Fecha 14 Apertura 2011 Argentina

Details of the 14th round of games in the Apertura 2011 tournament.

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For the first time in several weeks Boca Juniors lead at the top of the table was cut, but only by a single point leaving them with a huge eight point advantage with five games remaining. They dropped points in a 0-0 draw at Velez while Racing scraped a 1-0 win against Argentinos Juniors.

Atlético Rafaela fell back into 4th place after they could only manage a 0-0 draw against fellow promotees Belgrano. Lanús climbed into third place with a 1-2 away win at Banfield.

Tigre bagged a 2-1 win against Colón, but they remained in the automatic relegation places, none of the other relegation strugglers managed to win, San Martín slumped to the bottom of the pile after a 2-0 defeat at Arsenal, Olimpo and San Lorenzo played out a 1-1 draw and All Boys drew 2-2 with Independiente.

Godoy Cruz thrashed Estudiantes 3-1 and Unión managed to scrape a 2-1 win against a Newell's Old Boys side that finished the game with only eight players.

Results

04-11-11
All Boys	2-2	Independiente
Atlético Rafaela	0-0	Belgrano
Olimpo	1-1	San Lorenzo
05-11-11
Tigre	2-1	Colón
Godoy Cruz	3-1	Estudiantes
Racing Club	1-0	Argentinos Juniors
06-11-11
Banfield	1-2	Lanús
Unión	2-1	Newell's Old Boys
Vélez Sársfield	0-0	Boca Juniors
07-11-11
Arsenal	2-0	San Martín

Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	14	9	5	0	17	3	+14	32
2	Racing Club	14	5	9	0	11	4	+7	24
3	Lanús	14	6	5	3	18	12	+6	23
4	Atlético Rafaela	14	7	2	5	20	19	+1	23
5	Tigre	14	5	6	3	17	14	+3	21
6	Belgrano	14	5	6	3	13	10	+3	21
7	Vélez Sársfield	14	6	3	5	13	11	+2	21
8	Colón	14	5	6	3	12	11	+1	21
9	Unión	14	5	6	3	13	13	0	21
10	Godoy Cruz	14	5	5	4	24	19	+5	20
11	Arsenal	14	5	5	4	16	14	+2	18
12	Independiente	14	4	4	6	11	15	−4	16
13	San Lorenzo	13	4	3	6	12	15	−3	15
14	San Martín (SJ)	14	3	6	5	11	14	−3	15
15	Olimpo	14	2	8	4	15	18	−3	14
16	All Boys	13	2	7	4	13	19	−6	13
17	Newell's Old Boys	14	1	9	4	10	14	−4	12
18	Argentinos Juniors	14	2	6	6	12	20	−8	12
19	Estudiantes	14	2	4	8	15	22	−7	10
20	Banfield	14	3	1	10	9	16	−7	10

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Fecha 13 Apertura 2011 Argentina

Details of the 13th round of games in the Apertura 2011 tournament.

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Once again Boca Juniors extended their lead at the top of the division with a 3-1 win against second placed Atlético Rafaela. Most of the chasing pack also dropped points, Racing could only manage a 0-0 draw against Estudiantes, Belgrano lost 0-1 at home to Colón who leapfrogged above them in the table and Velez suffered an unexpected 3-1 defeat at Argentinos Juniors, who up until then had only managed one win in twelve league games.

San Martín took a stride away from the relegation places with a 2-1 win against Banfield but two of the other strugglers Olimpo and Tigre could only manage draws in their games.

The game between San Lorenzo and All Boys was postponed and played in mid November.

