Fecha 16 Apertura 2011 Argentina

Details of the 16th round of games in the Apertura 2011 tournament.

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Boca Juniors continued their relentless march towards the championship with a 2-1 win against Godoy Cruz. The only other team in the top nine to manage a win were Tigre, leaving them as the only team with the remotest possibility of catching Boca, 9 points behind with 3 games remaining.

Racing Club went down to a surprise 2-3 home defeat to Belgrano, ending the possibility of the season ending with two undefeated sides for the first time in history.

Near the bottom of the table Estudiantes recorded a surprise 1-2 away win at Arsenal and Argentinos Juniors nicked a 2-2 draw against Banfield with a 93rd minute equaliser from Santiago Salcedo.

Results

25-11-11
Tigre	3-0	Atlético Rafaela
26-11-11
All Boys	0-0	Lanús
Newell's Old Boys	0-0	San Lorenzo
Racing Club	2-3	Belgrano
Olimpo	0-3	San Martín
27-11-11
Arsenal	1-2	Estudiantes
Vélez Sársfield	1-1	Colón
Banfield	2-2	Argentinos Juniors
Godoy Cruz	1-2	Boca Juniors
28-11-11
Unión	0-0	Independiente

Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boca Juniors	16	11	5	0	19	4	+15	36
2	Tigre	16	7	6	3	21	14	+7	27
3	Racing Club	16	5	10	1	13	7	+6	25
4	Vélez Sársfield	16	7	4	5	17	13	+4	25
5	Colón	16	6	7	3	14	12	+2	25
6	Unión	16	6	7	3	14	13	+1	25
7	Lanús	16	6	6	4	18	13	+5	24
8	Belgrano	16	6	6	4	17	15	+2	24
9	Atlético Rafaela	16	7	2	7	20	23	−3	23
10	Arsenal	16	6	5	5	18	16	+2	21
11	Godoy Cruz	16	5	5	6	25	22	+3	20
12	Independiente	16	5	5	6	14	15	−1	20
13	San Martín (SJ)	16	4	7	5	14	14	0	19
14	All Boys	16	3	9	4	14	19	−5	18
15	San Lorenzo	16	4	4	8	12	17	−5	16
16	Argentinos Juniors	16	3	7	6	15	22	−7	16
17	Olimpo	16	2	8	6	15	24	−9	14
18	Newell's Old Boys	16	1	10	5	10	15	−5	13
19	Estudiantes	15	3	4	8	17	23	−6	13
20	Banfield	15	3	2	10	11	18	−7	11

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