Monterrey traveled to face off against their city rivals, Tigres UANL with a trip to the Liga MX finals the reward for the victor of the two-legged Liguilla match-up. Monterrey had come out of the first leg at home with a slim 1-0 lead on aggregate despite dominating the reverse fixture.
In the end, Tigres advanced despite the 1-1 aggregate scoreline due to their performance in the regular season, where they were the number two seed, versus Monterrey’s number three seed, because they had more points in the Clausura 2019. A cruel way to determine the match between two heavyweights in the Liguilla, although it won’t diminish the celebration on one half of Monterrey nor will it be of any comfort on the other half of Monterrey.