Results

29-10-11
Argentinos Juniors	3-1	Vélez Sársfield
Newell's Old Boys	2-2	Olimpo
Independiente	0-0	Arsenal
30-10-11
Lanús	2-1	Godoy Cruz
Boca Juniors	3-1	Atlético Rafaela
Belgrano	0-1	Colón
31-10-11
Unión	1-1	Tigre
Estudiantes	0-0	Racing Club
San Martín	2-1	Banfield
12-11-11
San Lorenzo	0-1	All Boys

Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	13	9	4	0	17	3	+14	31
2	Atlético Rafaela	13	7	1	5	20	19	+1	22
3	Racing Club	13	4	9	0	10	4	+6	21
4	Colón	13	5	6	2	11	9	+2	21
5	Lanús	13	5	5	3	16	11	+5	20
6	Belgrano	13	5	5	3	13	10	+3	20
7	Vélez Sársfield	13	6	2	5	13	11	+2	20
8	Tigre	13	4	6	3	15	13	+2	18
9	Unión	13	4	6	3	11	12	−1	18
10	Godoy Cruz	13	4	5	4	21	18	+3	17
11	Arsenal	13	4	5	4	14	14	0	15
12	San Martín (SJ)	13	3	6	4	11	12	−1	15
13	Independiente	13	4	3	6	9	13	−4	15
14	San Lorenzo	12	4	2	6	11	14	−3	14
15	Olimpo	13	2	7	4	14	17	−3	13
16	Newell's Old Boys	13	1	9	3	9	12	−3	12
17	All Boys	12	2	6	4	11	17	−6	12
18	Argentinos Juniors	13	2	6	5	12	19	−7	12
19	Estudiantes	13	2	4	7	14	19	−5	10
20	Banfield	13	3	1	9	8	14	−6	10

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Fecha 12 Apertura 2011 Argentina

Details of the 12th round of games in the Apertura 2011 tournament.

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Boca Juniors extended their lead at the top with a 0-2 away win at Colón because second placed Racing could only manage a 1-1 draw with Lanús.

Atlético Rafaela climbed above Racing into second place with a 3-1 win against Argentinos Juniors, a result that left the visitors at the bottom of the table after Banfield recorded an impressive 3-0 win against Independiente.

Results

24-10-11
Olimpo	0-1	Unión
All Boys	1-1	Newell's Old Boys
Banfield	3-0	Independiente
25-10-11
Arsenal	1-0	San Lorenzo
Vélez Sársfield	1-0	Estudientes
Atlético Rafaela	3-1	Argentinos Juniors
Colón	0-2	Boca Juniors
26-10-11
Tigre	0-1	Belgrano
Godoy Cruz	2-2	San Martín
Racing Club	1-1	Lanús

Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	12	8	4	0	14	2	+12	28
2	Atlético Rafaela	12	7	1	4	19	16	+3	22
3	Racing Club	12	4	8	0	10	4	+6	20
4	Belgrano	12	5	5	2	13	9	+4	20
5	Vélez Sársfield	12	6	2	4	12	8	+4	20
6	Colón	12	4	6	2	10	9	+1	18
7	Tigre	12	4	5	3	14	12	+2	17
8	Godoy Cruz	12	4	5	3	20	16	+4	17
9	Lanús	12	4	5	3	14	10	+4	17
10	Unión	12	4	5	3	10	11	−1	17
11	Arsenal	12	4	4	4	14	14	0	14
12	San Lorenzo	12	4	2	6	11	14	−3	14
13	Independiente	12	4	2	6	9	13	−4	14
14	San Martín (SJ)	12	2	6	4	9	11	−2	12
15	Olimpo	12	2	6	4	12	15	−3	12
16	All Boys	12	2	6	4	11	17	−6	12
17	Newell's Old Boys	12	1	8	3	7	10	−3	11
18	Banfield	12	3	1	8	7	12	−5	10
19	Estudiantes	12	2	3	7	14	19	−5	9
20	Argentinos Juniors	12	1	6	5	9	18	−9	9

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Fecha 11 Apertura 2011 Argentina

Details of the 11th round of games in the Apertura 2011 tournament.

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On the Friday night Olimpo and Tigre battled out a 1-1 draw, Newell's drew their 7th game in 11 attempts with a tepid 0-0 draw agianst Arsenal and San Lorenzo inflicted a 6th 1-0 defeat of the season on Banfield.

