · Leagues Cup
Key moments
- 6' Goal: Juan Brunetta (assist: Rodrigo Aguirre) — 1–0
- 16' Goal: Pablo Ruiz (assist: Morgan Guilavogui) — 1–1
Starting line-ups
Tigres UANL (4-2-3-1)
- 1 Nahuel Guzmán
- 32 Vladimir Loroña
- 23 Rômulo
- 28 Joaquim
- 14 Jesus Garza
- 5 César Araújo
- 8 Fernando Gorriarán (c)
- 77 Ozziel Herrera
- 11 Juan Brunetta
- 16 Diego Lainez
- 17 Rodrigo Aguirre
Real Salt Lake (3-4-2-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Tigres UANL 32%, the draw 28%, Real Salt Lake 40%. It finished Tigres UANL 1–1 Real Salt Lake.
Level sides on neutral ground — Nothing separates them on our strength rating, and neutral ground plus Real Salt Lake's control of the ball give Real Salt Lake the lean. The draw at 28% is what level sides usually produce.
Why Real Salt Lake in front?
Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1535 to 1569. Sides this close won 43.2% of 15,755 home games (draw 26.7%, visitors 30.1%). Leagues Cup is played on neutral grounds: Tigres UANL are the listed home side but get none of the usual home lift, so the class read is re-centred. On grounds we detect as neutral, listed-home sides won 44.6% of 26,819 games vs 45.2% at real homes — so a tournament game away from a side's own ground scores the class edge venue-free, as the average of the home and away reads. Real Salt Lake hold 6 more possession points (52 to 46 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, when the visitors held this control edge the home team's win rate fell to 40.4% across 5,518 games, from 44.0% when styles were level.
Why only 40%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Level sides split the rest: the draw at 28% and Tigres UANL at 32%.
Why the draw at 28%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 26.7%. These teams' recent games average 2.8 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 24,708. The control factor adds 1.3 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Real Salt Lake have played 3+ games in the last two weeks; their opponents haven't. Between equals, congested home sides won 47.0% of 2412 measured games and congested visitors 28.2% of 2452 — the cells disagree with each other and with the flat rest table, so schedule stays a watch item at 0 points. Tigres UANL arrive with 16 fully-tracked matches, so their strength number is a first estimate that will move quickly; Real Salt Lake bring a 422-game record. New-to-the-record sides are where our rating knows least.
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About this match
On this page: the Tigres UANL vs Real Salt Lake final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Leagues Cup fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
The full match report above covers the goals, key moments and stats. Explore more on the Tigres UANL and Real Salt Lake team pages or the Leagues Cup page.