On Saturday Independiente crushed any remaining title ambitions Godoy Cruz may have had with a 2-1 win, Union and All Boys settled for a 1-1 draw and Racing Club dropped yet more points with a 0-0 draw against San Martín. Racing remain unbeaten but have drawn 7 of their 11 games so far in the campaign.

Estudiantes clambered off the bottom of the table with only their 3rd home league win in 16 attempts with a 3-0 demolition of Atlético Rafaela, leaving Boca Juniors with the opportunity to further extend their lead at the top of the table. Boca could only manage a 0-0 draw with Belgrano, but that still increased their advantage to six points with eight games remaining.

Argentinos Juniors also played out a 0-0 draw against Colón and the top two from Cluasura 2011 played a cracking game in the last fixture, with Velez winning 1-2 at Lanús, their third league win in a row, making them the form team of the division.

Results

14-10-11
Olimpo	1-1	Tigre
Newell's Old Boys	0-0	Arsenal
San Lorenzo	1-0	Banfield
15-10-11
Independiente	2-1	Godoy Cruz
Unión	1-1	All Boys
San Martín	0-0	Racing Club
16-10-11
Estudiantes	3-0	Atlético Rafaela
Argentinos Juniors	0-0	Colón
Boca Juniors	0-0	Belgrano
Lanús	1-2	Vélez Sársfield

Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	11	7	4	0	12	2	+10	25
2	Racing Club	11	4	7	0	9	3	+6	19
3	Atlético Rafaela	11	6	1	4	16	15	+1	19
4	Colón	11	4	6	1	10	7	+3	18
5	Tigre	11	4	5	2	14	11	+3	17
6	Belgrano	11	4	5	2	12	9	+3	17
7	Vélez Sársfield	11	5	2	4	11	8	+3	17
8	Godoy Cruz	11	4	4	3	18	14	+4	16
9	Lanús	11	4	4	3	12	8	+4	16
10	Independiente	11	4	2	5	9	10	−1	14
11	San Lorenzo	11	4	2	5	11	13	−2	14
12	Unión	11	3	5	3	9	11	−2	14
13	Arsenal	11	3	4	4	13	13	0	13
14	Olimpo	11	2	6	3	12	14	−2	12
15	San Martín (SJ)	11	2	5	4	7	9	−2	11
16	All Boys	11	2	5	4	10	16	−6	11
17	Newell's Old Boys	11	1	7	3	6	9	−3	10
18	Estudiantes	11	2	3	6	14	18	−4	9
19	Argentinos Juniors	11	1	6	4	8	15	−7	9
20	Banfield	11	2	1	8	4	12	−8	7

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Fecha 10 Apertura 2011 Argentina

Details of the 10th round of games in the Apertura 2011 tournament.
 

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Boca Juniors extended their lead at the top of the division after they beat Tigre 1-0 and most of the following pack dropped points. Racing Club drew the Avellenaeda derby with Independiente 1-1, while third placed Lanús lost 2-1 against Atletico Rafaela who jumped back into second place, 5 points behind the leaders.

At the wrong end of the table Argentinos Juniors bagged their first win of the season with a 1-2 away win against Belgrano and Banfield hit two goals for the first time since June to defeat Newell's 2-0 and clamber off the bottom of the table. Estudiantes replaced Banfield at the bottom of the pile after they could only manage a 1-1 draw with Colón.

Results

30-09-11
Belgrano	1-2	Argentinos Juniors
01-10-11
Atlético Rafaela	2-1	Lanús
Vélez Sársfield	1-0	San Mártín (SJ)
02-10-11
All Boys	1-2	Olimpo
Racing Club	1-1	Independiente
Boca Juniors	1-0	Tigre
Colón	1-1	Estudientes
03-10-11
Banfield	2-0	Newell's Old Boys
Godoy Cruz	2-0	San Lorenzo
Arsenal	2-1	Union

Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	10	7	3	0	12	2	+10	24
2	Atlético Rafaela	10	6	1	3	16	12	+4	19
3	Racing Club	10	4	6	0	9	3	+6	18
4	Colón	10	4	5	1	10	7	+3	17
5	Godoy Cruz	10	4	4	2	17	12	+5	16
6	Lanús	10	4	4	2	11	6	+5	16
7	Tigre	10	4	4	2	13	10	+3	16
8	Belgrano	10	4	4	2	12	9	+3	16
9	Vélez Sársfield	10	4	2	4	9	7	+2	14
10	Unión	10	3	4	3	8	10	−2	13
11	Arsenal	10	3	3	4	13	13	0	12
12	Olimpo	10	2	5	3	11	13	−2	11
13	Independiente	10	3	2	5	7	9	−2	11
14	San Lorenzo	10	3	2	5	10	13	−3	11
15	San Martín (SJ)	10	2	4	4	7	9	−2	10
16	All Boys	10	2	4	4	9	15	−6	10
17	Newell's Old Boys	10	1	6	3	6	9	−3	9
18	Argentinos Juniors	10	1	5	4	8	15	−7	8
19	Banfield	10	2	1	7	4	11	−7	7
20	Estudiantes	10	1	3	6	11	18	−7	6

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Fecha 9 Apertura 2011 Argentina

Details of the 9th round of games in the Apertura 2011 tournament.
 

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League leaders Boca Juniors could only manage a 0-0 draw at winless Argentinos Juniors, however they kept their four point advantage at the top as none of the chasing pack managed to win either.

Atlético Rafaela seemed to be crashing back to earth after their second consecutive defeat, a 2-1 away loss to San Martín. Racing Club could only manage a 0-0 draw at San Lorenzo and Tigre drew 1-1 at home against All Boys.

Belgrano were the big winners of the weekend with a spectacular 2-3 away win against Estudiantes and Vélez Sársfield overcame their slump in form to win 0-1 at Independiente.

Near the bottom of the table Arsenal and Olimpo played out an entertaining 2-2 draw.

Results

24-09-11
Olimpo	2-2	Arsenal
San Mártín (SJ)	2-1	Atlético Rafaela
25-09-11
Independiente	0-1	Vélez Sársfield
Tigre	1-1	All Boys
San Lorenzo	0-0	Racing Club
Argentinos Juniors	0-0	Boca Juniors
Estudientes	2-3	Belgrano
26-09-11
Unión	1-0	Banfield
Lanús	1-1	Colón
Newell's Old Boys	1-1	Godoy Cruz

Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	9	6	3	0	11	2	+9	21
2	Racing Club	9	4	5	0	8	2	+6	17
3	Lanús	9	4	4	1	10	4	+6	16
4	Tigre	9	4	4	1	13	9	+4	16
5	Belgrano	9	4	4	1	11	7	+4	16
6	Atlético Rafaela	9	5	1	3	14	11	+3	16
7	Colón	9	4	4	1	9	6	+3	16
8	Godoy Cruz	9	3	4	2	15	12	+3	13
9	Unión	9	3	4	2	7	8	−1	13
10	Vélez Sársfield	9	3	2	4	8	7	+1	11
11	San Lorenzo	9	3	2	4	10	11	−1	11
12	San Martín (SJ)	9	2	4	3	7	8	−1	10
13	Independiente	9	3	1	5	6	8	−2	10
14	All Boys	9	2	4	3	8	13	−5	10
15	Arsenal	9	2	3	4	11	12	−1	9
16	Newell's Old Boys	9	1	6	2	6	7	−1	9
17	Olimpo	9	1	5	3	9	12	−3	8
18	Estudiantes	9	1	2	6	10	17	−7	5
19	Argentinos Juniors	9	0	5	4	6	14	−8	5
20	Banfield	9	1	1	7	2	11	−9	4

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Fecha 8 Apertura 2011 Argentina

Details of the 8th round of games in the Apertura 2011 tournament.
 

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Boca Juniors established a comfortable four point lead at the top of the division with a 1-0 win against struggling Estudiantes.

Atlético Rafaela slipped off the pace with a 1-3 home defeat to Independiente who climbed into the top half of the table. San Lorenzo also climbed into the top half with a 1-2 away win against reigning champions Velez Sársfield who slipped down to 13th position after four consecutive games without a win.

Racing Club and Tigre were the other big winners in the top half of the table, Racing climbed up to third place with a 1-0 win against Newell's and Tigre recorded an impressive 0-1 away win at Argentinos Juniors who remain winless.

Banfield scored only their second goal of the season to pick up a 1-1 draw with Olimpo and Godoy Cruz also drew their game 1-1 against Unión.

Lanús and Colón both fell away from the leaders after goalless draws, Lanús drew 0-0 at Belgrano and Colón could only manage a 0-0 home draw with San Martín.

Results

20-09-11
Arsenal	1-2	All Boys
Colón	0-0	San Martín (SJ)
Banfield	1-1	Olimpo
21-09-11
Vélez Sársfield	1-2	San Lorenzo
Atlético Rafaela	1-3	Independiente
Belgrano	0-0	Lanús
Racing Club	1-0	Newell's Old Boys
22-09-11
Godoy Cruz	1-1	Unión
Argentinos Juniors	0-1	Tigre
Boca Juniors	1-0	Estudiantes

Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	8	6	2	0	11	2	+9	20
2	Racing Club	8	4	4	0	8	2	+6	16
3	Atlético Rafaela	8	5	1	2	13	9	+4	16
4	Lanús	8	4	3	1	9	3	+6	15
5	Tigre	8	4	3	1	12	8	+4	15
6	Colón	8	4	3	1	8	5	+3	15
7	Belgrano	8	3	4	1	8	5	+3	13
8	Godoy Cruz	8	3	3	2	14	11	+3	12
9	San Lorenzo	8	3	1	4	10	11	−1	10
10	Independiente	8	3	1	4	6	7	−1	10
11	Unión	8	2	4	2	6	8	−2	10
12	All Boys	8	2	3	3	7	12	−5	9
13	Vélez Sársfield	8	2	2	4	7	7	0	8
14	Arsenal	8	2	2	4	9	10	−1	8
15	Newell's Old Boys	8	1	5	2	5	6	−1	8
16	San Martín (SJ)	8	1	4	3	5	7	−2	7
17	Olimpo	8	1	4	3	7	10	−3	7
18	Estudiantes	8	1	2	5	8	14	−6	5
19	Argentinos Juniors	8	0	4	4	6	14	−8	4
20	Banfield	8	1	1	6	2	10	−8	4

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Fecha 7 Apertura 2011 Argentina

Details of the 7th round of games in the Apertura 2011 tournament.
 

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Boca Juniors were 1-2 away winners at Lanús when the top two faced each other on Sunday.

Atlético Rafaela moved up into second place with an impressive 1-3 away win at San Lorenzo.

The two championship winning sides of 2010 Estudiantes and Argentinos Juniors played out a thrilling game near the foot of the table, with Estudiantes winning their first home league game in 10 attempts with a 4-3 victory.

Also near the foot of the table Banfield ended their run of six consecutive defeats without a goal with a 0-1 away win at All Boys and Olimpo recorded a decent 2-2 draw with in form Godoy Cruz.

Colón kept up their good start to the season with a 0-1 away win at Independiente but Racing Club found themselves slipping backwards after their third draw in four attempts, a 1-1 draw at Unión.

Reigning champions Vélez Sársfield could only manage a 1-1 draw at Newell's Old Boys, leaving them without a league win in four attempts. Tigre kept up their decent start to the season with a 2-2 draw against Arsenal and Belgrano won the tie between two of the Primera División new boys with a 0-1 away win at San Martín.

Results

02-09-11
Independiente	0-1	Colón
Olimpo	2-2	Godoy Cruz
San Martín (SJ)	0-1	Belgrano
03-09-11
Tigre	2-2	Arsenal
All Boys	0-1	Banfield
San Lorenzo	1-3	Atlético Rafaela
04-09-11
Newell's Old Boys	1-1	Vélez Sársfield
Estudiantes	4-3	Argentinos Juniors
Lanús	1-2	Boca Juniors
Unión	1-1	Racing Club

Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	7	5	2	0	10	2	+8	17
2	Atlético Rafaela	7	5	1	1	12	6	+6	16
3	Lanús	7	4	2	1	9	3	+6	14
4	Colón	7	4	2	1	8	5	+3	14
5	Racing Club	7	3	4	0	7	2	+5	13
6	Tigre	7	3	3	1	11	8	+3	12
7	Belgrano	7	3	3	1	8	5	+3	12
8	Godoy Cruz	7	3	2	2	13	10	+3	11
9	Unión	7	2	3	2	5	7	−2	9
10	Vélez Sársfield	7	2	2	3	6	5	+1	8
11	Arsenal	7	2	2	3	8	8	0	8
12	Newell's Old Boys	7	1	5	1	5	5	0	8
13	San Lorenzo	7	2	1	4	8	10	−2	7
14	Independiente	7	2	1	4	3	6	−3	7
15	San Martín (SJ)	7	1	3	3	5	7	−2	6
16	Olimpo	7	1	3	3	6	9	−3	6
17	All Boys	7	1	3	3	5	11	−6	6
18	Estudiantes	7	1	2	4	8	13	−5	5
19	Argentinos Juniors	7	0	4	3	6	13	−7	4
20	Banfield	7	1	0	6	1	9	−8	3

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Fecha 6 Apertura 2011 Argentina

Details of the 6th round of games in the Apertura 2011 tournament.
 

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In the opening game of the round league leaders Atlético Rafaela could only manage a 0-0 home draw against Newell's Old Boys, a second consecutive clean sheet for the visitors and a third game without defeat sees them remain in a comfortable mid table position.

In the second game Colón secured a comfortable 3-1 home win against San Lorenzo to move to within two points of the overnight leaders. Veteran striker and club legend Esteban Fuertes bagged two goals and Federico Higuaín rounded off the win with a late third after Emmanuel Gigliotti had pulled one back for the visitors.

Estudiantes suffered a 1-3 home defeat to Tigre, a result that would have been mindblowinh a year ago, but these days Estudiantes have the worst home record in the division having gone nine games without a home win. Estudiantes lie second bottom with only two points cushioned from bottom place only by the dreadful form of Banfield. Tigre have slowly crept up into fifth place in the table, inspired perhaps by the fact that they look certain to be relegated if they don't achieve a hefty points tally over the 2011-12 season.

Racing Club kept themselves in the title chase with a 1-0 home win against Olimpo, a valuable three points it was, but no spectacle like the cracking 4-3 result the last time they hosted Olimpo in the league.

The result of the weekend was undoubtedly Godoy Cruz thrashing All Boys 6-1. After a stuttering start to the season El Tomba have started firing on all cylinders as All Boys found to their cost. The visitors went ahead midway through the first half but then found themselves blasted from all angles as six different Godoy Cruz players bagged themselves a goal each.

Banfield continued their astonishingly bad start to the season with a sixth consecutive defeat, having failed to score in any of the games. To be fair to them they have not been badly thrashed in most of them, Sunday's 0-1 home defeat to Arsenal was their fourth consecutive defeat by one goal to nil.

Belgrano crept up the table again with a convincing 2-0 win against Independiente and Unión another of the newly promoted sides from the interior pulled off the shock result of the day with a 0-1 away win against the reigning Argentine champions Vélez Sársfield.

Boca Juniors climbed above Atlético Rafaela to the top of the table with a 1-0 home win against San Martín and in the last game of the round Lanús joined Boca at the top of the table with a thumping 0-4 away win at Argentinos Juniors.

Every single team in the bottom seven at the end of the 6th round lost their games, while Atlético Rafaela were the only side in the top nine not to manage a win.

Results

02-09-11
Atlético Rafaela	0-0	Newell's Old Boys
Colón	3-1	San Lorenzo
03-09-11
Godoy Cruz	6-1	All Boys
Estudiantes	1-3	Tigre
Racing Club	1-0	Olimpo
04-09-11
Banfield	0-1	Arsenal
Vélez Sársfield	0-1	Unión
Boca Juniors	1-0	San Martín (SJ)
Belgrano	2-0	Independiente
02-09-11
Argentinos Juniors	0-4	Lanús

Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	6	4	2	0	8	1	+7	14
4	Lanús	6	4	2	0	8	1	+7	14
2	Atlético Rafaela	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13
3	Racing Club	6	3	3	0	6	1	+5	12
5	Colón	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11
6	Tigre	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11
7	Godoy Cruz	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10
8	Belgrano	6	2	3	1	7	5	+3	9
9	Unión	6	2	2	2	4	6	−2	8
10	Vélez Sársfield	6	2	1	3	5	4	+1	7
11	San Lorenzo	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7
12	Arsenal	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7
13	Newell's Old Boys	6	1	4	1	4	4	0	7
14	Independiente	6	2	1	3	3	5	−2	7
15	San Martín (SJ)	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6
16	All Boys	6	1	3	2	5	10	−5	6
17	Olimpo	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5
18	Argentinos Juniors	6	0	4	2	3	9	−6	4
19	Estudiantes	6	0	2	4	4	10	−6	2
20	Banfield	6	0	0	6	0	9	−9	0

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Preview Fecha 6 Apertura 2011 Argentina

Preview and predictions for the 6th round of games of the Argentine Apertura 2011 tournament.

Preview

Unfortunately, due to lack of time I have not had the opportunity to make predictions for the first five rounds of the Apertura tournament. 


My best points tally from Clausura 2011 was 16 points (5 correct scorelines & another correct outcome) and my worst was just 2 points, hopefully I can beat both of those records during Apertura 2011.


In the first game on Friday evening league leaders Atlético Rafaela host Newell's Old Boys. The two sides have not met in a competitive game for many years so the head-to-head stats are pretty much useless. Newell's have looked much better than they did as they struggled to a 19th place in the Clausura however I fancy the home side to continue  the top of the table feel good factor for at least one more round with a win in this game.

The second game features two sides with ambitions to finish in the top five, San Lorenzo suffered an embarrassing 0-1 home defeat to Belgrano last weekend and they have not scored more than a single goal in an away game against Colón since 1995.

In the early kick off on Saturday Godoy Cruz will attempt to bag their third consecutive league win and their fifth game without defeat in all competitions when they face All Boys. The only time this fixture has been played before in the top flight was a 1-0 win for Godoy Cruz at the back end of Clausura 2011, only a few months ago.

Estudiantes have only won two of their previous 22 games, and one of them was their midweek win against Arsenal which was not enough to prevent them from being eliminated from Copa Sudamericana, it did however end their astonishing run of 9 home games without a win. Tigre will be tough opponents, they are fighting for Primera Division survival and have started the season pretty well.

Saturday's last game features two of the most entertaining sides from Clausura 2011. Racing Club have started the Apertura in fine form but their visitors Olimpo have struggled after losing many of their key players from last season. Racing have a surprisingly poor home record against Olimpo having only won two of the previous six encounters. the most recent encounter between the sides was a thoroughly enjoyable 4-3 win for Racing, hopefully Saturday's encounter will be of similar entertainment value.

Predictions

As the results come in I will fill in the actual scores and colour code the predicted scores, green for exact scoreline , yellow for correct result and red for completely wrong. Each green score gets three points, each yellow score gets one point and red scores get nothing. If you fancy playing along fill out your predictions in the comments below to see if you can beat mine.

09-09-11			Prediction
Atlético Rafaela	0-0	Newell's Old Boys	2-1
Colón	3-1	San Lorenzo	1-0
10-09-11
Godoy Cruz	6-1	All Boys	2-0
Estudiantes	1-3	Tigre	1-1
Racing Club	1-0	Olimpo	3-1
11-09-11
Banfield	0-1	Arsenal	1-0
Vélez Sársfield	0-1	Unión	3-0
Boca Juniors	1-0	San Martín (SJ)	2-0
Belgrano	2-0	Independiente	2-3
12-09-11
Argentinos Juniors	0-4	Lanús	0-0

Score: 4, just breaking even on results, but no exact scores.